Channelling the violence of young offenders through painting
Canaliser la violence de jeunes contrevenants grâce à la peinture (english version below) Ils ont réalisé une murale symbolisant leur évolution en detention Des adolescents d’un centre jeunesse montréalais ont troqué leurs poings pour un pinceau en réalisant une murale symbolisant le cheminement qu’ils ont fait pour mieux gérer leur colère. « Les adolescents qui sont ici en garde fermée, [...]
USING A.R.T. AS INSPIRATION FOR A NEW TYPE OF GROUP WORK
When the management of social services in the Municipality of Herning, Denmark began to review the composition of contents in cases they realized that in a growing number of the social workers reported that in many families, the male parent often complained of being isolated within the family or being left in a situation where frustration over lack of tools [...]
COMMITTEES
PREPSEC International has a number of committees which all confer with the Executive Board. The committees consist of volunteers who are doing some very valuable work, often under difficult conditions as most meetings are happening on-line. None the less PREPSEC International must rely on the work of these committees to look at issues concerning program development, quality assurance, research etc. further. Should you [...]
Learn to minu-tate
What is mindfulness? Mindfulness is the basic human ability to be fully present, aware of where we are and what we’re doing, and not overly reactive or overwhelmed by what’s going on around us. While mindfulness is something we all naturally possess, it’s more readily available to us when we practice on a daily basis. Whenever you bring awareness to [...]
#PREPSECsupportForYou – Anger regulation!
We would like to help you out with some anger regulation tips. If you feel that anger is slowly becoming visible and overwhelming, use some simple steps to track it, understand it, own it and use it to respond in a calm, prosocial way. Think before you act, listen to what your body says, and train the anger regulation to [...]
Useful tool for the time of social distancing
Calling all ART/PREPARE Curriculum trainers and practitioners! Here is a tool that you all can find helpful when supporting families in this time of social distancing. Print it, save it on your devices, use it when the opportunity arises: in your home and theirs! Let us know what you think by contacting us by email and fanpage on facebook! To [...]