CHILD & YOUTH ADVOCACY CENTRES

Several Canadian CACs/CYACs have shared well-researched and practical materials that they have developed. Contact each organization directly for more information. Email, phone and other contact information for each centre can be found under the Organizations tab.

• Reports

  • SW Alberta Child Advocacy Centre Feasibility Study, February 2019 – Southern Alberta CAC Committee & Chinook Sexual Assault Centre
  • Project Hope Report – Cedar Centre Feasibility Study, 2019 – Newmarket, ON
  • Activity Report, 2016-2017, Fondation Marie-Vincent – Fondation Marie-Vincent, QUE
  • Rapport d’Activité 2016-2017– Fondation Marie-Vincent, QUE
  • Needs Assessment, Final Report, 2013 – Peel Region, ON
  • Preliminary model development report, 2012 – West Kootenay, BC
  • SKY, Kootenay Boundary Region, Feasibility Study Report, 2011– Kootenay Boundary Region, BC

• MOUs (Memoranda of Understanding) & Governance

  • MOU 2015 – Caribou – Grande Prairie, AB
  • Governance PowerPoint, 2013 – Boost CYAC, Toronto, ON

• Brochures

  • Brochure – Understanding Cultural Competence for Service Providers Servicing Diverse Populations, 2020 – Windsor Essex Child/Youth Advocacy Centre, ON
  • LCYAC Client Pamphlet – Carleton Place, Ontario
  • SKY Family Pamphlet – Safe Kids and Youth (SKY), Nelson, BC
  • Psychosocial Services for Parents, Information Brochure (Eng) – Fondation Marie-Vincent , QUE

• Consent Forms

  • Consent form – Caregiver, 2019 – Boost CYAC, Toronto, ON
  • Consent form – Youth, 2019 – Boost CYAC, Toronto, ON
  • Consent to Obtain and Communicate Information Form, (Eng) – Fondation Marie-Vincent, QUE
    
  • Consentement à Obtenir et Communiquer de l’Information (Fr) – Fondation Marie-Vincent, QUE
    
  • Consent to Psychosocial Intervention Services for Teenagers Form (Eng) – Fondation Marie-Vincent, QUE
    
  • Consentement aux services d’intervention aux adolescents (Fr) – Fondation Marie-Vincent, QUE
    

  • Consentement aux Services d’Intervention Psychosociale aux Parents (Fr) – Fondation Marie-Vincent, QUE

    Knowledge Bank: Expertise, Skills, Practices

• Advocates: Child Advocates, Youth Advocates, Family Advocates

• Role of the Child Advocate – Boost CYAC, Toronto ON
  

  Childhood Trauma & Treatment

• Understanding Trauma, 2013 – Boost CYAC, Toronto ON

  
  Cultural Competency

• Recommendations for Service Providers on how to Practice Cultural Competence, 2020 – Windsor Essex Child/Youth Advocacy Centre, ON
• Cultural Competency: Manual for Servicing Diverse Populations – Building Awareness Among Service Providers – Windsor Essex Child/Youth Advocacy Centre, ON
  
• Forensic Interviewing

  Article on forensic interviewing from Topics & Trends
  
  Service Delivery

  Case Intake Flowchart, 2015 – Boost CYAC, Toronto, ON
  Service model – simple (n/d) – Boost CYAC, Toronto, ON
  Statistical reporting form, 2013 – Koala Place, Cornwall, ON
  Child and youth advocacy centres: A change in practice that can change a lifetime, Paediatrics & Child Health, 2018

  Victim Support & Court Preparation

   

  Victim Services Manual – Victoria CYAC, Victoria, BC
  Resource Guide for Justice Professionals Working with Child Witnesses in Northern Canada – Project Lynx, Whitehorse, YT

Videos

• • Truth Be Told – The Zebra Child Protection Centre, Edmonton, AB
  • Kids Can Tell – The Zebra Child Protection Centre, Edmonton, AB
  • Silence, Violence & Silos – Maltreatment Documentary – The Big Bear Child & Youth Advocacy Centre Story

 National CYAC/CAC Knowledge Exchange 2018 – Ottawa

• 1. A Nationwide survey of child interviewing practices in Canada
     Sonja P. Brubacher (Eng.)
  2. Un sondage national sur les pratiques d’entrevues au Canada
     Sonja P. Brubacher (Fr.)
  3. Monitoring Feedback for Forensic Interviewing
     Sonja Brubacher and Meredith Kirkland-Burke (Fr.)
  4. Monitoring & Feedback for Forensic Interviewing
     Sonja Brubacher and Meredith Kirkland-Burke (Eng.)
  5. Project Lynx – A Yukon Child and Youth Advocacy Centre.
     Lindsay Roberts (Eng)
  6. Centre d’appui aux enfants et à la jeunesse du Yukon.
     Lindsay Roberts (Fr.)
  7. Fondation Marie-Vincent, Quebec
     Annie Fournier et Martine Hébert (FR)
  8. Foundation Marie-Vincent, Quebec
     Annie Fournier et Martine Hébert (Eng)
  9. Snowflake Place for Children and Youth – Spotlight, Manitoba (Eng.)
  10. Snowflake Place for Children and Youth – Spotlight, Manitoba (Fr.)
  11. SeaStar Child and Youth Advocacy Centre – Highlight. Halifax (Eng.)
  12. SeaStar Child and Youth Advocacy Centre – Highlight. Halifax (Fr.)
  13. Provincial Roundtable on CYAC Best Practices BC (Eng.)
  14. Table Ronde Provinciale BC (Fr.)

• Information Links 

  The Canadian Child Abuse Association has many new tools and resources that you can access on their website:

  https://ccaa.org/ccaa_tools.html

  The Child Welfare Research Portal: https://cwrp.ca/ The CWRP provides child protection professionals, researchers, and the public with a single point of access to Canadian child welfare research, encompassing research on children who have been abused and neglected, and the programs and policies developed to support and protect children and to support their families. The Portal includes databases of Canadian research publications, and information and statistics about provincial, territorial, aboriginal and national child welfare policies, legislation and programs.

  The Internet Watch Foundation: This Annual Report provides an excellent summary of the latest data on the global state of child sexual abuse images and videos online: https://www.iwf.org.uk/what-we-do/who-we-are/annual-reports

 The Child Abuse Library Online (CALiO™): The Child Abuse Library Online, a service of the National Children’s Advocacy Center, is the largest online professional collection of resources related to child maltreatment.   CALiO™ Collections offers open access to high quality published knowledge, educational materials, and resources, including hundreds of peer reviewed research publications that can be downloaded and shared without permission.