Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, transsexual, two-spirited, intersex and queer (LGBTTTIQ) people have specific life factors that relate to substance use and/or mental health problems. These factors include coming out, gender transition, societal oppression, loss of family support, isolation, and the prominence of bar culture in their communities. This manual will help counsellors create an environment where LGBTTTIQ clients feel comfortable talking about their sexual orientation and gender identity. This will allow the counsellor to: best assess the needs of LGBTTTIQ clients engage clients in a positive treatment process develop tailored treatment plans make appropriate referrals. Asking the Right Questions 2 includes: interviewing items to facilitate discussion during assessment or early treatment an assessment form and specialized questions to integrate into your organization's standard assessment a glossary of concepts and terms. The manual will allow counsellors to help LGBTTTIQ clients become less anxious about their sexuality, and move toward receiving the best help possible. It will also help non-LGBTTTIQ counsellors to be more comfortable working with LGBTTTIQ clients. This manual is a revised and updated version of Asking the Right Questions: Talking about Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity during Assessment for Drug and Alcohol Concerns. It has been revised to include mental health issues, updated resources and an expanded glossary.

This booklet is the second in the What Parents Need to Know about Teens series. Written in chatty, down-to-earth language, it addresses the challenges and risks that appear as children move into adolescence. This can be a scary time for teens as well as their parents. Teens will face pressures to use substances and engage in other risky behaviours. Parents will face difficult situations as they balance their teens' need for independence and autonomy while providing the guidance and monitoring teens need at this time. Topics include why adolescence is important, why teens experiment and take risks and when experimenting becomes a problem. The booklet suggests strategies for guiding teens and maintaining good relationships with them as they move through this stage of development.

This is a facilitator's manual for counsellors working in substance use settings who would like to augment their practice by seeing couples. It will also be useful for couple counsellors who would like to offer a focused program for clients with substance use issues. The manual evolved from a research project at CAMH. It has been tested and reviewed by consultants, clinicians and researchers practising in the areas of mental health, substance use, and general family services and private practice. The program consists of an assessment session followed by eight sessions, each of which includes: session guidelines session resources participant handouts template for recording progress notes.

Ce livret est la deuxieme publication de la serie Ce que les parents doivent savoir sur leurs adolescents. Redige dans un style simple et familier, il decrit les defi s et les risques qui surviennent au cours de l'adolescence. Ce peut etre une periode angoissante tant pour les adolescents que pour les parents. Des pressions s'exercent sur les adolescents pour qu'ils fassent l'essai de substances intoxicantes ou adoptent des comportements a risque. Les parents peuvent faire face a des situations diffi ciles: ils doivent trouver un juste milieu entre le besoin pour l'adolescent de devenir de plus en plus independant et autonome et la necessite de le guider et de le surveiller. Les auteurs discutent de l'importance de l'adolescence, des raisons pour lesquelles certains adolescents font des experiences et prennent des risques et des cas ou ces experiences conduisent a des problemes. Le livret aborde les strategies pour guider votre adolescent et maintenir de bonnes relations avec lui pendant cette etape de son developpement.

Les personnes gaies, lesbiennes, bisexuelles, transgenderistes, transsexuelles, bispirituelles, intersexuelles et queers (LGBTTBIQ) presentent des facteurs de vie specifiques, lies a des problemes de toxicomanie ou de sante mentale. Ces facteurs comprennent le processus d'affirmation de leur identite, la transition sexuelle, l'oppression sociale, la perte du soutien familial, l'isolement et la predominance des bars dans les communautes LGBTTBIQ. Ce manuel aidera les conseillers a creer un milieu ou les clients LGBTTBIQ ne se sentiront pas genes de parler de leur orientation ou de leur identite sexuelles. Les conseillers pourront: evaluer au mieux les besoins specifiques des clients LGBTTBIQ; engager les clients dans un processus de traitement positif; elaborer des programmes de traitement personnalises; orienter les clients vers les services les mieux adaptes. Poser les bonnes questions 2 comprend: des questions qui peuvent etre utilisees pour faciliter la discussion lors de l'evaluation ou au debut du traitement; un formulaire d'evaluation et un questionnaire specialise pouvant etre utilises dans le cadre d'une evaluation standard de votre organisme; un glossaire des concepts et des termes. Le manuel permettra aux conseillers de: . proceder a une evaluation optimale des besoins des clients LGBTTBIQ; motiver les clients a obtenir un traitement qui aura des effets positifs; . concevoir des plans de traitement personnalises; faire les recommandations Ce manuel est une version revisee et mise a jour de la version d'origine (en anglais seulement). La version revisee inclut les questions de sante mentale, une mise a jour des ressources et un glossaire plus complet.