Category: Community Resources

  • AHS Community Education Service: Understanding Tourette Syndrome

    The Community Education Service, an Alberta Health Services’ Child and Adolescent Addiction and Mental Health program, will present on May 21 Understanding Tourette Syndrome: The Myths and Realities of Living with Tourette’s and the Associated Disorders of TS+. The session will present the truths of the condition, its symptoms, and the associated disorders that complicate…

  • CNIB Library Access

    Thanks to funding from the government of Alberta, public library patrons in Calgary with a perceptual disability – a disability that prevents or inhibits an individual from accessing print material due to a visual impairment, a physical disability, or a comprehension disability – have the opportunity to borrow from the 80,000-title collection of alternative-format materials…

  • Updated list of Adult AD/HD Intervention Groups

    In September, we highlighted CanLearn’s intensive Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Intervention Group for adult’s with ADHD. A new round of programs is set to begin in January – for more information, consult this poster. Want a bit more information on the group? Check out the FAQ.

  • Women’s Health Resources

    Women’s Health Resources, part of the Women’s Health Ambulatory Care program, provides a number of services to females, 18 years of age or older, including: Individual consultations and short-term counselling, free of charge with no referral required Workshops on finance, food and nutrition, parenting and relationships, and more, at a nominal cost (financial assistance available)…

  • Working Memory Training in College/University Students with ADHD

    A team of researchers at the University of Toronto are initiating a study of whether it is possible to improve working memory performance, and if so, how changes in working memory alter the way our brains process information. The Engage Study is currently recruiting participants (in and around the Toronto area) who: are registered with…