Hearing Voices Workshop

Hearing Voices Workshop The Hearing Voices simulation is a groundbreaking empathy-building exercise that helps individuals, students, and professionals understand the challenges faced by people with psychiatric disabilities Hearing Voices: A simulated training experience Just as rehabilitation students gain insight into the experience of physical disability by using wheelchairs, so too can mental health professionals and students experience a simulation of some of the challenges facing people with psychiatric disabilities. Hearing Voices Simulation Workshop is an experiential workshop during which participants use headphones to listen to a specially designed recording. During this simulated experience of hearing voices, participants undertake a series of tasks including social interaction in the community, a psychiatric interview, cognitive testing, and an activities group in a mock day treatment program. The simulation experience is followed by a debriefing and discussion period. Workshop curriculum helpful to a wide range of mental health professionals The curriculum for this workshop has been developed and piloted for a wide range of mental health professionals including: inpatient/outpatient psychiatric nurses, psychiatrists, social workers; psychologists; direct care workers in residential, day treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation programs; mental health administrators, policy makers; and police officers, academic faculty and students. Attending a workshop If you are interested in attending the workshop, contact Vancouver Island Mental Health Society to arrange to book a space. The workshop is offered on an occasional, ongoing basis. Workshops are provided free of charge. Donations are welcome and accepted.

Call (250) 758-8711, email info@vimhs.org, or use the website.

Phone

(250) 758-8711

Email

info@vimhs.org

Website

https://www.vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/programs/hearing-voices-workshop/