Workshop Dates: April 27, 28, 29, 2010

Dwayne Cameron was one of the first graduates from the Chemical Dependency Worker Program at SIAST in 1988, completing his degree in Humanities with a major in clinical counseling. Cameron continued his training over the years becoming a Certified Crisis Debriefer, Suicide and Family Intervention Specialist, Solution Focus Training, Handling Hostile and Aggressive Clients, PART (professional assault response training) and Certified in Reality Therapy.

Dwayne has worked in numerous clinical settings over the years including intensive residential/family treatment, outpatient, detoxification, and community development with both youth and adults. He has worked extensively with first nations people and was one of the first mental health counselors in the mid nineties working with aboriginal communities and medical services branch Canada. Dwayne is a sought after teacher and workshop presenter.

Cameron has taught a variety of audiences from professionals to large youth groups with a sense of humor and teaching style that brings the information to life in a fun impact full way. One teacher said, "this is the best in-service training I have had in 20 years!"

Cameron currently works for the Prince Albert Parkland Health Regions as a Youth and Family Counselor. Providing clinical services in the school setting. He provides contract teaching and training on a variety of topics specially designed to meet the needs of the individual group.

Karen Helm works with learning challenged youth at Queen Mary Elementary School and has been enrolled in the Cartier Equine Learning Center’s EAL youth program since the start of their research efforts. Her and her teaching assistant Terry, are true believers and consistently bring EAL back to the classroom. Helm will provide an intimate look into "harnessing the energy" from the classroom's perspective; what preparations are in place before they leave the classroom, get on the bus and enter the arena. Helm has the opportunity to provide specific information about how she (1) gets her classroom ready to receive EAL's concepts and (2) how she has incorporated EAL into her curriculum. The school district has taken notice of her efforts and successes in the classroom. SaskRiver School District continues to positively support and track the benefits this partnering effort is producing.

Brenda Clemens and her husband Barry are partners in Beaver Creek Ranch and Horse Centre near Lumsden, Saskatchewan. Together, they raise and train horses, manage their 100-head cow/calf herd and conduct Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) leadership development programs. Determined to turn her life-long love of horses into a sustainable living, Brenda first studied Livestock Production at Olds College before building her dream into a successful equestrian career.

Sharing her own passion for learning and personal growth, Brenda has taken countless youth and adult clients to a new level of skill, personal awareness and productivity over her 30-year training and coaching career. She has competed successfully at national and world competitions and coached many riders to those same elite levels.

Brenda’s credentials include National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Level I English and Level II Western accreditation, Equine Assisted Growth and Learning (Eagala), Advanced Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) Specialist and Level I Parelli. She has also devoted many hours to leadership training, including the Leadership Development Program at SIAST.

Brenda committed to the power and potential of Equine Assisted Learning in 2007, when she became a Certified Facilitator. Hundreds of hours spent mastering her own horsemanship skills have given her an in-depth knowledge of the interaction between horses and humans that she is now employing in her highly successful training programs. Beaver Creek Ranch has always been a family operation where Brenda and Barry instilled the love of horses and the country lifestyle in their children Jody, Taylor and Shelby.

Dominique Dryka is one of the most enchanting, captivating and professional personalities the Cartier team has had the pleasure of working with. Dryka has been working with the Cartier Equine Learning Center since they started researching EAL’s benefits.

Dominique's career includes extensive professional training in handling clients in stressful circumstances as a Certified Optometrist Assistant, which is one of the reason why she was asked to assist with this workshop. Dominique is a mother of two and young entrepreneur. She owns/operates her own sales business and juggles her schedule to fit in facilitating Equine Assisted Learning at the Cartier Equine Learning Center.

Dominique's horse experience started with riding before she could walk, focusing her passion of horses, showing hunter/jumpers, working with beginner riders and Equine Assisted Learning. Dominique has a "cup half full" outlook on life which makes her a natural when it comes to presenting "conflict" from this perspective. Resolution from a positive perspective.