TEACH extends deadline for smoking cessation training

CAMH’s TEACH Project for Francophones (Projet TEACH pour les francophones) is now offering its inaugural session of courses, specially geared for service providers who work with French-speaking clients, a population with higher smoking rates that needs a ‘targeted’ approach.

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THE REGISTRATION PERIOD HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 12

Registration began on August 12^th and runs until September 12^th and courses run October 6-10 and will be taught entirely in French, according to Jean-François Crépault, Coordinator of the Projet TEACH pour les Francophones.

Participants from Ontario are responsible only for a $100 administrative fee. Travel and accommodations are covered for participants who live more than 60 km away from the training site at CAMH in Toronto. Course fee is $1,400 for out-of-province participants. Click here for more detail.

“TEACH reflects the fact that programs and interventions for French-speaking communities need to take their unique needs into account in order to be effective,” says Jean-François. “As far as we know there isn’t a program offered like this anywhere.”

Jean-François Crépault (centre), is Coordinator of the Project, joined by Dr. Marilyn Herie, TEACH Project Director, Antoine Dérose, Program Consultant. Dr. Peter Selby is the Executive Director.

Up until now, the TEACHCertificate Program in Intensive Cessation Counselling has been available only in English. This fall the program is being offered in French for the first time, running concurrently with the English certificate program, and registration is now open. Both English and French versions of TEACH are accredited by the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, as well as other professional organizations.

Projet TEACH pour les francophones is a collaboration between CAMH and Health Canada. It was struck in response to the overwhelming need expressed by all francophone groups in Ontario, regardless of national or ethno-cultural origin, for health services in French to reach out to the relatively high percentage of smokers in their communities.

“No matter what their mother tongue, whether Arabic, or Swahili, or Creole, French is the language of access for all the immigrant groups we need to serve,” says Antoine Dérose, Program Consultant for PEHP. “This program means that clients looking for help with smoking cessation will be able to communicate directly with the clinician without having to go through a translator. This not only saves time, but also makes sure that the client and clinician understand each other perfectly.”

Adding a French-language capability to the already-successful TEACH program means that CAMH may soon be able to offer this one-of-its-kind smoking cessation program to interested francophone communities across Canada.