Choice and Partnership Approach
3rd International VIRTUAL Conference
February 18-19, 2025 Canada/Europe
February 19-20, 2025 Australia/New Zealand
Registration COMING SOON!
Join us virtually!
The 3rd International CAPA conference will offer mental health teams that use – or are curious about – the CAPA model, a space to discuss ideas and practice experience in their work with children, youth, and families. We recognize that the lived experiences of children, youth, and their caregivers are crucial to shaping meaningful discussions and learning.
We invite youth and caregivers to actively participate, as their insights will greatly enrich our shared journey. Together, we aim to build a supportive global community and advance excellence in mental health care.
What is CAPA?
CAPA is an approach to mental health care that focuses on the needs of youth and caregivers by understanding what’s important to them and creating services that are accessible, personalized, respectful, and inspiring to work within.
Who should attend?
This conference is for all care providers, youth and families, researchers, and leaders interested in collaborating and learning about the CAPA model, values, and fundamentals.
What can you expect?
Learning from each other is a chance to collaborate on working through challenges and sparking new ideas. The conference will host participants from across the world and will have three different learning sessions each of the two days, intended to support “live” learning together while appreciating that we live in different hemispheres.
All sessions will be recorded, so you can watch topics you missed, or you can use the content to support your individual and team learning.
Don’t be confused by the different conference dates for the hemispheres – we will all be together; the dates just change depending on where you live.
Overall Learning Objectives
By the end of the conference, participants will be able to:
- Summarize the key components of the Choice and Partnership Approach (CAPA) and its integration into Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) locally, nationally, and internationally.
- Describe how the CAPA philosophy and principles can be flexibly applied in clinical care and service provision for children, youth, and families.
- Describe how CAPA components can facilitate navigation of complex systems of care.
Accreditation
Accreditation coming soon!
Planning Committee
The 3rd International CAPA conference is sponsored by IWK Health, and CHEO Foundation.
Special thanks to the following committee members who participated in the planning of this event:
- Sharon Clark, Advanced Practice Leader, CAPA, Mental Health and Addictions (MHA) IWK Health, Nova Scotia, Canada Conference Chair
- Ann York, CAPA Co-Founder, London, UK
- Sabina Abidi, Psychiatrist, MHA IWK Health, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Aimee Coulombe, Psychologist, MHA IWK Health, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Nicole Hankinson, Youth and Caregiver Engagement Coordinator, IWK Health, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Andy Cox, Community Liaison, MHA IWK Health, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Dasa Farthing, Manager, Mental Health, CHEO Hospital, Ontario, Canada
- Michel Poirier, Clinical Team Lead, Mental Health Outpatient Clinic, CHEO, Ontario, Canada
- Molly Ryan, Education Coordinator, MHA, IWK Health, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Lisa Beck, Advanced Practice Leader - CAPA, Nova Scotia Health, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Lori Wozney, Sun Life Chair in Youth Mental Health, Dalhousie and IWK Health, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Julia Kranenburg, Workforce Delivery Lead, Wharaurau, New Zealand
- Robyn Black, Youth Representative, IWK Health, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Yngvild Arnesen, Clinical Psychologist, PhD, Department Head at the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Tromso, Norway
Looking forward to seeing you in February!
This conference is hosted by IWK Health and their partners with the planning support of uOttawa, Office of CPD
Office of Continuing Professional Development
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
725 Parkdale Avenue, Loeb Research Building, Room WM158, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9