Here you will find the registration form for the course, assessment tools, announcements, PowerPoint slides for the 29 sessions, mental health resources, key slides, and a printable diary card.

We're looking forward to another year of doing the Simple course with you. Here you will find some basic information about the course should you be interested in doing it with us:

1. The Simple course will continue to take place on Wednesday mornings from 9 AM to 12 PM. It will start on October 2 and continue until the middle of June. We will be doing it both in person at the Avondale church in Stratford and virtually over zoom. While we have plenty of room for virtual participants, in person spots are limited and given out on a first-come first serve basis.

2. In addition to the Wednesday sessions we will also be doing a Monday 3 PM to 4:30 PM group which we call the boing group. Boing stands for breakout, informal and graduate group. Boing will be an opportunity to informally discuss the material covered on Wednesdays. We also hope to apply the tools skills and strategies to people's individual situations. The Boing group is a "drop-in group" and open to anyone who will be doing the course with us or who has done it in the past. (Even if they are not currently enrolled in the Wednesday group.) The Boing group starts Monday, October 21. It to will be held both in person in the boardroom of the Stratford medical building and on zoom.

3. If you're interested in participating in either the simple or boing groups please fill out a registration form, which you can find below, and send it to us as soon as possible. Forms received after the end of August will be processed as soon as we can but we can't guarantee that that will be before the group starts on October 2.

4. Below you will find a 10 minute video describing our program. If you have any questions please email us at itssimple2023@gmail.com.

5.Have a great remainder of the summer and we look forward to seeing you October 2.

October 3,2024- We had our first session of the 2024-25 edition of the simple course yesterday. Registration for this year is now closed. We will start accepting applications for next year's (2025-26) course in January. 2025. Thank you.

This is a 10 minute video introducing the simple program

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2024-25 simple course referral form. If you would like to take the course or refer someone to it, we will now be accepting registration forms and the assessment tools. Please complete them fully and legibly. We'll keep them on file and begin contacting people in June 2024. Thank you.

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Please complete the PHQ-9, GAD-7, Trauma checklist adult, and ACE questionnaires and send them to us along with your completed referral form. Instructions on how to get these to us can be found on the registration form. Thank You.

GAD-7

PHQ-9

Trauma checklist adult

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Adverse childhood event questionnaire

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Registration form for the 2024-25 Breakout informal graduate group (BOINGG) Monday 3:30-5:00 PM

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ANNOUNCEMENTS/NOTICES - here you will find important course announcements.

We are planning to start the 2024-25 version of the Simple course on Wednesday October 2, 2024. Sessions will be on Wednesday mornings from 9 to 12 and run until June 2025. In person sessions will once again be held at the Avondale church and simultaneously zoomed.

If you would like to take part in the course please fill out the registration form, Hamilton depression, PHQ-9, Trauma checklist adult, and Adverse childhood event questionnaire. Please fill them out completely. Get these back to us by 1) regular mail: Dr. Luis Cleto 444 Douro St. suite 101, Stratford, Ontario, N5A 0E6 2) fax: 519-305-8501 3) e-mail itssimple2023@gmail.com or 4) bring the forms to directly to the office. (if the door is locked you can slip them under the door.)

If this is the first time your are doing the course we will call you sometime after mid June to schedule an information meeting. If you are repeating the course we will call you after mid July to give you more details of the course such as the zoom link.

If you have any questions please e-mail us at itssimple2023@gmail.com.

Thank you.

We are excited to be starting the 2024– 25 edition of the simple course Wednesday, October 2. Please arrive at the Avondale church or at the zoom waiting room a few minutes before 9 A.M. New participants may join the simple course until Christmas which is the absolute cut off. Because the material builds in previous sessions the later you join the more you will be missing and some concepts may be difficult for you to understand.

One of the participants shared that there is a weekly zoom guided meditation group that runs Thursdays from 8 to 9 pm. If you're interested email Janie at jvanessen@hotmail.com

September 25, 2024- the coleaders met this morning for a "dress rehearsal" all went well and we're very excited to be starting the course next Wednesday. We only have a few zoom spots available at this point.

October 3, 2024- We had our first session of the 2024-25 edition of the simple course yesterday. Registration for this year is now closed. We will start accepting applications for next year's (2025-26) course in January. 2025. Thank you.

2024- 2025 course schedule

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Mental health and social resources list

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Session 1, 2024-25

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Session 2, 2024-25

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Session3, 2024-25

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Sessions 4, 6 and 8, 2024-25