Please be advised due to COVID-19, the courses will be offered in a virtual format. Offering courses virtually enables AFM to continue meeting students’ needs during this time. The course material will be modified so that it can be delivered in a virtual setting and courses will be of a shorter duration. While this will be a different learning experience, we are confident that we will be able to provide you with quality and relevant information in this format.
We are pleased to announce our course offerings for Fall / Winter 2022!! Simply click on “see details” following the course description to register now!!
Fundamentals of Addictions
Women: Substance Use and Gambling
Pharmacology of Mood-Altering Drugs
Recovery Oriented Practice
Youth: Substance Use and Gambling
Note: Registration includes all dates listed.
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Courses
Family Dynamics: Substance Use and Gambling
Families Dynamics: Substance Use and Gambling provides participants with an overview and knowledge base of the addictive process in family systems, characteristics of an addictive process and the effects of addiction and recovery needs of family members. Participants will learn about communication issues, family dynamics and roles that are adopted by family members.
Family Violence: Substance Use and Gambling
Family Violence and Addiction provides an overview of addiction problems and family violence, their coexistence and the implications for identification and referral.
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Fundamentals of Addictions
Fundamentals of Addictions provides participants with foundational knowledge necessary for understanding the field of addictions, specifically relating to alcohol, other drugs and gambling. See Details
Indigenous Peoples: Substance Use and Gambling
This course provides participants with an opportunity to enhance competencies when working with Indigenous populations in the area of prevention and treatment of substance use and gambling behaviours.
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Older Adults: Substance Use and Gambling
Older Adults: Substance Use and Gambling provides an opportunity to increase participants’ knowledge and understanding of the issues related to older adults and their experiences of alcohol, drugs and gambling.
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Pause and Plan: After Your Voluntary Self-Exclusion Ends
This course provides gambling awareness information to people who have participated in the Voluntary Self-Exclusion (VSE) program at casinos in Manitoba, PlayNow.com, or at the Cityplace Gaming Centre. See Details
Pharmacology of mood altering drugs
Pharmacology of Mood Altering Drugs is designed to assist participants in furthering their knowledge of the effects of psychoactive substances.
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Recovery Oriented Practice
This course provides participants with an overview of the concepts and principles of the Recovery-Oriented System of Care (ROSC). See Details
Understanding Gambling and Gambling Behaviour
This course provides information about gambling behaviour from non-problematic to problematic and how it affects individuals and significant others. It will explore strategies to work with individuals experiencing a problem with gambling. See Details
Women, Substance Use and Gambling
Women, Substance Use and Gambling provides an overview of the substance use issues affecting women in our society.
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Youth: Substance use and gambling
This course provides participants with an understanding of the issues pertaining to youth substance use, gambling and best practices when working with youth around prevention and early intervention. See Details