Our Public Education Program
Prevention, Education, and Awareness are key to ending the cycle of violence against women and children. Since the early days of Interval House, the Public Education Program has been an integral component of our work in Lanark County. We know that increasing the awareness of a community on the topic of domestic violence creates a safer community. We offer free training and workshops for schools, service providers, and community groups as a way to break down barriers and create culture change.
Topics Include:
- Healthy Relationships
- Dating Violence
- How Domestic Violence Affects Children
- Gender and the Media
- How Neighbours, Friends, and Families can help
- LCIHCS Programs & Services
Are you a Teacher? We offer:
- Dynamic, engaging workshops to youth about
- healthy relationships
- dating violence
- gender stereotypes
- Flexibility: we can shape our presentations and discussions to meet your needs
- one class or two, twenty students or sixty
- shaped to meet your curriculum needs
We believe that all youth have the power to end the cycle of violence and we encourage them to model healthy relationships.
Are you a Service Provider? We offer:
- Training about our programs, services, protocols
- Additional education about abuse and gender-based violence and their effects on women and children of all ages.
- Training to volunteers in caring roles.
Are you part of a Community Group?:
- Learn more about how neighbours, friends, and families can safely help in an abusive or violent situation.
- Women, men, and youth are all a part of the solution.
Don’t see what you’re looking for?
This is just a beginning for the educational services we can offer and we are not limited to the above options. If you have other ideas please contact our Public Education Program at (613) 257-3469 x 63 or brianne@lcih.com to share your vision with us!