The document outlines a plan and needs analysis for the Home of Positive Encounters (HOPE), a facility in Trinidad and Tobago that provides treatment, education, and training to abused children and young adults between 0-21 years old. It aims to help victims of abuse achieve closure in a professional and humane environment. The document details HOPE's vision, mission, structure, current limitations due to lack of funding and space, and estimated yearly costs of $956,400 to operate the facility for 12 clients. It requests assistance to meet the urgent need for this type of facility in Trinidad and Tobago.
Talk by Dr Simon Duffy for AACQA on equal citizenship and aged care systems. Dr Duffy explores the meaning of citizenship and the problems inherent in support systems that are not focused on community inclusion.
This was an event held at Brunel University
Monday June 16th 2014
Conference Organisers
Dr Priscilla Harries, Director of Occupational Therapy
Brunel Institute for Ageing Studies
Mr Brian Smith
Joint Lead Officer Crime and Disorder, Trading Standards Institute
The event was for professionals or organisations who work with adults at risk or are in a position to detect and prevent scams as well as researchers who are interested in research on financial abuse/ fraud and prevention of scams.
We plan to make this an annual event
The speakers were
Ms Marilyn Baldwin OBE – Think Jessica
Mr Nick Ellender, Former Chair of the London Safeguarding Adults Network - ‘Safeguarding from the Local Authority perspective’
Dr Cassandra Cross -Key note ‘Beyond money and borders: Seniors’ experiences of online fraud’
Chief Inspector Ronnie Megaughin and Mr Graham Vance, Financial Business Security Adviser at Scottish Business Resilience Centre – ‘Banks Detecting and Reporting Financial Harm’
DC Suzanne Grimmer, A/DS Hannah Nunn, A/D Jim Egley, Operation Amberhill Specialist Organised & Economic Crime Command – ‘Courier Fraud, Suspicious Activity Reports and the Little Book of Big Scams’
Brian Smith, Trading Standards - “At risk “ consumers being targeted by scammers; the Trading Standards response.
Lou Baxter, National Scam Team – The role of the National Trading Standards Scams Team
Maria Gray and Sam Falkner – Capability and Support Central Safeguarding Team - An Adult Protection Framework
Dr Priscilla Harries, Brunel University – Evidence based training tools
Talk by Dr Simon Duffy for AACQA on equal citizenship and aged care systems. Dr Duffy explores the meaning of citizenship and the problems inherent in support systems that are not focused on community inclusion.
This was an event held at Brunel University
Monday June 16th 2014
Conference Organisers
Dr Priscilla Harries, Director of Occupational Therapy
Brunel Institute for Ageing Studies
Mr Brian Smith
Joint Lead Officer Crime and Disorder, Trading Standards Institute
The event was for professionals or organisations who work with adults at risk or are in a position to detect and prevent scams as well as researchers who are interested in research on financial abuse/ fraud and prevention of scams.
We plan to make this an annual event
The speakers were
Ms Marilyn Baldwin OBE – Think Jessica
Mr Nick Ellender, Former Chair of the London Safeguarding Adults Network - ‘Safeguarding from the Local Authority perspective’
Dr Cassandra Cross -Key note ‘Beyond money and borders: Seniors’ experiences of online fraud’
Chief Inspector Ronnie Megaughin and Mr Graham Vance, Financial Business Security Adviser at Scottish Business Resilience Centre – ‘Banks Detecting and Reporting Financial Harm’
DC Suzanne Grimmer, A/DS Hannah Nunn, A/D Jim Egley, Operation Amberhill Specialist Organised & Economic Crime Command – ‘Courier Fraud, Suspicious Activity Reports and the Little Book of Big Scams’
Brian Smith, Trading Standards - “At risk “ consumers being targeted by scammers; the Trading Standards response.
Lou Baxter, National Scam Team – The role of the National Trading Standards Scams Team
Maria Gray and Sam Falkner – Capability and Support Central Safeguarding Team - An Adult Protection Framework
Dr Priscilla Harries, Brunel University – Evidence based training tools
This presentation is intended for informational purposes only. For copyright reasons we are unable to make the whole course available via the website. Please contact your Mission Center for the Core Training Pack, which contains a disc of the Child Protection Coordinator teaching this course, a downloadable PowerPoint presentation, script and additional materials with permissions.
Early Intervention: a regional perspectiveYfoundations
(Diversity) This workshop was facilitated by Jessica Toole, Tamworth Youth Care.
With early intervention and prevention being approaches to ending youth homelessness proving the most apt at ensuring young people do not become entrenched in a life of homelessness and marginalisation, Tamworth Youth Care has implemented at Early Intervention and Prevention program which focuses solely on working with young people at risk of or who have recently fallen into homelessness. This presentation covers the aims and design of the program which operates in a regional area of NSW.
To provide supportive services to men and women in crisis with issues related to substance use, homelessness, HIV, incarceration, and displacement due to family violence; empowering them to return to society as productive, self sufficient individuals.
Strategic Plan
2015-2019
Insight Program
Contents
Background
Vision
Mission
Values
SWOT Analysis
Estimated Operating Budget
Objectives and Priorities
Background
Crittenton of Southern California was born out of the opening of the Florence Crittenton Home in Los Angeles in 1892. The country saw a need for a social service program in the early 1960s, this need helped the creation of the Orange County program partnering with The National Association of Florence Crittenton Agencies. ?? (A need on the country's need for social service programs was establish in the early 1960s which helped in the creation of a Orange Country program partnering with The National Association of Florence Crittenton Agencies.) Florence Crittenton Services Orange County was incorporated in 1966 purchasing a home in Santa Ana, CA. The campus transformed from serving only teen mothers to include exploited boys and girls. In 1991 Fullerton Community Hospital was renovated and re-opened, housing adolescent girls and their children as it continues to do today. Currently, Crittenton Southern California serves Orange, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego Counties.
Crittenton’s mission is carried through Crittenton’s Insight Program. Insight is a comprehensive, multi-faceted residential program for assessment, treatment, recovery of Commercial Sexually Exploited Girls. The program focuses on domestic and international teenage girls between ages 12-18. The girls may be runaways, forced into trafficking, or exploited by their “boyfriends”. Crittenton began providing shelter and services for trafficked teenagers and Commercial Sexual Exploited Children (CSEC). Staff are well trained and dedicated to helping young girls who experienced complex traumas; they assist girls to recover and restore them to their whole self.
Vision Statement
To serve domestic and international victims by providing a safe and secure in-home and community based treatment for a better and brighter future for both youth and adults.
Value Statement
· We believe that every child is entitled to health relationships and a loving family.
· In all our dealings, we conduct ourselves with honor and decency; respecting the children and families we serve, tending to relationships with each other, and proudly representing our agency to the community.
· We demonstrate the very tenets of responsibility that we encourage in our children; trying our best, picking ourselves up when we fail, and having the courage of our convictions.
· We are committed to an atmosphere of trust, openness, and fairness in which all members of the agency – staff, client, board and volunteer – can actively participate in setting the course.
· We will never rest on our laurels.
Mission Statement
We are a non-profit organization with a mission to conserve, and provide a safe, nurturing environment where victims can recover from the trauma of comm.
CHAPTER ONE Introduction to Case ManagementSurviving and Thrivin.docxtiffanyd4
CHAPTER ONE Introduction to Case Management
Surviving and Thriving as a Case Manager
Ellen
The agency I work for is located in the northwestern United States. We serve all age ranges. It is a community mental health center. The center has several different campuses across the county. I believe they serve around 18,000 people: children, adults and older adults. And the programs that they offer are quite extensive. They have counseling services, forensic services, housing and rehabilitation, case management, intensive case management, and then different psycho-educational sorts of things they do as a group. I had two positions within the agency. It is not unusual to stay in an agency and assume a new position.
At first I worked for a program that provided extended support and we provided intensive case management to adults and older adults who were chronically mentally ill. So I worked with a lot of folks who had psychotic disorders and anxiety and depression that were living mostly in adult family homes in the community, which are small residential facilities. They have twenty-four–hour care within the homes and so my role as a case manager was to go to those homes a few times a week to do just case management things.The case manager's job is to make sure clients are thriving in their environment, and everyone is safe and healthy.
I worked in that position for about two years and I carried a caseload of between 20 and 30 people at any given time. We spent a lot of time traveling between houses. And then with the shifts in the budget, I transferred to a different position. I worked in one of the adult community support clinics in the south side of the county. At that particular clinic I was a case manager. Most of our clients would come to us. These clients were more capable of managing public transportation in order to make it to appointments, but they were still very much mentally ill. They had other marginalizing sorts of issues: housing issues, financial issues.
· —Permission granted from Ellen Carruth, 2012, text from unpublished interview
In this agency we focus on meeting the needs of individuals and their families. The individuals, our clients, have difficult medical diagnoses and our goal is to allow them to live in their homes. In additional, all of our clients have other needs, reflecting social, educational, financial, and other family concerns. Meeting these multiple needs requires service coordination. We provide services that meet the specific needs of each client. And we involve the client and the families in service delivery. Coordination and integration support the management process. Sometimes professionals working in mental health and developmental disabilities do not understand how to work together to serve a single client. We provide the bridge.
· —Case manager, children's services, New York, NY
The agency I work for helps adolescent females. It would be difficult to describe the average client. Our clients come from var.
This presentation is intended for informational purposes only. For copyright reasons we are unable to make the whole course available via the website. Please contact your Mission Center for the Core Training Pack, which contains a disc of the Child Protection Coordinator teaching this course, a downloadable PowerPoint presentation, script and additional materials with permissions.
Early Intervention: a regional perspectiveYfoundations
(Diversity) This workshop was facilitated by Jessica Toole, Tamworth Youth Care.
With early intervention and prevention being approaches to ending youth homelessness proving the most apt at ensuring young people do not become entrenched in a life of homelessness and marginalisation, Tamworth Youth Care has implemented at Early Intervention and Prevention program which focuses solely on working with young people at risk of or who have recently fallen into homelessness. This presentation covers the aims and design of the program which operates in a regional area of NSW.
To provide supportive services to men and women in crisis with issues related to substance use, homelessness, HIV, incarceration, and displacement due to family violence; empowering them to return to society as productive, self sufficient individuals.
Strategic Plan
2015-2019
Insight Program
Contents
Background
Vision
Mission
Values
SWOT Analysis
Estimated Operating Budget
Objectives and Priorities
Background
Crittenton of Southern California was born out of the opening of the Florence Crittenton Home in Los Angeles in 1892. The country saw a need for a social service program in the early 1960s, this need helped the creation of the Orange County program partnering with The National Association of Florence Crittenton Agencies. ?? (A need on the country's need for social service programs was establish in the early 1960s which helped in the creation of a Orange Country program partnering with The National Association of Florence Crittenton Agencies.) Florence Crittenton Services Orange County was incorporated in 1966 purchasing a home in Santa Ana, CA. The campus transformed from serving only teen mothers to include exploited boys and girls. In 1991 Fullerton Community Hospital was renovated and re-opened, housing adolescent girls and their children as it continues to do today. Currently, Crittenton Southern California serves Orange, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego Counties.
Crittenton’s mission is carried through Crittenton’s Insight Program. Insight is a comprehensive, multi-faceted residential program for assessment, treatment, recovery of Commercial Sexually Exploited Girls. The program focuses on domestic and international teenage girls between ages 12-18. The girls may be runaways, forced into trafficking, or exploited by their “boyfriends”. Crittenton began providing shelter and services for trafficked teenagers and Commercial Sexual Exploited Children (CSEC). Staff are well trained and dedicated to helping young girls who experienced complex traumas; they assist girls to recover and restore them to their whole self.
Vision Statement
To serve domestic and international victims by providing a safe and secure in-home and community based treatment for a better and brighter future for both youth and adults.
Value Statement
· We believe that every child is entitled to health relationships and a loving family.
· In all our dealings, we conduct ourselves with honor and decency; respecting the children and families we serve, tending to relationships with each other, and proudly representing our agency to the community.
· We demonstrate the very tenets of responsibility that we encourage in our children; trying our best, picking ourselves up when we fail, and having the courage of our convictions.
· We are committed to an atmosphere of trust, openness, and fairness in which all members of the agency – staff, client, board and volunteer – can actively participate in setting the course.
· We will never rest on our laurels.
Mission Statement
We are a non-profit organization with a mission to conserve, and provide a safe, nurturing environment where victims can recover from the trauma of comm.
CHAPTER ONE Introduction to Case ManagementSurviving and Thrivin.docxtiffanyd4
CHAPTER ONE Introduction to Case Management
Surviving and Thriving as a Case Manager
Ellen
The agency I work for is located in the northwestern United States. We serve all age ranges. It is a community mental health center. The center has several different campuses across the county. I believe they serve around 18,000 people: children, adults and older adults. And the programs that they offer are quite extensive. They have counseling services, forensic services, housing and rehabilitation, case management, intensive case management, and then different psycho-educational sorts of things they do as a group. I had two positions within the agency. It is not unusual to stay in an agency and assume a new position.
At first I worked for a program that provided extended support and we provided intensive case management to adults and older adults who were chronically mentally ill. So I worked with a lot of folks who had psychotic disorders and anxiety and depression that were living mostly in adult family homes in the community, which are small residential facilities. They have twenty-four–hour care within the homes and so my role as a case manager was to go to those homes a few times a week to do just case management things.The case manager's job is to make sure clients are thriving in their environment, and everyone is safe and healthy.
I worked in that position for about two years and I carried a caseload of between 20 and 30 people at any given time. We spent a lot of time traveling between houses. And then with the shifts in the budget, I transferred to a different position. I worked in one of the adult community support clinics in the south side of the county. At that particular clinic I was a case manager. Most of our clients would come to us. These clients were more capable of managing public transportation in order to make it to appointments, but they were still very much mentally ill. They had other marginalizing sorts of issues: housing issues, financial issues.
· —Permission granted from Ellen Carruth, 2012, text from unpublished interview
In this agency we focus on meeting the needs of individuals and their families. The individuals, our clients, have difficult medical diagnoses and our goal is to allow them to live in their homes. In additional, all of our clients have other needs, reflecting social, educational, financial, and other family concerns. Meeting these multiple needs requires service coordination. We provide services that meet the specific needs of each client. And we involve the client and the families in service delivery. Coordination and integration support the management process. Sometimes professionals working in mental health and developmental disabilities do not understand how to work together to serve a single client. We provide the bridge.
· —Case manager, children's services, New York, NY
The agency I work for helps adolescent females. It would be difficult to describe the average client. Our clients come from var.
We believe in the Gospel of The Righteousness of Christ
The 3rd Angel's Message
The 2nd Coming a Crucified and Risen Savoir
The Sabbath and God's Law
We are a part of God's Remnant Church
We stand united with the Church of God globally and
We rejoice in the Lord Always
Flu Vaccine Alert in Bangalore Karnatakaaddon Scans
As flu season approaches, health officials in Bangalore, Karnataka, are urging residents to get their flu vaccinations. The seasonal flu, while common, can lead to severe health complications, particularly for vulnerable populations such as young children, the elderly, and those with underlying health conditions.
Dr. Vidisha Kumari, a leading epidemiologist in Bangalore, emphasizes the importance of getting vaccinated. "The flu vaccine is our best defense against the influenza virus. It not only protects individuals but also helps prevent the spread of the virus in our communities," he says.
This year, the flu season is expected to coincide with a potential increase in other respiratory illnesses. The Karnataka Health Department has launched an awareness campaign highlighting the significance of flu vaccinations. They have set up multiple vaccination centers across Bangalore, making it convenient for residents to receive their shots.
To encourage widespread vaccination, the government is also collaborating with local schools, workplaces, and community centers to facilitate vaccination drives. Special attention is being given to ensuring that the vaccine is accessible to all, including marginalized communities who may have limited access to healthcare.
Residents are reminded that the flu vaccine is safe and effective. Common side effects are mild and may include soreness at the injection site, mild fever, or muscle aches. These side effects are generally short-lived and far less severe than the flu itself.
Healthcare providers are also stressing the importance of continuing COVID-19 precautions. Wearing masks, practicing good hand hygiene, and maintaining social distancing are still crucial, especially in crowded places.
Protect yourself and your loved ones by getting vaccinated. Together, we can help keep Bangalore healthy and safe this flu season. For more information on vaccination centers and schedules, residents can visit the Karnataka Health Department’s official website or follow their social media pages.
Stay informed, stay safe, and get your flu shot today!
Prix Galien International 2024 Forum ProgramLevi Shapiro
June 20, 2024, Prix Galien International and Jerusalem Ethics Forum in ROME. Detailed agenda including panels:
- ADVANCES IN CARDIOLOGY: A NEW PARADIGM IS COMING
- WOMEN’S HEALTH: FERTILITY PRESERVATION
- WHAT’S NEW IN THE TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS,
ONCOLOGICAL AND INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASES?
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ETHICS
- GENE THERAPY
- BEYOND BORDERS: GLOBAL INITIATIVES FOR DEMOCRATIZING LIFE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROMOTING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
- ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN LIFE SCIENCES
- Prix Galien International Awards Ceremony
micro teaching on communication m.sc nursing.pdfAnurag Sharma
Microteaching is a unique model of practice teaching. It is a viable instrument for the. desired change in the teaching behavior or the behavior potential which, in specified types of real. classroom situations, tends to facilitate the achievement of specified types of objectives.
Explore natural remedies for syphilis treatment in Singapore. Discover alternative therapies, herbal remedies, and lifestyle changes that may complement conventional treatments. Learn about holistic approaches to managing syphilis symptoms and supporting overall health.
Title: Sense of Taste
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the structure and function of taste buds.
Describe the relationship between the taste threshold and taste index of common substances.
Explain the chemical basis and signal transduction of taste perception for each type of primary taste sensation.
Recognize different abnormalities of taste perception and their causes.
Key Topics:
Significance of Taste Sensation:
Differentiation between pleasant and harmful food
Influence on behavior
Selection of food based on metabolic needs
Receptors of Taste:
Taste buds on the tongue
Influence of sense of smell, texture of food, and pain stimulation (e.g., by pepper)
Primary and Secondary Taste Sensations:
Primary taste sensations: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami
Chemical basis and signal transduction mechanisms for each taste
Taste Threshold and Index:
Taste threshold values for Sweet (sucrose), Salty (NaCl), Sour (HCl), and Bitter (Quinine)
Taste index relationship: Inversely proportional to taste threshold
Taste Blindness:
Inability to taste certain substances, particularly thiourea compounds
Example: Phenylthiocarbamide
Structure and Function of Taste Buds:
Composition: Epithelial cells, Sustentacular/Supporting cells, Taste cells, Basal cells
Features: Taste pores, Taste hairs/microvilli, and Taste nerve fibers
Location of Taste Buds:
Found in papillae of the tongue (Fungiform, Circumvallate, Foliate)
Also present on the palate, tonsillar pillars, epiglottis, and proximal esophagus
Mechanism of Taste Stimulation:
Interaction of taste substances with receptors on microvilli
Signal transduction pathways for Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, and Salty tastes
Taste Sensitivity and Adaptation:
Decrease in sensitivity with age
Rapid adaptation of taste sensation
Role of Saliva in Taste:
Dissolution of tastants to reach receptors
Washing away the stimulus
Taste Preferences and Aversions:
Mechanisms behind taste preference and aversion
Influence of receptors and neural pathways
Impact of Sensory Nerve Damage:
Degeneration of taste buds if the sensory nerve fiber is cut
Abnormalities of Taste Detection:
Conditions: Ageusia, Hypogeusia, Dysgeusia (parageusia)
Causes: Nerve damage, neurological disorders, infections, poor oral hygiene, adverse drug effects, deficiencies, aging, tobacco use, altered neurotransmitter levels
Neurotransmitters and Taste Threshold:
Effects of serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) on taste sensitivity
Supertasters:
25% of the population with heightened sensitivity to taste, especially bitterness
Increased number of fungiform papillae
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Couples presenting to the infertility clinic- Do they really have infertility...Sujoy Dasgupta
Dr Sujoy Dasgupta presented the study on "Couples presenting to the infertility clinic- Do they really have infertility? – The unexplored stories of non-consummation" in the 13th Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE 2024) at Manila on 24 May, 2024.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEALTHCARE.pdfAnujkumaranit
Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. It encompasses tasks such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and language understanding. AI technologies are revolutionizing various fields, from healthcare to finance, by enabling machines to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence.
Lung Cancer: Artificial Intelligence, Synergetics, Complex System Analysis, S...Oleg Kshivets
RESULTS: Overall life span (LS) was 2252.1±1742.5 days and cumulative 5-year survival (5YS) reached 73.2%, 10 years – 64.8%, 20 years – 42.5%. 513 LCP lived more than 5 years (LS=3124.6±1525.6 days), 148 LCP – more than 10 years (LS=5054.4±1504.1 days).199 LCP died because of LC (LS=562.7±374.5 days). 5YS of LCP after bi/lobectomies was significantly superior in comparison with LCP after pneumonectomies (78.1% vs.63.7%, P=0.00001 by log-rank test). AT significantly improved 5YS (66.3% vs. 34.8%) (P=0.00000 by log-rank test) only for LCP with N1-2. Cox modeling displayed that 5YS of LCP significantly depended on: phase transition (PT) early-invasive LC in terms of synergetics, PT N0—N12, cell ratio factors (ratio between cancer cells- CC and blood cells subpopulations), G1-3, histology, glucose, AT, blood cell circuit, prothrombin index, heparin tolerance, recalcification time (P=0.000-0.038). Neural networks, genetic algorithm selection and bootstrap simulation revealed relationships between 5YS and PT early-invasive LC (rank=1), PT N0—N12 (rank=2), thrombocytes/CC (3), erythrocytes/CC (4), eosinophils/CC (5), healthy cells/CC (6), lymphocytes/CC (7), segmented neutrophils/CC (8), stick neutrophils/CC (9), monocytes/CC (10); leucocytes/CC (11). Correct prediction of 5YS was 100% by neural networks computing (area under ROC curve=1.0; error=0.0).
CONCLUSIONS: 5YS of LCP after radical procedures significantly depended on: 1) PT early-invasive cancer; 2) PT N0--N12; 3) cell ratio factors; 4) blood cell circuit; 5) biochemical factors; 6) hemostasis system; 7) AT; 8) LC characteristics; 9) LC cell dynamics; 10) surgery type: lobectomy/pneumonectomy; 11) anthropometric data. Optimal diagnosis and treatment strategies for LC are: 1) screening and early detection of LC; 2) availability of experienced thoracic surgeons because of complexity of radical procedures; 3) aggressive en block surgery and adequate lymph node dissection for completeness; 4) precise prediction; 5) adjuvant chemoimmunoradiotherapy for LCP with unfavorable prognosis.
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A careful and detailed history and examination, and in some cases, investigations allow differentiation between these diagnoses. A prompt diagnosis is essential as the patient may require urgent surgical intervention
Testicular torsion refers to twisting of the spermatic cord, causing ischaemia of the testicle.
Testicular torsion results from inadequate fixation of the testis to the tunica vaginalis producing ischemia from reduced arterial inflow and venous outflow obstruction.
The prevalence of testicular torsion in adult patients hospitalized with acute scrotal pain is approximately 25 to 50 percent
1. Home of Positive Encounters
37 Casablanca Crescent Malabar
Arima, Trinidad West Indies
Phone: 346-8974, 366-5496, 753-0885
2. HOPE PLAN & NEEDS ANALYSIS
Outlined hereunder is a basic plan and
Needs Analysis of the Home of Positive
Encounters also referred to as HOPE. It
gives an outline and also an estimate of the
needs of the facility at this present time.
The system implemented would
endeavor to build and achieve purpose
through intensive support systems. By
having such a facility and trained staff to
deal with abused kids and young adults
in a professional and humane manner the
chances of these children and young
adults achieving closure are great. In
producing survivors our society surely
would benefit and as a nation we would
3. undoubtedly turn out much better
successors and a stronger national fabric.
In order for healing to begin the patient
or client must be placed in an atmosphere
where same can be done and the benefit
to the client would be of such that
healing would be inevitable.
Home of Positive Encounters
will provide an environment where the focus
would be on treatment, education and training
for the client while providing services to those
in need of a place of safety as it pertains to the
court system, and working along with parents in
order to achieve that common goal.
4. Method
We would Teach Counsel Mentor and
train in an effort to help gain closure
to those so in need. Enquiry would
determine the therapy so desired. The
population will consist of children and
young adults between the ages of 0-21
years and treatment would be of a
professional nature where the physical
as well as the psychological and social
aspect of healing would be adhered to.
5. Review
Delinquency rates have always been a
concern in Trinidad and Tobago, with
most crimes being committed in the
age group of 14years to twenty-four
years. Most of the murder victims
from gang related offences also fall in
this age group. Murders for the year
2014 averaged over one a day making
the grand total of over 400. This is
very frightening as about two-thirds of
6. the victims are young men in the 16-24
age groups. Lately we have seen
women and children included to a
large extent. This sort of information
shows the flaw in society’s failure of
the system, and the ills that threaten
the very fabric of our nation. This
system appears to be limited and
concentrate on punishment after the
fact instead of rehabilitation. Juvenile
offenders are viewed as those who
cause the problem rather than the
effect.
7. Low income and high school dropout
rates could be blamed for this but there
well may be high rates of abuse that have
not been dealt with that can also
contribute. Delinquent behavior is one
way in which victims set up barriers for
survival. When all factors are taken into
consideration, and dealt with then maybe
young offenders would be looked upon as
being able to mature into successful
adults who obey the law.
Even when juveniles and young adults
commit crimes and are incarcerated, on
8. re-entering the population little or
nothing is done to assist with the transfer
back into community life and the sore
leaves its offensive odor lingering on
society. This sort of information shows
the flaw in society’s failure of the system,
and the ills that threaten the very fabric
of our society.
9. A Facility of this sort is needed because:
1. There is a great need for treating
victims of abuse in a holistic setting.
2. Well rounded and productive
leaders are required in society, and
because most evidence of abuse
cannot be seen, the need to deal with
it is so much more acute.
3. Early intervention is needed, the
earlier the intervention the greater
the scope for closure.
4. There is an urgent need for such a
facility in our country.
10. The Home of Positive Encounters
Also referred to as H.O.P.E is such a
facility.
Our Registered office is Located at No.
37 Casablanca Crescent, Malabar
Arima and the facility is located at 31
Christina Gardens Arima. We are a
non-profit body catering to the needs
of children and young adults who are
surviving abuse.
11. Our Vision
To see abused youth achieve as high a
standard of life as possible, by helping
them as they build and achieve
purpose through intensive support
mechanism.
Our Mission
To provide a place of safety and
shelter for abused children and young
adults, while working with them to
bring about healing, using the
necessary professional help in a
holistic setting.
12. Structure
The center/home became a registered
body on November 9th
2012. It is
structured to include learning,
therapy and recreation. It will
include a clinic, learning Centre, as
well as recreational facilities. There is
a staff that would include 1
psychiatrist on call as needed, 1
clinical psychologist 1 counseling
therapist; I registered nurse, 1 nursing
assistant, tutors as well as domestic
13. and security personnel, all of whom
are required to work on a part time or
on a volunteer basis.
The home/Centre is a non-profit
organization and we are presently
managed by a board of directors,
however we have not been able to
function to our full capacity because of
a lack of funds and space. All the
funding that we have acquired has
been done through fund raising
ventures that we ourselves have done.
No funding has been given as yet by
14. government so we must do our work
based on the kind hearted actions of
our supporters. We have acquired the
services of a Health Administrator
who would do Risk Management and
Performance Improvement and
Administration. These suggestions are
subject to changes where required.
Maximum number of persons
administered to at any given time
would be twelve.
15. Breakdown in cost for
1 year is as follows:
Rent: $96,000
Salaries: $600,000 based on part time
assistance
Stationery: $12,000
Food: $30,000
Miscellaneous: $24,000
Cost per client per day: $45
Cost per client per month: $1350.
Cost per Client per Year: $16200.
Cost per 12 clients: per year: $194,400
Total: $956,400
This total is minus the cost of furniture
some of which are donations.
16. Thanks for reading our plan
and reviewing our needs. We
hope that you would see the
urgency of meeting this need,
and assist us so to do.
Respectfully Submitted,
Rita Wharton-Clyne, MSc.
President, H.O.P.E