Session THEMES OBJECTIVES ACTIVITIES # Building Social Support Identify who and where to turn to Welcome, Blessing and Meal [Bimaadizi if they need advice. Discussion and Problems” “Stress Build pro-social and pro-active 3 activities for both youth and caretakers: Walk”; Wiidookaagewin] “Trust 12 support bridges. Circle” & Mission Statement” (worksheet) “Yarn “Personal Understand behaviours that build Wrap-up and closing prayer and break trust. Community Understand the idea of Welcome, Blessing and Meal Empowerment community empowerment. Discussion: Empowerment” “Community Think of the ideas for empowering Youth: Ideal Community Drawing (worksheet) [?] 13 own community. Caretaker: Promoting Positive Change (worksheet) Family: Scrapbooking (photo taken during the sessions) Wrap-up and closing prayer Celebration Feast Celebrate the conclusion of the Welcome, Blessing and Meal [Gitchi program; receive gifts/award. Show and Tell activity 14 Ashangewin] Discuss ways to incorporate the Traditional Blanket Ceremony 14-session learning into daily life. Awards Wrap-up and closing prayer Why a focus on culture is especially important for the health of Indigenous People? History and contemporary conditions affect individual health by creating negative/positive feelings or stress. To prevent negative health outcomes; culture may act as a buffer (a protecting shield) by strengthening one’s identity. In 2002, Walters and colleagues presented the Stress-Coping Paradigm to Model below). “Indigenist”
Session # THEMES OBJECTIVES ACTIVITIES 12 Building Social Support [Bimaadizi Wiidookaagewin] Identify who and where to turn to if they need advice. Build pro-social and pro-active support bridges. Understand behaviours that build and break trust. Welcome, Blessing and Meal Discussion “Stress and Problems” 3 activities for both youth and caretakers: “Trust Walk”; “Yarn Circle” & “Personal Mission Statement” (worksheet) Wrap-up and closing prayer 13 Community Empowerment [?] Understand the idea of community empowerment. Think of the ideas for empowering own community. Welcome, Blessing and Meal Discussion: “Community Empowerment” Youth: Ideal Community Drawing (worksheet) Caretaker: Promoting Positive Change (worksheet) Family: Scrapbooking (photo taken during the sessions) Wrap-up and closing prayer 14 Celebration Feast [Gitchi Ashangewin] Celebrate the conclusion of the program; receive gifts/award. Discuss ways to incorporate the 14-session learning into daily life. Welcome, Blessing and Meal Show and Tell activity Traditional Blanket Ceremony Awards Wrap-up and closing prayer Why a focus on culture is especially important for the health of Indigenous People? History and contemporary conditions affect individual health by creating negative/positive feelings or stress. To prevent negative health outcomes; culture may act as a buffer (a protecting shield) by strengthening one’s identity. In 2002, Walters and colleagues presented the “Indigenist” Stress-Coping Paradigm to Model below).
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