Family Violence Initiative
COMPENDIUM OF PROMISING PRACTICES TO REDUCE VIOLENCE AND INCREASE SAFETY OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN IN CANADA – COMPENDIUM ANNEX: DETAILED PRACTICE DESCRIPTIONS
INTERACTIONS WITHIN COMMUNITIES
Healthy Relationships: Women
- Program name:
Family Violence Component
- Organization:
Onen'to:kon Treatment Services
- Location:
Kanehsatake, Quebec
- Target Group:
Male and Female clients.
- Contact Name:
Mavis Etienne, Clinical Supervisor
- Phone:
450-479-8353
- Email:
N/A
- Website:
Program Overview
- History:
N/A
Program Description
- Goals & Objectives:
To develop skills in women to deal positively with potentially abusive relationships through the incorporation of traditional teachings; and to incorporate traditional teachings especially the value of respect, to reduce vulnerability to violence and abuse.
- Traditional/Indigenous ways:
The cultural component of the program is a set of traditional activities that seek to integrate traditional Native practices and the twelve-step model of the AA program of recovery, which includes: traditional ceremonies, Native languages, bead/craft work, traditional foods, drumming and traditional music.
- Components of program:
The program lasts six (6) weeks, follows the AA 12 steps approach, and includes traditional practices of healing. It rests on the belief that self-help comes from helping others. The program includes individual counselling, group therapy, lectures, and films; it also includes participation in Alcoholics/Narcotics Anonymous meetings and in cultural activities. The program incorporates relaxation, occupational, social and recreational therapy.
- Services/How they work:
Services are provided on site at the facility.
- Funding:
Funding is received by the Department of Health Canada's National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program.
Relationships and Stakeholders
- Involvement of Target Groups:
N/A
- Partners:
N/A
- Other relationships:
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Details of Program Evaluation
- Evaluation:
No evaluation has been completed.
- Highlights of Evaluation Findings:
N/A
Program Outcomes
- Measures of Success:
Success is measured against clients making positive and healthy life choices.
- Achievements:
Women realizing that they do not have to stay in abusive relationships and successfully choosing positive ways of addressing that situation.
- Challenges:
The program is too short (6 weeks) to meet many of the needs of the clients.
Things to Know to Replicate
- Replication Advice:
The program is considered replicable. No advice given.
- Resources:
Adequate funding, properly trained staff and facility space for the programming would be necessary to ensure the program's success.
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