- 1974: Ph.D. Clinical Psychology United States International University, San Diego, California.
- 1971: M.A. Psychology Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, California.
- Certified Psychologist in the Province of Alberta since 1975.
Work Experience:
- Jan 02 to present: Counselor, Children’s Program, Edmonton Sexual Assault Centre
Provide Individual, Parental, and Group Counseling to sexually abused children between the ages of 4 and 17.
- Oct 85 to present: Shifa Psychological Services (Private Practice)
Provide Individual, Marital and Family Counseling to Immigrant families, especially to the Muslim Community.
- Feb 01 to Nov 01: Director, Regional Clinical Services (3 months) and Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation (8 months), Ma'môwe Capital Region Children and Family service Authority, Edmonton, Alberta.
* Developed proposal for establishing a Regional Clinical Service.
* Coordinated the Monitoring & Evaluation functions for all regional programs.
- Nov 88 to Jan 01: Director, Clinical Services, Yellowhead Youth Centre, Department of Family & Social Services, Edmonton, Alberta.
* To manage all the clinical services at the centre including psychological, medical, psychiatric, nursing, recreation, and social services. The Centre is a residential facility for severely emotionally and behaviorally disturbed adolescents and teens and their families.
* To supervise the clinicians and the clinical work.
* To develop programs and program policies that would meet the needs of our population.
*To monitor and evaluate the delivery, efficiency, and cost of the programs on an on-going basis.
* To train clinical and child care staff in the management of our residents and to provide clinical consultation on difficult cases.
To liaise with the outside agencies involved in the treatment of our residents and families.
* To negotiate contracts with the outside agencies for services.
- Sep 84 to Oct 88: Planner, Institutional Mental Health Section, Program Planning Branch, Department of Health, Edmonton, Alberta.
* To serve as a consultant to one provincial psychiatric hospital and a number of psychiatric units in acute care general hospitals in central and southern Alberta, as well as to the senior executives of the department, on operational issues budget reviews, program reviews, etc.
* To develop and assist in implementation of provincial policies related to the institutional mental health services in Alberta.
* To liaise with other care providers in coordinating the service planning and delivery.
- Feb 84 to Aug 84: Regional Director, Northeast Region, Mental Health Services, Alberta Social Services & Community Health, St. Paul, Alberta.
* Responsible for the overall direction, planning, development, and monitoring of the mental health services in the Northeast Alberta, which included 10 clinics and 41 staff.
* To ensure that all clinical services provided met the accreditation standards.
* To coordinate service planning and delivery in the region with other providers.
- May 82 to Feb 84: Area Manager, Northeast Region, Alberta Social Services and Community Health, Lac La Biche, Alberta.
* Responsible for the over-all service delivery of the Social Services and Community Health Programs to the southern half of the northeast region. These programs included child welfare, income security, mental health and rehabilitation services.
* Regional responsibilities for the income security and family relations program.
* Fiscal responsibilities to plan budget and control expenditures.
Contracting with private agencies to provide various services to the department clientele.
* Liaison with the public, municipalities, town councils, MLA's and media.
* Supervision of district office managers and the area clinical director.
- Sep 81 to May 82: Acting Regional Manager, Northeast Region, Mental Health Services, Alberta Social Services & Community Health, St. Paul, Alberta.
* To provide outpatient mental health services to the residents of Northeastern Alberta through 10 clinics and approximately 39 multidisciplinary staff.
*To provide clinical program direction through the development of appropriate policies, monitoring mechanisms, and through clinical supervision of the senior staff.
- Sep 79 to Aug 81: Director, St. Paul District, Alberta Mental Health Services, St. Paul, Alberta.
* To provide outpatient mental health services to the residents of St. Paul district through 5 clinics and approximately 12 multidisciplinary staff.
* To identify local needs and develop appropriate programs.
* To provide clinical program direction through the development of clinical policies, monitoring mechanisms, and through clinical supervision of staff.
* To provide clinical services to a small number of relatively difficult cases.
- May 77 to Aug 79: Clinical Program Director, St. Paul District, Alberta Mental Health Services, St. Paul, Alberta.
* To provide clinical program direction through the development and maintenance of clinical program policies.
* To ensure the quality of clinical casework through the development of monitoring and audit mechanisms.
* To ensure adequate staff development of the clinical staff.
* To provide clinical services to relatively difficult patients.
* To provide supervision and clinical consultation to professional staff.
- Mar 76 to Apr 77: Clinical Psychologist, St. Paul Clinic, Mental Health Services, Alberta Social Services. & Community Health, St. Paul, Alberta.
To provide psychological and clinical assessment and treatment services to people of all ages suffering from mental illness, behavioural and emotional disorders.
- May 73 to Nov 75: Clinical Psychologist, Department of Probation, County of Riverside, Palm Springs, California.
* To provide pretrial psychological assessments of people charged with criminal offenses and probationers.
* To provide individual, group, and family counseling to probationers and their families.
* To consult with the day treatment program for juvenile delinquents.
* To provide in-service training to probation officers.
- Aug 73 to Aug 74: Associate Professor, Pepperdine University, Extension Program, Palm Desert, California.
Taught courses in Personality Theory and Statistics.
Activities:
Dr. Sadiq has been involved in a number of community activities, such as, teaching children, youth, and families from minority groups about self-awareness, value-clarification, parenting and conflict resolution skills.
