Course Description


The lectures and resources in Module Four covers several selected, specialized topics that are important for effectively supporting youth including lectures on youth engagement, family engagement, mental health, substance use, violence and youth justice. Module Four also includes human trafficking to increase your awareness of this issue and provide you with practice strategies to support survivors and potential targets.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Module Four: Welcome Video
  • 2

    Lesson 10: Engaging Youth and Their Families

    • LECTURE 10A: ENGAGING "HARD TO SERVE" YOUTH

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 10A

    • Case Study: Operation Skate Belize

    • Quiz: 10A

    • Ladder of Youth Voice

    • 10 Ways To Engage Underrepresented Youth

    • Fostering Rural Youth Wellbeing Through Afterschool Programs

    • LECTURE 10B: ENGAGING FAMILIES TO SUPPORT YOUTH

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 10B

    • Quiz: 10B

    • Stepping Up: Strong Supportive Friends and Families

    • Family Engagement: Partnering With Families to Improve Child Welfare Outcomes

    • Reflect and Share: Discussion Board
  • 3

    Lesson 11: Supporting Health

    • LECTURE 11A: SUPPORTING YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 11A

    • Quiz: 11A

    • Case Study: Mike

    • The Mental Health Strategy for Canada: A Youth Perspective

    • Rewriting the Stigma of Mental Illness (Paige Freeman)

    • LECTURE 11B - SUBSTANCE USE AND YOUTH

    • Reflection Activities

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 11B

    • Quiz: 11B

    • Anti-Racist Short Film 'Jafar'

    • Homelessness & Harm Reduction

    • LECTURE 11C - TRAUMA AND YOUTH

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 11C

    • Quiz: 11C

    • Trauma Informed Care Tookit

    • Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach for Youth Across Service Sectors

    • LECTURE 11D: SELF-CARE AND THE SPIRIT OF RESILIENCE

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 11D

    • Quiz: 11D

    • Caring for Yourself is a Radical Act: Self-Care Guide for Youth Working in Community

    • Self-Care for Youth Work Professionals

    • Self Care, Compassion Fatigue and Youth Work Check In

    • Reflect and Share: Discussion Board
  • 4

    Lesson 12: Youth & Violence

    • LECTURE 12A - YOUTH AND VIOLENCE: ANTI-VIOLENCE ADVOCACY

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 12A

    • Quiz: 12A

    • From Analysis to Action: A Collective Approach to Eliminate Youth Violence

    • LECTURE 12B: RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 12B

    • Quiz:12B

    • Case Study: Jacob Dunne

    • Defining Restorative

    • Re-Thinking Access to Criminal Justice in Canada: a Critical Review of Needs, Responses and Restorative Justice Initiatives

    • Reflect and Share: Discussion Board
  • 5

    Lesson 13: Human Trafficking

    • LECTURE 13A: HUMAN TRAFFICKING LECTURE

    • Downloadable Presentation: Lecture 13A

    • Quiz: 13A

    • ​Case Study: Sex Trafficking Example

    • From Heartbreaking to Groundbreaking: Stories and strategies to end sex trafficking in Canada

    • Trafficking: A Trecherous Journey

    • Stop Sex Trafficking in Ontario

    • Reflect and Share: Discussion Board

Youth REX

Connecting Shared Knowledge to Youth Work!

Questions? Please post your questions on the discussion boards or email us at [email protected].