Planned Parenthood Ottawa is running their first youth coalition this summer as part of the Healthy Relationships project.<\/p>\n
The project aims to educate youth on how to avoid and prevent teen dating violence. The coalition was made to get youth input on a curriculum that Planned Parenthood is hoping to bring to ninth grade classes in Ottawa.<\/p>\n
Lea Gareau, curriculum developer of the Healthy Relationships project, said the coalition had its first meeting in April and the meetings have already proven to be very constructive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe youth that we were working with just had such great ideas,\u201d Gareau said. \u201cI think that\u2019s incredibly important because, I\u2019m not that old, I am not a ninth grader. In order to build something that will speak to them, the youth that we are working with have insights that could help us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gareau said the curriculum being developed differs from other relationship violence workshops due to their skills focused approach.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur curriculum really focusses on building skills and building the motivation to care about these skills,\u201d Gareau said. \u201cWe are not focusing on the physical aspect of teen relationship violence because we found that is over saturated\u2026 We want to provide skills to build better, stronger and more satisfying relationships that would then in theory prevent teen dating violence.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the research in the youth coalition continues, Gareau said it is an important reminder of what can be accomplished when centering youth voices.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think more adults would benefit from spending time with youth and listening and centering their perspectives,\u201d Gareau said. \u201cI can promise you that young people are so smart, and they know exactly what they\u2019re doing. I think their voices and perspectives need to be centered a bit more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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