0051 - Wholistic Healing Practices Certificate, Module 3 "Kinship and Customary Care in Indigenous Child Welfare"
Course Description
In this two-day workshop, participants will learn about methods of community engagement and how to build relationships with community based on trust. Capacity-building in communities is key to restoring children’s safety and wellbeing. This module will explore community-informed alternative care approaches to caring for our children by generating Indigenous-centred tools for assessment and care. Working with children in care is distinct and requires a wholistic lens. Unique approaches inclusive of cultural teachings, ceremony, and relationship-building guide wholistic practice with children, kinship structures, and communities.
Course Outline
This module will:
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Foster skills and knowledge on wholistic approaches with alternative care practices.
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Explore Indigenous-centred, wholistic assessment tools.
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Offer wholistic, community-informed practice approaches to better address the needs of children, kinship structures, and communities.
Learner Outcomes
Participants will:
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Develop an understanding of the impacts of colonial trauma in child welfare and childcare.
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Build their wholistic bundle, especially in the realm of child and family services.
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Deepen their knowledge of community-informed alternative care practices in childcare.
Notes
This workshop is developed and delivered by the Centre for Indigegogy. To learn more about the Centre for Indigegogy, please visit our website wlu.ca/fsw/indigegogy.
Due to the sensitive nature of our programming, we do not permit Zoom recordings or the use of AI note-taking technology.
Questions? Please contact us at indigegogy@wlu.ca.
Recommendations
This workshop makes up 14 out of 84 hours required to receive the Wholistic Healing Practices and Colonial Trauma Certificate. Module 1, 2 and 4 are required core modules.Applies Towards the Following Certificates
- Wholistic Healing Practices and Colonial Trauma Certificate : Wholistic Healing Practices and Colonial Trauma Certificate