Family Program Overview
Our core 6-week program incorporates teaching and activities for the whole family so that each person can experience success in reaching their goals.
Adults Program
Weekly themes, topics, & workshops include:
- Emotions
- Healthy communication
- Triggers and defense mechanisms
- Alcohol, drugs, and their effects
- Trust
- Boundaries
- Complex & collective trauma (cultural oppression, sexual violence) - impacts on community
- Resiliency factors
- Grief & Loss
- Weekly counselling sessions
- Post-recovery planning
- "The Virtues Project"
- Circle of Security parenting program, healthy attachment, & trauma-informed parenting
- Health and wellness, self-care
- Cultural and traditional teachings
- Healing ceremonies
- Recreation & reconnection with your family
- AA/NA meetings
- Routine & structure
Learning Centre Program (K-12)
The children are supported through age-appropriate workshops and activities that follow the weekly group theme. Children's sense of safety, inclusion, voice, and wellbeing, as well as trauma-informed care are priority for staff.
Message from the LC:
Hello and welcome to the Learning Centre! Our classroom is special in the fact that it doesn't run like the average classroom. We welcome all school age students Kindergarten to Grade 12. Our primary focus is safety and relationship building understanding that our students come to us at different levels and needs. We practice a holistic approach to education building wellness for the body, mind and spirit. If your child is joining us in the classroom, the Kackaamin teacher will be contacting their home schools and communicating in order to best support the student. If there is school work that is absolutely necessary to complete, please bring it with you. Otherwise, we do a variety of academic, cultural and social emotional activities. Any of the Learning Centre staff are more than happy to answer questions when you arrive with us.
Toddler Centre Program (0-5)
Kackaamin provides family treatment sessions that include programming for age-appropriate teachings in the childcare centre. Some topics that may be covered include emotions and culture through story telling, culture sharing, and circle time. The staff encourage development through play (in/outdoors).
