Family Violence Initiative
COMPENDIUM OF PROMISING PRACTICES TO REDUCE VIOLENCE AND INCREASE SAFETY OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN IN CANADA
INTERACTIONS WITHIN COMMUNITIES
Healthy Relationships: Children and Youth
- Program Name:
Cause I Care For You
- Organization/Community:
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
- Location:
Wendake, Quebec
- Website:
- Goals and Objectives:
To increase awareness and encourage constructive, non-judgemental dialogue concerning the phenomenon of violence.
- Target Group Description:
Youth (But program can be adapted for other demographics)
- Program Description:
The program consists of a kit that teachers, youth workers and other individuals that are involved with youth can use to explore and create dialogue about the themes of: jealousy, psychological violence, sexual violence and physical violence. This is done through the use of educational videos that are specific to each theme and are accompanied by a number of questions to encourage dialogue. It is designed to be adapted to a workshop format consisting of four sessions of 60 minutes. The facilitators of this program are encouraged to include activities in the workshops (i.e. role play, art therapy) to increase the effectiveness of the learning experience and to help retain the key messages that youth are expected to retain.
- Program Successes/Impact:
Having created and provided a resource where none was available before.
- Key Lessons/Challenges:
N/A
- Program in operation since:
2007.
- Program:
Ongoing.
- Date modified: