9e Conférence internationale S'occuper des enfants - Jeunesse en tête : Au-delà du risque les besoins de développement
Le thème retenu pour cette édition est : « Jeunesse en tête. Au-delà du risque : les besoins de développement » :
- Jeunesse en tête…Parce que la jeunesse est l’affaire de tous et qu’elle doit être au centre des priorités de la société québécoise.
- Au-delà du risque : les besoins de développement…Parce qu’il faut protéger les enfants et les jeunes tout en leur permettant de se développer
de façon optimale. Et ce, sans perdre de vue les besoins de développement de la communauté, de la recherche, des organisations sur les plans du personnel clinique et administratif, de la relève, des pratiques de pointe ou des systèmes d’information.
Ce congrès conjoint sera l’occasion d’aborder des enjeux spécifiques liés à l’évaluation des besoins des enfants et des jeunes, ainsi qu’aux stratégies à adopter pour y répondre. Ces enjeux spécifiques s’incarnent dans les sept thèmes suivants : les approches centrées sur les besoins de développement des enfants et des jeunes; le soutien à la parentalité; les approches intégrées; les approches participatives; la planification de l’intervention et des services; la qualité des services et les défis organisationnels. La stabilité et la continuité sont des préoccupations qui traverseront l’ensemble des sept thèmes du congrès. Les communications recherchées peuvent porter sur des initiatives d’intervention (approches, programmes, outils), des résultats de recherche, ainsi que sur des innovations dans les services administratifs et de soutien.
9th International Looking After Children Conference - Youth in Mind. Beyond Risk: the developmental needs
The conference’s main theme will be “Youth in mind. Beyond risk: the developmental needs.”
- Youth in mind…because young people are everybody's concern and must be a central priority of Québec society.
- Beyond risk: the developmental needs… because we must protect children and youth while allowing them to develop optimally. At the same time, we must not lose sight of the developmental needs of the community, research, organizations with regard to clinical and administrative personnel, future practitioners, cutting-edge practices, and information systems.
This joint conference will be an opportunity to address specific issues related to assessing the needs of children and youth and the strategies for responding to these needs. Issues will be grouped under seven selected topics: approaches centred on the developmental needs of children and youth; parenting support; integrated approaches; participatory approaches; planning of intervention and services; quality of services; and organizational challenges. Issues of stability and continuity cut across all seven topics. Submissions may relate to intervention initiatives (approaches, programs, tools), research results, or administrative and support services.
Pathways to Resilience II: The Social Ecology of Resilience
This conference, our second, brings together presenters from six continents to explore aspects of resilience such as how we:
• design clinical interventions and social programs to make resilience more likely
• offer informal community supports in ways young people want
• nurture healthy family, school and community relationships
• celebrate cultural traditions that support children’s mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being
• design schools for vulnerable learners
• negotiate social policy that is child and youth friendly
• secure peace and contribute to social justice and citizenship for children
Together, as an interdisciplinary group, we will discuss not only how children beat the odds stacked against them, but how professionals and caregivers can change those odds so that young people around the world experience resilience in culturally meaningful ways.
Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect through Parent Education
This book discusses service delivery of parent education programs from research on 25 distinct parenting programs. They give suggestions for planning, evaluating and strengthening programs and provide case studies. The book is clearly-written and very informative.
Nurturing Skills for Families Program
This is a program designed specifically for the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect. It is a competency-based program that allows parent educators to customize sessions to suit an individual family or a group of parents. It is for us in home or group settings. To make use of this program, the facilitator must assess each family individually according to an evaluation and scoring system provided by and then put together an appropriate program for the family or families involved. It includes and optional accompanying course for children. Material includes a parent handbook, DVDs and CDs, and are available in Spanish and English.
Note: The program was developed in the United States and may be more culturally appropriate in that setting.
Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Way
This is a program suitable for parents from different backgrounds, with low literacy, and with children of various ages. It focuses on using non-punitive measures to deal with behavioural problems. The program can be done as a series of sessions or can be modified. Alternately, the books upon which it is based (Positive Discipline by Jane Nelsen and several more specific versions) are available for self-help.
Parenting Education Saskatchewan
This is a useful site for parent educators looking for tips. It includes information of professional growth, a section of frequently asked questions and a database of provincial and national parent educators.
Save the Children’s Toolkit on Positive Discipline
This document begins with an overview of the problems associated with physical punishment and the reasons why it should not be used, then acknowledges that learning about positive discipline is an important part of phasing out physical punishment. Beginning on p. 97 there are well-thought-out activities designed to give participants an understanding of children’s rights and positive discipline. The activities are designed for people coming from a variety of cultural backgrounds, particularly those in which physical punishment is considered socially acceptable or even necessary. This is useful for creating an atmosphere in which values regarding child punishment can be questioned more than it is useful for training parents in the everyday specifics of positive parenting.
A Booklet for Service Providers Who Work with Immigrant Families on Issues Relating to Child Discipline, Child Abuse and Child Neglect
This booklet explains some of the challenges in dealing with families from non-Canadian ethno-cultural backgrounds and offers some pointers for doing so in a sensitive manner.




