Community Capacity Building

Collaboration within an interprofessional team is key to providing comprehensive, culturally appropriate wraparound support to clients in navigating systemic barriers to treatment. Students explore current trends in service integration, focusing on coordinated access to early intervention, treatment, and community supports. Students develop service plans, psycho-educational tools and strategies for client advocacy and self-determination. Students explore Indigenous community service providers and resources to support the enhancement of care networks. Emphasis is placed on relationship building best practices to facilitate collaboration among service providers. Additionally, students apply research and theory to practice in a culturally safe manner. Through case studies, self-reflection activities and resource development, students enhance their skills to collaborate effectively within interprofessional teams and diverse communities.