THE CHILD RESILIENCY PROGRAMME

Building Peace, Resiliency and Wellness

Began in 2006 as an outreach programme of the Hope United Church, under the umbrella of the Hope counseling and Wellness Centre. It seeks to meet the needs of pre-adolescents and build on their competencies as the most effective strategy for preventing multiple problems. It also aims to focus on promoting physical, social, cognitive, vocational and moral competence.

In 2014 the Child Resiliency Programme (CRP) began operating out of the Violence Prevention Alliance, UWI and spread its wings to the Kingston YMCA, Boys Town, west Kingston and Falmouth All age School and in 2017 to Sam Sharpe Teachers College, Montego Bay. It is a collaborative effort between schools, community organizations, church, families and health services in order to build a broad enough network of protection for our young.

In 2022, CRP partnered with The Peace Institute and Extended Learning Centre of the International University of the Caribbean (IUC) and expanded its objectives to include training in Peace, Resiliency and Wellness (PRW).

About Us

peace, resiliency and wellness training

Drs. Scott and Miller (who have worked together for the past decade) have brought their combined 20 years of training experiences and expertise working in various sectors, to co- author the Peace Building, Resiliency and Wellness Manual and have been conducting Peacebuilding, Resiliency and Wellness training to Universities, Governmental, NGOs and Faith-Based Organisations (FBOs).

The Resiliency and Wellness Training Programme is a dynamic process that helps people adapt to context and adversity. All adults, including students in university find themselves challenged as they adjust to changing environments and their usual support system. Their physical and mental health may become compromised, and they often struggle with satisfaction with their social life, educational opportunities, work, or daily activities.

Resilience is what helps them to adapt well to these events instead of feeling overwhelmed, dwelling on problems, using unhealthy ways to deal with stress and developing anxiety or depression. Not only does it involve bouncing back from life- changing situations, but it also empowers persons to grow and to improve their lives and those around them.

 

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OVERALL PROGRAMME GOAL

The building of resilient children and adolescents by a long term developmental process that involves integration of our neighbouring schools, mental health services, church and community organisations.

Core Basis of Child Resiliency Programme

The life stories of resilient youth who have now grown into adulthood teach us that competence, caring and confidence resulting in the highest levels of productivity can flourish even under adverse circumstances if children encounter persons who provide them with a secure basis for the development of trust, autonomy and initiative.

  • Shifting paradigms from a focus on individual risk and deficit to one of global protection and strength
  • Holistic rather than a piecemeal problematic based programme.
  • Our overall goal is the protection of vulnerable children and adolescents through a long term developmental process based on existing resiliency research. Each child, referred to the programme by the guidance counselor or principal of the neighboring schools, is considered to be at promise.

  • We currently operate with 50 children from the neighbouring primary schools in and around Boys Town, 25 children at Mountain View Primary and Infant school and 11 children at Chalky Hill Primary and Infant school.

List of Referring Primary Schools to Boys Town

To Boys Town

  • Trench Town Primary
  • Edward Seaga Primary
  • St. Annes Primary
  • St. Albans Primary
  • Boys Town Primary
  • Jones Town Primary

MAIN OBJECTIVES

To identify and support pre and young adolescents age 9-11 yrs who are at risk of behavioural or emotional problems or are displaying the following high risk behaviours; reading below grade level, delinquency, excessive fighting, family history of death or incarceration, have suffered sexual, physical, emotional abuse or neglect.

To mobilize a system of support for children age 9-11 yrs within the community by making linkages between Community Organizations, Church, Family, School, Peers, Recreation, Creative Expression and Sports

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