Health committee  Thank you.

Health committee  Once again, I concur.

Health committee  I agree with the importance of a tiered system. Some examples from when I was thinking of early access.... Sometimes early access means a child who is starting to get some anxiety going to school, so it's being able to learn what that is, how that feels in their belly when they

Health committee  You can just move on.

Health committee  I think having the opportunity to provide clients different types of therapy—whether it is land-based, specific to their own culture or more western-based medicine—is really important, because sometimes people will surprise you. When you make the mental health treatment about th

Health committee  I know that there's currently debate in Nova Scotia around how to make that work, because our government is strongly looking at a way of billing private practitioners. On the difference between clients who have private health insurance, who I can direct bill, compared with the pe

Health committee  I agree with Dr. Black that the harm reduction philosophy is kind of.... I guess that's the standard with which we have to start, but we don't have enough treatment facilities when they are required. With regard to harm reduction, there's actually a very specific way to use harm

Health committee  The only other thing I would add is that in the neurodiverse community, there are often some difficulties around performing even daily oral care because of sensory issues. I think it's a really important role for mental health clinicians, and occupational therapists particularly,

Health committee  Again, there's tons of research on this. We do know the importance of getting out and being active. I think for some of our neurodiverse clients it's even more important to be able to get out, get active and get moving.

Health committee  I don't really. I often go to the U.K. psychological.... I can't remember the name of the website. I continually look at their standards, and there are a few programs in the U.K. that I often turn to when I'm looking for ideas for things. However, I really don't know much about

Health committee  Many teachers do. Certainly, Senator Kutcher has done a lot of work, working with schools in Nova Scotia. He's set up some great programming for teachers to learn about mental health and the language around mental health. It's coming. I think it's a matter where some teachers a

Health committee  I would agree that many of my clients are continuing to request virtual. Some kids are just more comfortable with the screen as well, which I think is important when we're doing assessments and working with kids. I don't know, in terms of the formal systems, whether or not they

Health committee  I think food security is an issue in all communities. I think it's probably worse in remote communities like yours, where it's much more expensive. I go back to the idea that a calorie is an energy unit. We need to provide kids with energy and the nutrients they need to grow. T

Health committee  I don't know the exact research studies, but I'm sure they're out there. I think that even just common sense.... I have families who have to make a decision on whether they can afford to take the afternoon off work to take their kid to therapy, or whether or not they can afford t

Health committee  I agree with Dr. Black in that what we're seeing with the wait times is that things aren't being well managed. I think our government is trying hard to look at alternatives. One issue I'm seeing in colleagues, both within the formal mental health system in the hospital system and