Fostering healthy relationships to create healthy communities
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Empowering Youth and Cultivating Confidence
Our Youth Education Program is designed to teach youths in Grades 6-8 about healthy relationships to help eliminate violence in our community. It is a preventative program that uses self-esteem building activities to highlight the importance of having a positive personal self-image. The goal is that young women and men who partake in the curriculum will have improved self-esteem, better resiliency and coping skills. Teaching these imperative skills for healthier relationships through interactive workshops aims to prevent future generations from experiencing or using domestic violence.
Topics Explored:
- Healthy relationships and self-esteem
- Sexual harassment
- Media
- Differences
- Building self esteem
- Mental health
- Substance use
- Hope for the future
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Programs Offered:
"I AM"
- Self-esteem building
- For youth aged 12-14
- Promotes media literacy through examining messages and stereotypes in our lives and social media
- Provides tools for building healthy relationships with oneself and others.
- Utilizes games, music, TikTok videos and popular shows
- Interactive
- Curriculum meets Ontario Ministry of Education guidelines
- Pre and post tools utilized to measure program success
- Free eight-week program available for schools and community centres within Waterloo Region
"INSPIRE"
- Empathy building
- For youth aged 10-13
- Focuses on healthy relationships and communication, bullying, empathy and coping with life changes
- Facilitated through games and popular shows/movies
- Addresses barriers to empathy
- Interactive
- Curriculum meets Ontario Ministry of Education guidelines
- Pre and post tools utilized to measure program success
- Free eight-week program available for schools and community centres within Waterloo Region
Impacts
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Strengthened peer relationships
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Enhanced empathy
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Increased self-esteem
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Improved conflict resolution skills
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Caring and cooperative behaviours