Conferencing for Youth: Increasing Understanding to Enhance Intervention (2004)

by Robert Owens, Alice Lewis, Linda Baker & Cindy Male (2004). A resource funded by Ontario's Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services. In 17 pages, everything you need to know to convene and facilitate a case conference or a restorative justice conference including knowing when to use which method, who is invited, steps for preparation and follow-up, and tips for facilitation.

Peer-to-Peer Aggression in Residential Settings: Increasing Understanding to Enhance Intervention (2002)

by Linda Baker, Alison Cunningham, and Cindy Male. A resource funded by Ontario's Ministry of Community, Family and Children's Services. Bullying in residential settings is serious and requires informed, pro-active intervention. This 17-page booklet is a concise summary of the best research and lessons learned from practice, for staff of residential settings for youth. Topics include impacts on victims, impact on perpetrators, and potential warning signs such as acting out to get relocated away from the aggressor. It contains everything you need to know to recognize and respond to bullying and aggression among youth in group homes, mental health facilities, therapeutic care facilities, and custody or detention settings.

Adolescent Depression & Suicide: Increasing Understanding to Enhance Intervention (2002)

by Linda Baker, Lynda Ashbourne and Cindy Male. A resource funded by Ontario's Ministry of Community, Family and Children's Services. As many as 8% of adolescents are affected by severe depression. This booklet presents the indicators of depression, factors to consider when evaluating risk for suicide, approaches for supporting depressed adolescents, and intervention strategies. Factors to consider when evaluating risk for suicide include intent, plan, method, behaviour, substance use, history, and trigger events. There are two real-life testimonials, from a 14-year old boy and the mother of an adolescent girl.

Adolescent Relationship Violence: Increasing Understanding to Enhance Intervention (2002)

by Linda Baker, Anna-Lee Straatman and Cindy Male. A resource funded by Ontario's Ministry of Community, Family and Children's Services. Many student reports some form of violence in their dating relationships, either as a victim or a perpetrator. Yet, the existence and impact of dating violence is often under-recognized and minimized both by young people and the adults who could offer support. This booklet includes information on healthy and unhealthy adolescent relationships, the warning signs of dating violence, why it is difficult to leave an abusive relationship, and intervention strategies.

Ambiguous Loss in Adolescents: Increasing Understanding to Enhance Intervention (2002)

by Lynda Ashbourne, Linda Baker and Cindy Male. A resource funded by Ontario's Ministry of Community, Family and Children's Services. Loss that is unresolved or occurs in confusing situations can create uncertainty for young people that compromises their abilities to work through and cope with their losses. The challenges and negative impacts of ambiguous loss can be intensified by the accumulation of losses such as parental divorce, emigration/immigration, adoption, parental mental illness, witnessing family violence, pre-occupied parents, family illness, incest, or placement outside the family as in foster care or residential treatment facilities. This booklet helps us recognize and understand the impacts of ambiguous loss, especially relevant for staff of residential or custody facilities. Approaches for supporting young people and intervention strategies are outlined.