Tools for Change: An Educator's Resource Site

Author(s): Donna Mitchell, Desmond Brennan, Linda Heart, Barbra Jepson, M. Ruth Pickering

Publisher: The Community Child Abuse Council of Hamilton-Wentworth

Type of Resource: Theoretical

Target Grades: N/A

Canadian Resource? Yes

Resource formally evaluated? No

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(where noted: Consistently (C)   Often (O))

Exploring Healthy Relationships

This resource shares knowledge about:

• the importance of healthy relationships in the lives of children/youth (C)
• how healthy relationships support a healthy/ resilient sense of well-being in children/youth (O)
• values/qualities that support healthy relationships: mutual empathy, mutual respect, mutual empowerment (O)

Exploring Social Relations of Oppression / Marginalization and Equality

This resource shares knowledge about:

• gender analysis of social relations (O)

Exploring Identity, Gender, and Diversity

The resource explores:

Developing Connections & Ideas

The resource provides:

• better insights into the lives of children/youth (O)
• knowledge/ideas on the promotion of healthy, respectful and empowering relationships among children/youth (C)
• knowledge/ideas on the promotion of positive self-identity in children/youth (C)
• strategies for involving children/youth in the promotion of healthy and equal relationships (O)

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This resource provides a holistic framework for preventing violence by empowering children. The framework consists of topics such as healthy relationships, communication, self esteem, prevention of stereotyping, personal safety, and family violence, and how these interact to contribute towards the common goal of preventing violence by empowering youth.

The resource outlines a school-based process for the planning of a violence prevention program. The focus is on the uniqueness of each school, and a framework is provided in order to tailor a violence prevention program to each school’s individual needs.

The resource makes connections to the curriculum, showing how promoting healthy relationships can be incorporated into each subject (e.g. math/science, art, and language, and more). Suggestions of print and video resources are given to aid educators in the process of developing a school-based violence prevention program.

The resource also outlines strategies to engage families in students’ education.