| Subject: | Re: [youthgas] Resources on "Belonging" | | Date: | Tuesday, August 2, 2005 09:08:46 (+0800) | | From: | Deborah Dupre <duprevent @.......com>
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Dear Cristel,
It sounds like you are making an important contribution with Aboriginal
youth. Excluding young people with chemical misuse issues from family
and school is something not desired by anyone but sometimes resorted to
out of frustration of a problem out of control. I would therefore be
happy to contribute a class activity play on Family Healing Circles,
Aboriginal culturally appropriate Structured Intervention (FSI) that I
was privileged to develop with Aboriginal Elders and families. It
worked very well with young people in Western Australia.
A Family Healing Circle ensures that young people with chemical misuse
issues feel and experience belonging rather banishment. This is
achieved by empowering their friends and/or family with ancient wisdom,
traditional healing apporaches coupled with modern healing skills that
together gently, effectively help their friend or family member change
and commit to getting help - rather than "waiting until they ask for
help or hit bottom."
I find affording young Aborigines opportunity to learn Family Healing
Circle skills through community/social theatre to be a dynamic,
culturally appropriate, sustainable way to uphold the right to
self-determination while learning to rapidly help each other when
troubled - before hitting bottom including criminal justice system
involvement.
If this type of class activity is of interest, please let me know. I
wish you the best with your project, Cristel.
Kind regards,
Deborah Dupre'
On 27Jul2005, at 10:09 AM, MEREDITH, Cristel wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am looking for resources for a unit of work on “Belonging” for high
> school students. Books, movies and class activities would all be
> great. I am trying to particularly focus on items with an indigenous
> theme. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
> Cristel Meredith
>
Deborah Dupre'
Duprevent
Lunawanna, Tasmania, 7150
Phone: +61 3 6293 2039 or 0403 891 179 E-Mail: duprevent@bigpond.com
Visit: http://www.duprevent.com
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Dependency harming self and others, born and unborn, get help with
dignity and compassion - before hitting bottom.
Did you know?
· Addiction is a brain disorder that prevents seeing reality
of harmful behavior.
· People with Chemical Dependency cannot ask for help so
rarely receive treatment.
· Most people want to help self-abusing loved ones get help
but do not know how.
· Most people in recovery had someone to support their first
steps to change.
· You can learn to help through 2 Structured Intervention
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· Most people in rehabs were sexually violated as children.
· Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is leading known cause of
intellectual/developmental disability in the western world.
· When pregnant mothers consume alcohol, their unborn babies
have exact same blood alcohol level.
· Alcohol is a teratogen, a substance that affects the brain
of developing fetus.
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