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The CATCH The CATCH Community DialogueCommunity Dialogue

Phase 1 Completed!Phase 1 Completed!


What is the CATCH What is the CATCH Community Dialogue?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.


Objectives of Objectives of the CATCH the CATCH Community Community

DialogueDialogue

To identify the services and supports that currently exist

in the Central Okanagan

To identify gaps in services and supports

To identify barriers parents and children face when

accessing services

To further develop a draft asset template for healthy

Early Childhood Development in Central

Okanagan

To determine the effectiveness of the asset

mapping process in increasing community

capacity for ECD planning

Phases of the Phases of the CATCH CATCH

Community Community DialogueDialogue

Phase 1

Phase 3Phase 2

May to July 2005

April 2006 to March 2007August 2005 to March 2006

2 Neighbourhoods

4 Neighbourhoods 19 Neighbourhoods

Community-based Early Childhood Development Plan for the Central Okanagan

Preliminary work: Inventory and pilot focus groups

COMPLETED!


Steps to the Steps to the CATCH CATCH

Community Community DialogueDialogue

On-line Parent Resource Guide

Community Workshops

Interviews/Focus Groups

Asset Mapping

{Preliminary Work} {Preliminary Work, Phases 1, 2 and 3}

{Phase 3} {Preliminary work, Phase 1, 2, and 3}


Neighbourhood Selection Neighbourhood Selection for Phase 1for Phase 1

In May 2005, the Research Action Team, In May 2005, the Research Action Team, (the community-based team that guides (the community-based team that guides the research), selected the first two (of the research), selected the first two (of 25) neighbourhoods in the Central 25) neighbourhoods in the Central Okanaganto be surveyedOkanaganto be surveyed

The Outcome…The Outcome…Shannon Lake and Northeast Rutland Shannon Lake and Northeast Rutland

were selected for Phase 1 (the were selected for Phase 1 (the remaining neighbourhoods will be remaining neighbourhoods will be surveyed in Phase 2 or 3)surveyed in Phase 2 or 3)


Parent-VolunteersParent-Volunteers One of the main goals of the Dialogue is to One of the main goals of the Dialogue is to

connect parents/guardians in our connect parents/guardians in our community.community.

In June 2005, CATCH trained 12 parent-In June 2005, CATCH trained 12 parent-volunteers to interview other volunteers to interview other parents/guardians in Shannon Lake and parents/guardians in Shannon Lake and Northeast RutlandNortheast Rutland

The volunteers were taught semi-structured The volunteers were taught semi-structured interview-techniquesinterview-techniques – which encourage – which encourage two-way conversation and openness two-way conversation and openness


InterviewsInterviews

Each interview was conducted by a Each interview was conducted by a team of interviewers (one team of interviewers (one interviewer and one notetaker)interviewer and one notetaker)

The interviews took place in the The interviews took place in the family’s home at their conveniencefamily’s home at their convenience

The interviews ran from July to The interviews ran from July to August 2005August 2005


What did we talk about?What did we talk about?

Health Services

Support for Families

Early Learning

Recreational Opportunity

Child Care

Parenting Education

Pregnancy and Infant Support

Categories for

Discussion during an Interview


What will this tell us?What will this tell us?The information provided by the The information provided by the

families during these interviews families during these interviews help us to: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 the services and supports that

currently exist in the Central Okanagan

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


What’s Next?What’s Next?


Phase 2Phase 2

August 1st 2005 to March 31st, 2006

Additional Neighbourhoods

Continuing with Parent-to-Parent

Interviews

Facilitating Focus Groups with parents/ guardians of

young children


Phase 3Phase 3

April 1st 2006 to March 31st 2007

Remaining Neighbourhoods

Continuing with Parent-to-Parent Interviews

Interviewing Agencies and Organizations

involved with young children

Continuing with Focus groups

Child Participation (family-based activities that will allow children to

express their thoughts on growing up in the Central Okanagan

Community Workshops (to discuss

and prioritize the Dialogue findings)


How can I get involved?How can I get involved? If you are expecting or If you are expecting or

have a child/children have a child/children under the age of 6 and under the age of 6 and would like to participate would like to participate in an interview or focus in an interview or focus group, please contact…group, please contact…

If you are interested If you are interested in becoming a parent-in becoming a parent-interviewer, please interviewer, please contact…contact…

If you are interested in If you are interested in volunteering with CATCH, volunteering with CATCH, please contact…please contact…

If you are If you are interested in interested in

learning more learning more about CATCH or about CATCH or the Community the Community Dialogue, please Dialogue, please

contact…contact…

Angela Cleveland469-6347

or [email protected]

If you are interested in If you are interested in the results of Phase the results of Phase 1, please contact…1, please contact…

Check out CATCH's new website at The CATCH Community Dialogue Phase 1 Completed!

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