Dr. Christine Wekerle from McMaster University presented on an app called JoyPop designed to promote resilience for youth experiencing challenges. The app aims to (1) enhance positive emotionality and activity, (2) promote safe social connectedness, and (3) provide a daily coping tool for high stress periods. Key features include mood ratings, a circle of trust for emergency contacts, activities to improve mood, and a calendar. The goal is to teach youth skills like emotional regulation and developing supportive relationships to build resilience.
This webinar was developed by Child Trends in 2015 for the Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) as a technical assistance product for use with OAH grant programs.
This webinar was developed by Child Trends in 2015 for the Office of Adolescent Health (OAH) as a technical assistance product for use with OAH grant programs.
This workshop covers common themes of Evidence-Based (EB) Programs and how policy makers and providers can determine what programs best fit their needs. In addition, participants will learn about the evolution of evidence-based training over the past five decades, exemplary EB programs, and what the future holds for the field.
This file is for educational purposes only and is not meant for reproduction.
Poverty, Sexual Practices and Vulnerability of Female Sex Workers to HIV/AIDS...John Bako
The prevalence of HIV among Female who sell sex in Nigeria has witnessed a sharp decline between 2007 to 2014.
The decline was recorded both amidst BBFSWs (30.2% in 2007 to 19.4% in 2014) and NBFSWs (37.4% in 2007 to 8.6 in 2014)
This decline can be attributed to National programmatic response towards achieving universal access to HIV/AIDS preventions in Nigeria.
Successful injury prevention efforts depend on high quality data to better understand the circumstances of the injury/fatality events. Child Fatality Review in Georgia is a great source for these data, and the local Child Fatality Review committees are key in implementing prevention efforts. This workshop will offer data from reviewed child deaths, reported trends over time, and present opportunities for targeted prevention efforts.
Patrick Tolan, Ph.D. - "Positive Youth Development and Physical Health and We...youth_nex
Tolan is Professor at the University of Virginia in the Curry School of Education and the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences in the School of Medicine. He is director of Youth-Nex: The U.Va. Center to Promote Effective Youth Development.
Wrap-Up Panel -
This panel kicked off the final discussion of the conference's two day dialogue. Panelists suggested directions for public policy to help promote physical activity, health and well-being in children and adolescents.
Wulf Livingston's talk at the Conwy & Denbighshire LSCB Conference, March 2013.
Watch a video of his talk here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uesatpv7bZQ
Resilience Knowledge Mobilization and the ResilienceInYouth AppChristine Wekerle
This presentation outlines an exploratory knowledge mobilization study where research-based and evidence-based posts were shared on instagram (@resilienceinyouth) to see if instagram was a feasible outlet for resilience knowledge mobilization. Research conducted by researchers in the CIHRTeamSV grant was shared on instagram via links to ResearchGate. The development of a resilience-based app for youth is described and an overview of its features is given.
This workshop covers common themes of Evidence-Based (EB) Programs and how policy makers and providers can determine what programs best fit their needs. In addition, participants will learn about the evolution of evidence-based training over the past five decades, exemplary EB programs, and what the future holds for the field.
This file is for educational purposes only and is not meant for reproduction.
Poverty, Sexual Practices and Vulnerability of Female Sex Workers to HIV/AIDS...John Bako
The prevalence of HIV among Female who sell sex in Nigeria has witnessed a sharp decline between 2007 to 2014.
The decline was recorded both amidst BBFSWs (30.2% in 2007 to 19.4% in 2014) and NBFSWs (37.4% in 2007 to 8.6 in 2014)
This decline can be attributed to National programmatic response towards achieving universal access to HIV/AIDS preventions in Nigeria.
Successful injury prevention efforts depend on high quality data to better understand the circumstances of the injury/fatality events. Child Fatality Review in Georgia is a great source for these data, and the local Child Fatality Review committees are key in implementing prevention efforts. This workshop will offer data from reviewed child deaths, reported trends over time, and present opportunities for targeted prevention efforts.
Patrick Tolan, Ph.D. - "Positive Youth Development and Physical Health and We...youth_nex
Tolan is Professor at the University of Virginia in the Curry School of Education and the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences in the School of Medicine. He is director of Youth-Nex: The U.Va. Center to Promote Effective Youth Development.
Wrap-Up Panel -
This panel kicked off the final discussion of the conference's two day dialogue. Panelists suggested directions for public policy to help promote physical activity, health and well-being in children and adolescents.
Wulf Livingston's talk at the Conwy & Denbighshire LSCB Conference, March 2013.
Watch a video of his talk here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uesatpv7bZQ
Resilience Knowledge Mobilization and the ResilienceInYouth AppChristine Wekerle
This presentation outlines an exploratory knowledge mobilization study where research-based and evidence-based posts were shared on instagram (@resilienceinyouth) to see if instagram was a feasible outlet for resilience knowledge mobilization. Research conducted by researchers in the CIHRTeamSV grant was shared on instagram via links to ResearchGate. The development of a resilience-based app for youth is described and an overview of its features is given.
In the Know: Comprehensive sexual health education with wraparound digital te...YTH
DIY is an innovative intervention based on positive youth development and youth-centered design. This presentation will describe how to involve youth in the program design, share strategies on how to engage vulnerable populations, and highlight preliminary findings.
Jails and PrisonsLooking inside total institutionsDefini.docxvrickens
Jails and Prisons
Looking inside total institutions
Definition of total institution
Canadian Erving Goffman coined this term
He wrote, “A total institution may be defined as a place of residence and work where a large number of like-situated individuals cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time together lead an enclosed formally administered round of life (Goffman, 1968: 11).
"Total institutions (such as prisons, boarding schools, psychiatric hospitals, concentration camps, etc. ) are distinctive and have much in common" (Goffman, 1968: 15) because, as Goffman points out, they depart from the basic social arrangements in modern western society "that the individual tends to sleep, play and work in different places with different co-participants, under different authorities and without an overall rational plan" (Goffman, 1968: 17).
Glimpses inside the total institution
It is very difficult to appreciate what life is like in jail or prison so I have selected a few videos, and stories for you
Please listen to Ismael Nazario who speaks about his experience in Rikers as a youth https://www.ted.com/talks/ismael_nazario_what_i_learned_as_a_kid_in_jail?language=en#t-671125
Also, please read a piece published by the Marshall project here https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/07/12/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-prisoner
Finally, hear the story of Mr. Melendez who spent 17 years on death row for a crime he did not commit. Now exonerated, he has visited UTA and spoken about this experience. He paints a vivid picture of those 17 years here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k6C7ZVhaHE
Why is working in prisons important for social workers?
Criminal justice system is marked by the confluence of race, class, gender, and inequality in the United States
Mass incarceration has been called one the most pressing social problems of our time (Mauer & Chesney-Lind, 2002)
The CJ system is fragmented
Over 50,000 different agencies responsible
Prisons account for the fastest growing segment of government employment (nearly 750,000 people in 2004)
Most people are imprisoned for non-violent crimes
Remember that Race, Class, Gender Matter
African American men disproportionately imprisoned
Women account for the fastest growing prison population
African American women: 571% increase in 20 years
Latinas: 131% increase in 20 years
Caucasian women: 75% increase in 20 years
More women are incarcerated per capita for drug crimes than men (about 34% of women and 19% of men)
60% of men and 40% of women unemployed at arrest, 1/3 earned less than 5000$ last year.
Privatization of prisons – total institutions and turning a profit for shareholders
Beck, A.J. (2000). Prisoners in 1999. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics; Guerino, P., Harrison, P.M., & Sabol, P.M. (2011). Prisoners in 2010. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics. Prisoners in 1999 available online here: http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p99.pdf
Private prisons in Te ...
Jails and PrisonsLooking inside total institutionsDefini.docxdonnajames55
Jails and Prisons
Looking inside total institutions
Definition of total institution
Canadian Erving Goffman coined this term
He wrote, “A total institution may be defined as a place of residence and work where a large number of like-situated individuals cut off from the wider society for an appreciable period of time together lead an enclosed formally administered round of life (Goffman, 1968: 11).
"Total institutions (such as prisons, boarding schools, psychiatric hospitals, concentration camps, etc. ) are distinctive and have much in common" (Goffman, 1968: 15) because, as Goffman points out, they depart from the basic social arrangements in modern western society "that the individual tends to sleep, play and work in different places with different co-participants, under different authorities and without an overall rational plan" (Goffman, 1968: 17).
Glimpses inside the total institution
It is very difficult to appreciate what life is like in jail or prison so I have selected a few videos, and stories for you
Please listen to Ismael Nazario who speaks about his experience in Rikers as a youth https://www.ted.com/talks/ismael_nazario_what_i_learned_as_a_kid_in_jail?language=en#t-671125
Also, please read a piece published by the Marshall project here https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/07/12/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-prisoner
Finally, hear the story of Mr. Melendez who spent 17 years on death row for a crime he did not commit. Now exonerated, he has visited UTA and spoken about this experience. He paints a vivid picture of those 17 years here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k6C7ZVhaHE
Why is working in prisons important for social workers?
Criminal justice system is marked by the confluence of race, class, gender, and inequality in the United States
Mass incarceration has been called one the most pressing social problems of our time (Mauer & Chesney-Lind, 2002)
The CJ system is fragmented
Over 50,000 different agencies responsible
Prisons account for the fastest growing segment of government employment (nearly 750,000 people in 2004)
Most people are imprisoned for non-violent crimes
Remember that Race, Class, Gender Matter
African American men disproportionately imprisoned
Women account for the fastest growing prison population
African American women: 571% increase in 20 years
Latinas: 131% increase in 20 years
Caucasian women: 75% increase in 20 years
More women are incarcerated per capita for drug crimes than men (about 34% of women and 19% of men)
60% of men and 40% of women unemployed at arrest, 1/3 earned less than 5000$ last year.
Privatization of prisons – total institutions and turning a profit for shareholders
Beck, A.J. (2000). Prisoners in 1999. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics; Guerino, P., Harrison, P.M., & Sabol, P.M. (2011). Prisoners in 2010. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics. Prisoners in 1999 available online here: http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/p99.pdf
Private prisons in Te.
Treating Traumatized Children Israel Trip 1 2009 Finalpaseinc
NEW YORK CITY – January 9, 2009: Dr. Shelly Wimpfheimer, LMSW, the executive director of the Partnership for After School Education (PASE), recently traveled to Jerusalem to present on PASE’s Partners in Healing program, which builds the capacity of community-based organizations to help youth deal with traumatic experiences.
Wekerle CIHR Team - Child Sexual Abuse & Adolescent Development: Moving from ...Christine Wekerle
Child Sexual Abuse & Adolescent Development: Moving from Trauma To Resilience - Findings from The Maltreatment and Adolescent Pathways (MAP) Research Study
young children of human & animals all are equally vulnerable to insults very easily a sliight mistake can take away a precious diamond. Be care full this is sharing for that missing link.
INDIGENOUS YOUTHS’ RELATIONSHIPS WITH WATER: TRAUMA, ADVOCACY & RESILIENCEChristine Wekerle
Indigenous communities often experience disproportionate access to clean, safe drinking water. For youth water insecurity may lead to adverse mental health effects, referred to as 'water anxiety'. However, water resilience actions such as advocacy and youths' responsibilities to water, may have the potential to mitigate potential mental health effects associated with 'water anxiety'.
Positive psychology evolved from a recognition that the clinical encounter is often over-focused on concerns and problems, and that positive actions may not have a central role in the treatment plan. With youth, many issues - treatment compliance, help-seeking, impulsive self-harm, high risk-taking - may be ameliorated with a plan of positive actions. The technology that are youths' worlds may deliver some of these therapeutics. Resilience may be galvanized when inner resources interacts with external resources. This talk will introduce the evidence-based components of a resilience in youth App, JoyPop, and open discuss for research use in clinical populations.
ISPCAN Jamaica 2018 (CIHRTeamSV) - Investigating the Path from Child Maltreat...Christine Wekerle
Investigating the Path from Child Maltreatment to Alcohol Problems in a Sample of Child Welfare-Involved Youth
Sherry Stewart, Tristan Park, Kara Thompson, Mohammed Al-Hamdani, Amanda Hudson, Christine Wekerle, Savanah Smith (CIHRTeamSV)
ISPCAN Jamaica 2018 - The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children's Functioni...Christine Wekerle
The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children's Functioning: Care Planning Approaches to Foster Trauma-Informed Care
Shannon Stewart, Yasmin Garad, Natalia Lapshini
ISPCAN Jamaica 2018 - Personality-targeted Interventions for Building Resilie...Christine Wekerle
Personality-targeted Interventions for Building Resilience against Substance Use and Mental Health Problems among Adolescents Involved in Child Welfare System
Hanie Edalati, Patricia Conrod
ISPCAN Jamaica 2018 (CIHRTeamSV) - Improving Health and Behavioral Outcomes a...Christine Wekerle
Improving Health and Behavioral Outcomes among Sexually Victimized Male Youth: A Qualitative Investigation Among Trauma Treatment Providers
Ashwini Tiwari, Christine Wekerle, Andrea Gonzalez (CIHRTeamSV)
Adolescence is a key period for intervention among at-risk populations of youth, as this is when risk-taking behaviors tend to emerge. The Sustainable Development Goals for achieving 2030 youth health targets outline two issues central to reduce risks of gendered violence, sexual violence (SV) and adolescent sexual risk taking: (1) gender equity and (2) mental health promotion education. Only half of women reported having the autonomy to make their own decisions regarding sexual relations, usage of contraception and access to health care services. In developing countries women and children are extremely vulnerable to sexual violence which thereby places them at increased risk for contracting STIs from the perpetrator, as well as pregnancy as a result of SV. Undocumented minors; unaccompanied minors; refugees; child soldiers; youth post natural disasters; orphans; street-involved youth; and youth without parental care or financial means who are exposed to dangerous people or places are most vulnerable to sexual violence. UNICEF states that ending cases of new HIV infections by 2030 is unlikely, due to large concentrations of new infections occurring in areas where transactional sex, child sexual exploitation, drug use, street involved youth and SV are prevalent. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), which include forms of childhood maltreatment, increase the risk of contracting STIs. In particular, sexual abuse is linked with increased likelihood for risky sexual behavior, making victims vulnerable to poor sexual health outcomes.7 Protecting youth from exposure to SV and providing adolescents with sexual and mental health education are central to promoting resilience in youth.
Wekerle-Ron Joyce Centre Grand Rounds-Boy's and men's health: Child sexual ab...Christine Wekerle
Defines sexual violence and gives info. on prevalence rates, examines emotion dysregulation in at-risk youth, child sexual abuse research findings, and introduces a developing resilience-based app for at-risk youth.
Wekerle CIHR Team - ISPCAN 2017 WG #CIHRTeamSV SoMe Experiment
Wekerle AFCC Pop Up Presentation
1. RESILIENCE IN YOUTH:
PRESENTING AN APP FOR YOUTH
EXPERIENCING CHALLENGE
DR. CHRISTINE WEKERLE,
MCMASTER UNIVERSITY
WEKERC@MCMASTER.CA
10th Annual Conference
The Future of Youth: Moving Beyond Risk to Resilience
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Ontario Chapter
October 19, 2018, Toronto
2. Resilience = Legal/Rights Frameworks
❖ UN Convention on the Rights of the Child:
❖ Call for countries to develop legislation and implement services to protect the rights of children
❖ Canada is a signatory countries
❖ Article 19: Protection from all forms of violence
Article 34: Protection from all forms of sexual exploitation and abuse
Article 35: Protection from abduction, sale, and trafficking (including child prostitution and
pornography)
❖ Mandatory Reporting Laws for Child Abuse/Neglect exist in all
provinces/territories of Canada
❖ From 2018 Raising Canada Report:
❖ 1/3 Canadians report experiencing abuse before age 16 (physical, sexual abuse; IPV
exposure)
❖ 67% of victims did not speak to anyone, including family and friends
Burczycka M. Section 1: Profile of Canadian adults who experienced childhood maltreatment [Internet]. Ottawa: Statistics Canada; 2017 Feb 21 [cited 2018
Jul]. Available from: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002- x/2017001/article/14698/01-eng.htm; Public Health Agency of Canada. Family violence:
How big is the problem in Canada? [Internet]. Ottawa: PHAC; 2018 May 31 [cited 2018 Jul]. Available from: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-
health/services/health-promotion/stop-familyviolence/problem-canada.html?_ga=2.162634684.125106970.1528920153- 1668390544.1528920153
3. RESILIENCE IN YOUTH – REDUCE VIOLENCE AND RELATED DEATHS
- Strong regulations, accountable institutions for protection of
children/youth
- ON increased age of protection to include 16 and 17 year olds
- Canada has ban on corporal punishment in schools (not home) –
significantly less frequent school fighting in males (age 13) in full ban
“The rule of law and development have a significant interrelation and are
mutually reinforcing, making it essential for sustainable development at
the national and international level.”
4. 5 Pillars of Well-Being PERMA
- Flow: task absorption in challenge
(discovery; neither
bored/overwhelmed)
- Mindfulness (intention +
awareness)
- “Learned optimism” (effort for joy)
- Post-traumatic growth (reframing;
higher level of purpose, meaning)
5. PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES TARGETED IN APP
• Executive function (EF): a set of higher-order processes in the
brain that allow an individual to respond with goal-oriented
action, rather than cognitive disorganization and emotional
reactivity (Hughes, 2013)
• Positive relationships and nurturing environments foster healthy
development of executive functions
6. THE JOYPOP APP
• Goals:
• (1) Enhance positive emotionality and activity;
• (2) Promote safe social connectedness
• (3) Daily tool to cope in higher stress periods (transitions)
• Dumont & Provost, 1999; Kitano & Lewis, 1997; Smith & Carlson, 1997; Ungar, 2011; Flett, Flett, & Wekerle, 2015)
• Recommended usage: Bookend the day minimally
• Safety a priority: If user is in distress:
• Click telephone icon to access live support to any of
• Kids Help Phone
• LGBT Youth Help Line
• Indigenous Hope for Wellness Line
7. LANDING PAGE AND CALENDAR
• Focus is on the positives
• Landing page allows the user
to access all of the app
features
• Track mood ratings, journal
entries, appointments,
meetings and school work
inside the calendar
(organizational tool)
8. MOOD RATINGS
• User is first asked to rate happiness by sliding colour
up or down with their finger
• If rating is under 50% happy, user is asked to rate
how sad, angry, or ‘meh’ they feel
• JoyPop will provide a prompt for an activity to
increase mood
• Consistent mood imbalance and emotional
suppression can lead to poor mental health,
negative mindset, resulting behavioral issues (Desmet,
Vastenburg, & Romero, 2016)
• Teaches the user to be better aware of their
emotions, identify and differentiate emotions, and
create positive strategies to improve mood (ER) (Hilt,
9. CIRCLE OF TRUST
• Allows user to input up to six contacts to call when they are in need of
support
• May contain family, peers, social workers, mental health professionals,
and mentors
• Establishing positive relationships has been shown to decrease stress
symptoms and increase relational learning (Wekerle, Waechter, & Chung, 2012)
• Adult mentors help to shape “resilient identity” of at-risk youth (Ungar,
2004)
Youth need to know that they are trusted to make decisions, but help is
always available when they need it
10. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
• Twitter: @DrWekerle; @ResilienceInYou
https://twitter.com/drwekerle
https://twitter.com/ResilienceInYou
• Instagram: @resilienceinyouth
https://www.intstagram.com/resilienceinyouth
• YouTube: resilienceinyouth
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwb2FU5KNOmazMX175ALKFQ/featured
• Slideshare: Christine Wekerle
https://www.slideshare.net/ChristineWekerle
• LinkedIn: Christine Wekerle
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-wekerle-27603013/
![Resilience = Legal/Rights Frameworks
❖ UN Convention on the Rights of the Child:
❖ Call for countries to develop legislation and implement services to protect the rights of children
❖ Canada is a signatory countries
❖ Article 19: Protection from all forms of violence
Article 34: Protection from all forms of sexual exploitation and abuse
Article 35: Protection from abduction, sale, and trafficking (including child prostitution and
pornography)
❖ Mandatory Reporting Laws for Child Abuse/Neglect exist in all
provinces/territories of Canada
❖ From 2018 Raising Canada Report:
❖ 1/3 Canadians report experiencing abuse before age 16 (physical, sexual abuse; IPV
exposure)
❖ 67% of victims did not speak to anyone, including family and friends
Burczycka M. Section 1: Profile of Canadian adults who experienced childhood maltreatment [Internet]. Ottawa: Statistics Canada; 2017 Feb 21 [cited 2018
Jul]. Available from: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002- x/2017001/article/14698/01-eng.htm; Public Health Agency of Canada. Family violence:
How big is the problem in Canada? [Internet]. Ottawa: PHAC; 2018 May 31 [cited 2018 Jul]. Available from: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-
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