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
Kackaamin employs Family Support Workers, and Certified Therapists that facilitate educational workshops that broaden the knowledge of our adult clientele on a variety of topics and issues. There is weekly individual, couple, and family counselling available along with community capacity building support sessions.
The educational workshops cover a variety of topics such as:
- Communication
- Triggers and defense mechanisms
- Alcohol, drugs, and their effects
- Trust
- Boundaries
- Emotions
- Co-dependency
- "The Virtues Project"
- Circle of Security parenting program
- Residential schools
- Trauma
- Grief and loss
- Health and wellness, self-care
- Spirituality and Cultural development
- Cultural and traditional teachings
- Healing ceremonies and sweat lodges
- Recreation with your family
- AA/NA meetings
Children & Youth Program (K-12)
The children and youth have a great staff including a SD70 teacher, a cultural support worker, and additional support workers. We ask that your children bring all English and Mathematics material from their respective schools.
The Learning Centre’s approach consists of many elements all rooted in the “Virtues project” wherein your child’s inner talents and strengths are named and developed throughout the session.
Your children will have the opportunity to connect with our staff to learn about communication, triggers, Residential Schools, boundaries, grief and loss and ceremonies relating to, as well as lateral kindness, and self-care. They will also have weekend access to visit our Child and Youth Clinical Play Therapist.
Toddlers Program (0-5)
Our Toddler Centre Daycare is a nurturing and safe place for newborns and toddlers up to the age of five. The children participate in a variety of play activities that have therapeutic and gentle teachings such as aboriginal drumming and art therapy. We recognize that our toddlers will one day be our elders and we nurture any talents that they possess and welcome what they each have to show us about themselves.
