Public Education
Prevention is Key.
Our Public Education Program is designed to increase awareness on the social issues related to family and gender-based violence, through education, support, referrals, and advocacy. We also have custom presentations that are geared towards schools, colleges, community groups, summer camps, businesses, and non-profit agencies. Odyssey House is active in upper elementary, as well as Junior and Senior high in the City and County of Grande Prairie.
The statistics report that one in three youth between the ages of 12 and 17 will experience violence in their relationships. The Odyssey House Public Education Department offers a variety of programs and presentations geared to educate youth around what abusive, unhealthy, and healthy relationships look like. At Odyssey House, we believe that everyone has the right to equal opportunity and social justice. We are always updating our content and presentations, please come back often for more information and to see what Odyssey House is doing in the community.
Students & Youth
We offer several training’s and presentations designed for all levels in the School circuit. Below is a list of courses and programs we offer. Please feel free to contact us for further information or to book your free presentation.
Healthy Friendships | Grades 1-2
Discusses the qualities of a good friend, building blocks of healthy friendships, and why communication is important.
Expressing Healthy Emotions | Grade 3/4 Boys
Teaches young boys about expressing and regulating emotions; specifically anger. Great for teaching the importance of identifying and properly dealing with emotions. Includes videos and interactive activities.
Health Self-Esteem | Grade 3/4 Girls
Teaches young girls about how to build healthy self-esteem. Great for building young girls up and empowering them to be themselves. Includes videos and interactive activities.
Bullying and Harassment (Day 1) | Healthy Peer Relationships (Day 2) | Grades 4-6
Day 1: Talks about various aspects of bullying and prevalence rates and encourages youth to look at their own behaviors
Day 2: Talks about what we look for in friendships and what qualities are important in healthy friendships such as honesty, trust, and communication. Both days include videos and interactive activities to spark engagement from the students.
Community
In addition to our school based programs, we also offer many presentations designed for individuals and businesses in our community. Below is a list of programs we offer for our community audience.
Domestic Violence- It’s Your Business
Most people spend majority of their time at work, so it makes sense that if staff are experiencing violence at home, it will follow them to work. This program provides proactive measures, strategies, and how to help for businesses. A great option to have your team trained and certified in a 1 hour workshop.
Intimate Partner Violence
This program discusses various aspects of intimate partner violence such as the use of power and control in a relationship and other characteristics of abuse as well as factors contributing to family violence and the effects on children.
Healthy, Unhealthy, & Abusive Relationships
This program aims to help participants distinguish the differences between healthy, unhealthy, and abusive relationship qualities through identifying warning signs, statistics, and the importance of healthy boundaries and conflict resolution.
Understanding Trauma
This program discusses the various aspects of what trauma is, what it means to be trauma-informed, initial and delayed responses to trauma, as well as strategies that can be utilized recovering from trauma.
Leading Change: Inspired Communities
This program is for community members to learn how to talk about unhealthy gender stereotypes, how they can affect violence and the active role we can play in stopping it. This training was developed by the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters in partnership with Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) and has been implemented in other communities in Alberta such as Calgary, Edmonton, High Level, and Rocky Mountain House. Our goal is to empower community members with the confidence to talk to others about how unhealthy ideas of masculinity and femininity are harmful and what healthy ideas of masculinity and femininity look like. The program has been used with sports teams, community organizations and schools to help address cultural views on gender and violence.
Booking a Presentation
We believe that prevention is most effective when education happens early and often. As such, all presentations are free of charge. If you have any questions or would like to book a presentation, please contact our Public Education Coordinator through email at edusupport@odysseyhouse.ca
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