Consultation & Training

At fps, our clinicians provide consultation, training, and professional education to agencies, health systems, and community organizations locally, nationally, and internationally.

Consultation & Training

At fps, our clinicians provide consultation, training, and professional education to agencies, health systems, and community organizations locally, nationally, and internationally.

Through workshops, case consultation, program development, and professional training, our team shares practical, evidence-based expertise in mental health, risk assessment, trauma, child welfare, and organizational health to help professionals navigate complex situations, strengthen services, support effective decision-making, and build greater capacity within their organizations.

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Forensic-Assessment

fps provides clinical consultation to help agencies navigate complex cases, strengthen planning, and support effective program and service delivery.

  • Clinical case consultation
  • Program development and service planning
  • Staff support and consultation
  • Brief Complex Case Consultation for challenging child protection matters
  • Review of case dynamics, vulnerability, and risk factors
  • Risk management and child protection consultation
  • Case planning recommendations and next-step guidance

Brief Complex Case Consultation provides agencies with rapid access to fps clinicians when complex child welfare cases become difficult to move forward. fps reviews available case information and consults with the assigned worker and supervisor to clarify case dynamics, risk and vulnerability factors, planning considerations, and potential next steps.

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fps provides customized professional training designed around the needs, responsibilities, and challenges of each organization and its staff.Our clinicians regularly provide training for child welfare, mental health, and criminal justice professionals locally, nationally, and internationally.

Past training topics include:

  • Risk assessment
  • Children and adolescents with sexual and violent behaviour problems
  • Impact of trauma and neglect on child development
  • Family reunification for clients who have sexually offended
  • Evidence-based case planning for child welfare workers
  • Understanding and addressing sexual and violent offending behaviours
  • Autism spectrum disorders and sexual behaviour problems: assessment and treatment
  • Multisystemic approaches to intervention and risk management
  • Therapeutic engagement and motivation
  • Staff impact and wellness
  • Unique challenges for women who work with offenders
  • Indigenous approaches to treatment and risk management
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fps supports the development of future professionals by providing practical training opportunities across psychology, psychiatry, criminology, behavioural analysis, and related disciplines.

  • Residency Programme, Department of Clinical Health Psychology, University of Manitoba
  • Residency Programme, Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba
  • Clinical Psychology Programme, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba
  • Criminology Programme, Department of Sociology, University of Manitoba
  • Certificate of Applied Behavioural Analysis Program, Extended Education, University of Manitoba
  • School of Psychology, Fielding Graduate University
  • Athabasca University
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fps has provided services to a wide array of referral sources:

Child Welfare
Winnipeg Child and Family Services, Rural Child and Family Services Organizations, Aboriginal Child and Family Services Organizations, Manitoba Provincial Advisory Committee on Child Abuse, Manitoba Provincial Child Abuse Coordinators, Ontario Child Welfare Agencies, Canadian Centre for Child Protection

Law Enforcement
Winnipeg Police Services, Manitoba Integrated High Risk Offender Unit, Calgary Police Services, Edmonton Police Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, The Canadian Police College, Interpol

Justice
Legal Aid Manitoba, Manitoba Justice – Prosecutions, British Columbia Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Ontario Attorney General Office – North Western Ontario Prosecutions, Public Safety Canada, Circles of Support and Accountability, Defence Counsel

Corrections
Manitoba Justice – Probation Services and Department of Corrections, Intensive Rehabilitation Custody and Supervision (IRCS), Manitoba Youth Centre, Agassiz Youth Centre, United Church Halfway Homes, Department of Justice – British Columbia, Correctional Service of Canada, National Parole Board of Canada, Washington State – Department of Corrections

Health
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Selkirk Mental Health Center, Manitoba Family Services and Housing, Manitoba Teacher’s Society, Occupational Rehabilitation Group of Canada, Manitoba Public Insurance, Workers Compensation Board, BC Mental Health & Addictions Services and Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission, DSHS Division of Developmental Disabilities – Washington State, Forensic Services – Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, First Nations Communities, Community mental health professionals and social service agencies, Self-referrals

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