Improving coping strategies, fostering resiliency, and processing trauma for children and youth.
The Caribou Child & Youth Centre is a child advocacy centre that serves children and youth (under 18) who have experienced sexual,physical, or psychological abuse, exploitation, and/or neglect. We also work with those who have witnessed other types of trauma or violence.
We have a committed, comprehensive multidisciplinary team that works together to provide the best possible services for children and their families. Intervention and treatment in child abuse cases is strengthened when agencies work toward common goals, which include support services for the child, and holding offenders accountable. Our team consists of: RCMP, Child Family Services, Pace, Victim Services, as well as Crown Prosecution.
The Caribou Centre was designed to provide a safe and comfortable environment where children could disclose abuse, thus, reducing the trauma and anxiety for these young people. The centre seeks to provide children and their families with one single point of contact to assist them throughout the process; from in initial disclosure, through investigation, court proceedings, and any ongoing support or therapeutic treatment that is necessary. Our goal is to ensure that children are not re-victimized by the very systems designed to protect them.
