Core Competencies for Formal Clinical Assessment Program – 40 CE Credits

The Core Competencies of Formal Clinical Assessment (CCFCA) course is LEVEL I of the Clinical Assessment Professional Certificate and designed to address the foundational knowledge, competencies, and ethical considerations necessary to practice formal psychological assessment prior to registering for the Applied Practice courses focusing on specialized areas of formal assessment. 

Course topics include defining and understanding formal psychological assessment and practices, developing a personal theoretical model toward formal assessment, adhering to evidence-based practice in formal assessment, building a formal assessment test battery, conceptualizing case presentations and treatment planning, professional psychological reporting, and testifying in court.  

Materials: 

 Students will be provided with access to the Learning Management System to access the digital materials for Core Competencies, this includes all handouts, additional video resources, quizzes, their final project and rubric. 

 We recommend students who attend in-person still bring a laptop, tablet, or their phone for some of the activities during the lectures. 

 Students will be granted access to Q-Interactive through our classroom license for the duration of the live lecture days of the Core Competencies course.

Instructions will be sent out to students prior to the first live day of class. 

 Delivery Method: 

The first two lecture days are delivered asynchronously via our Learning Management System. Students will have the opportunity to review the recorded lectures, submit reflections based on the assigned readings, and complete knowledge checks throughout this first module. Students may also participate in office hours prior to the scheduled live lecture dates. These office hours will be open to attend and will provide additional guidance for students who have questions about the learning management system, the quizzes, or their final assignment. The Office Hours schedule will be released at the same time as the live lecture dates. 

Students have two options for attendance of the three live lecture days: 

 Virtually through zoom, students may attend the live lectures online.

 In-person at our south Edmonton location – depending on the number of in-person attendants the location will be determined closer to the program start date. 

Fall 2025 Course Dates: 

Online Blended Course: Opens September15th, 2025. 

Online Office Hour: September 24th, 2025 8:00AM - 9:00AM (Online seminar session via Zoom - Mandatory attendance to meet your cohort and instructors). 

Second Online Office Hour: October 8th, 2025 8:00AM - 9:00AM (Online seminar session via Zoom - Optional but we strongly encourage attendance). 

Last Day to Submit All Online course requirements: October 22nd, 2025. 

**PLEASE NOTE: Students who do not complete all online requirements will not be able to move forward with attending the live dates.** 

Live Lecture Dates: 

 Thursday October 23rd, 2025 9:00AM - 4:30PM 

 Friday October 24th, 2025 9:00AM - 4:30PM 

 Saturday October 25th, 2025 9:00AM - 4:30PM 

Topics explored:

Pillar One: Orientation to Assessment

Pillar Two: Test Design

Pillar Three: Planning an Assessment

Pillar Four: Integrating Assessment Data

Pillar Five: Professional Assessment Practices

To move forward with registration, please reach out to lorchuk@raeinstitute.ca for more information.

Intended Audience: 

Registered or Provisionally Registered Psychologists who have completed a minimum of a Masters Degree program.

Continuing Education: Our programs are approved for co-sponsorship by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists.

RAE Institute maintains responsibility for the program. There are no credits available for partial completion and CE certificates will be provided to eligible participants on an 80% pass rate of all quizzes, the completion of the final project, and submission of course evaluation.

Investment:

The cost of the course is $3150.00 with tax for 40 hours of continuing education.

About the Instructor: Dr. Ann Marie Dewhurst is a registered psychologist and graduate program instructor who specializes in clinical and forensic psychology. Dr. Dewhurst has over 30 years of counselling and assessment experience in a variety of clinical settings including community mental health, provincial and federal corrections.

Dr. Dewhurst’s extensive knowledge base and experience has proven to be invaluable in her role as co-developer role of RAE’s Formal Clinical Assessment Program.

The Applied Practice Courses for Cognitive and Learning Function and Behaviour and Personality Function will be available for registration in Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 respectively. 

Please contact lorchuk@raeinstitute.ca for more information on how to register.  Completion of Core Competencies for Formal Clinical Assessment would be a requirement to move forward.

CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE AND ADHERENT INDIVIDUAL DBT SESSIONS

Thursday, October 23 – Friday, October 24, 2025 11AM – 6:30PM (CST) via Zoom

$480 + GST (Professionals), $415 + GST (Students)

Visit https://dbtvancouver.com/our-events/conducting-effective-individual-dbt-sessions-2025/

This 2-day workshop will focus on providing effective and adherent individual therapy in DBT by reviewing important strategies in providing adherent individual sessions from the beginning to the end of treatment. Participants will have a better understanding of how to organize and conduct effective individual DBT sessions. Learn (or review) how to:

•  Use diary cards and prioritize target behaviours

•  Conduct effective chain analyses

•  Structure individual DBT sessions

•  And much more!

Early bird rates available September 23.

For any questions, please email info@dbtvancouver.com.

SOMATIC ATTACHMENT PSYCHOTHERAPY 2 YEAR ONLINE TRAINING

with Lisa Mortimore, PhD and Stacy Adam Jensen, MEd

Early relational experiences forge a neurophysiological and psychological template of self, often creating insecure attachment which distorts the development of self, and impacts relational functioning throughout the lifespan. Corresponding affect management strategies and attachment patterns, accompanied by dysregulation of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS), impact one’s self perceptions, world, and identity. This legacy of trauma deeply impacts the integrity of the self, creating a split between psyche, body, and spirit. Therapists are called to facilitate shifting of affect management strategies, attachment patterning, and support the maturation and development of  complex right brain functioning to heal relational trauma, including insecure attachment, PTSD, and chronic shame, rather than merely working with symptom reduction. This SAP training responds to this call and offers an immersive educational experience to deepen embodiment and capacity as therapist.

Throughout the 6, 4-day clinics (24 days of training), we delve into the theoretical and conceptual understandings of: the interconnected realms of embodied and imaginal somatic and interpersonal/relational psychodynamic principles and practices; clinical understandings and application of attachment research, specifically from the Adult Attachment Interview; emergent neuroscience research; trauma studies; embodiment studies and practices, and; earth-based wisdoms. Materials are presented using interactive lecture, discussions, demonstrations, experiential exercises, and coached practice sessions where participants will have opportunities to embody the material into practice in a supported learning environment. Twelve group case consultations to further integrate the material into clinical practice are offered over the two-year training to further deepen practice, understanding, and integration.

MAY 2025 COHORT

May 1 – 4, 2025; September 11 – 14, 2025, January 15 – 18, 2026, Year Two dates TBA

Clinics run 9am – 5pm Pacific Time each day

$1,100 per clinic plus GST (6 clinics $6,930) 

MORE INFORMATION

www.bringingthebody.ca

One-at-a-Time (OAAT) Counselling Training: Open Enrollment

Stepped Care Solutions is offering open enrollment for in-demand training workshops focused on One-at-a-Time (OAAT) Counselling – often called Single Session Therapy (SST). Sessions run throughout the year, providing flexibility to accommodate diverse schedules. No prerequisites are required.

This training is for anyone who wants to learn and practice an OAAT Counselling approach to support people in the moment. Whether you are new to OAAT Counselling or want a refresher, our training is designed to meet your learning needs and enhance your skill set. Learn more click here.

Previous Continuing Education

April 28, 2022: Webinar and AGM

2020 Fall Conference with Dr. Dawn Flanagan

Nov 21, 2021: Mindfulness-integrated CBT: A Four Stage Transdiagnostic Treatment Approach

Jan 28, 2021: Saskatchewan Mental Health