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The CATCH Community Dialogue

The CATCH Community Dialogue . Phase 1 Completed!. What is the CATCH Community Dialogue?. The purpose of the CATCH Community Dialogue:. to better understand the community assets required for healthy early childhood development (from conception to age 6) in the Central Okanagan

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The CATCH Community Dialogue

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  1. The CATCH Community Dialogue Phase 1 Completed! Check out CATCH's new website at www.catchcoalition.ca

  2. What is the CATCH Community Dialogue? The purpose of the CATCH Community Dialogue: • to better understand the community assets required for healthy early childhood development (from conception to age 6) in the Central Okanagan • to increase parent/guardian and community involvement in promoting and supporting healthy children. Check out CATCH's new website at www.catchcoalition.ca

  3. Check out CATCH's new website at www.catchcoalition.ca

  4. Phase 1 2 Neighbourhoods May to July 2005 COMPLETED! Phases of the CATCH Community Dialogue Phase 2 Phase 3 Preliminary work: Inventory and pilot focus groups 4 Neighbourhoods 19 Neighbourhoods August 2005 to March 2006 April 2006 toMarch 2007 Community-based Early Childhood Development Plan for the Central Okanagan

  5. Steps to the CATCH Community Dialogue {Preliminary Work} {Preliminary Work, Phases 1, 2 and 3} {Phase 3} {Preliminary work, Phase 1, 2, and 3} Check out CATCH's new website at www.catchcoalition.ca

  6. Neighbourhood Selection for Phase 1 In May 2005, the Research Action Team, (the community-based team that guides the research), selected the first two (of 25) neighbourhoods in the Central Okanaganto be surveyed The Outcome… Shannon Lake and Northeast Rutland were selected for Phase 1 (the remaining neighbourhoods will be surveyed in Phase 2 or 3) Check out CATCH's new website at www.catchcoalition.ca

  7. Parent-Volunteers • One of the main goals of the Dialogue is to connect parents/guardians in our community. • In June 2005, CATCH trained 12 parent-volunteers to interview other parents/guardians in Shannon Lake and Northeast Rutland • The volunteers were taught semi-structured interview-techniques– which encourage two-way conversation and openness Check out CATCH's new website at www.catchcoalition.ca

  8. Interviews • Each interview was conducted by a team of interviewers (one interviewer and one notetaker) • The interviews took place in the family’s home at their convenience • The interviews ran from July to August 2005 Check out CATCH's new website at www.catchcoalition.ca

  9. What did we talk about? Check out CATCH's new website at www.catchcoalition.ca

  10. What will this tell us? The information provided by the families during these interviews help us to: To learn about the experiences of families with young children in the Central Okanagan To identify gaps and needs in supports and services To identify barriers that parents and children face when accessing services To gather information for a community-based Early Childhood Development Plan To determine the effectiveness of asset mapping for developing an Early Childhood Development Plan To identify the services and supports that currently exist in the Central Okanagan Check out CATCH's new website at www.catchcoalition.ca

  11. What’s Next? Check out CATCH's new website at www.catchcoalition.ca

  12. Phase 2 Facilitating Focus Groups with parents/ guardians of young children Continuing with Parent-to-Parent Interviews Additional Neighbourhoods August 1st 2005 to March 31st, 2006 Check out CATCH's new website at www.catchcoalition.ca

  13. Phase 3 Interviewing Agencies and Organizations involved with young children Continuing with Parent-to-Parent Interviews Community Workshops (to discuss and prioritize the Dialogue findings) Remaining Neighbourhoods Continuing with Focus groups April 1st 2006 to March 31st 2007 Child Participation (family-based activities that will allow children to express their thoughts on growing up in the Central Okanagan Check out CATCH's new website at www.catchcoalition.ca

  14. How can I get involved? If you are interested in the results of Phase 1, please contact… If you are expecting or have a child/children under the age of 6 and would like to participate in an interview or focus group, please contact… Angela Cleveland 469-6347 or acleveland.catch@shaw.ca If you are interested in learning more about CATCH or the Community Dialogue, please contact… If you are interested in volunteering with CATCH, please contact… If you are interested in becoming a parent-interviewer, please contact… Check out CATCH's new website at www.catchcoalition.ca

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