Prevention

Positive Childhood Experiences

As a Community Child & Youth Worker, you can play an important role in increasing Positive Childhood Experiences for the children and youth living in your neighbourhood.

Community Houses are a member of the Ottawa Child & Youth Initiatives' Critical Hours Task Group. The Critical Hours have developed the 3 pillars to after school and summer programming to best support children.

https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/documents/a/2020/adverse-childhood-experiences-report.pdf

CDC: Childhood Trauma Is A Public Health Issue And We Can Do More To Prevent ItWhat happens to you in childhood can affect your health for a lifetime. New data show a link between childhood trauma and disease later in life. Prevention is critical, public health experts say.

Preventing and Treating Childhood Trauma - KVC Health SystemsAn estimated 2 out of 3 youth will be exposed to childhood trauma before the age of 16. Learn how trauma affects a person later in life and how to heal.

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