Working with Vulnerable Youth Online: A Trauma-Informed Approach

Dr. Faye Mishna, Professor with the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work and Margaret & Wallace McCain Chair in Child & Family at the University of Toronto presented this webinar. Dr. Mishna talks about:

Offering online support services / treatment is critical during this time of highly restricted access to treatment due to COVID-19.
It is important for service providers to maintain an awareness that the home may not be a safe environment for all youth.
Not all youth are able to access or participate in online services due to lack of access to WI-FI or lack of privacy.
Ways service providers can assess for barriers to access and ensure that online services for youth are safe and confidential.

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PREVNet is located at the University of Calgary, located in the heart of Southern Alberta. We acknowledge and pay tribute to the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7, which include the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprised of the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations). The City of Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta (Districts 5 and 6).

PREVNet works to eliminate violence and promote healthy relationships for youth and is dedicated to working toward addressing the systemic racism and the impacts of colonization that puts marginalized groups at higher risks of violence. PREVNet believes it is our collective responsibility to listen, learn, and act to ensure the rights of Indigenous people are recognized and implemented.