Training

At Key Assets we are committed to raising the bar on quality care and service delivery to children and families across Canada.  Utilizing the expertise that we have developed both locally and internationally we are excited to offer customized training programs for governments and community service providers to meet their unique needs.

VR program provides a unique experience with 360-degree immersive films and virtual reality headsets.

Key Assets partnered with Cornerstone a UK based organization who are pioneers in the use of virtual reality as a tool for behaviour change in social care. They have created the world’s first VR tool for use in adoption and fostering and have now branched out to utilize the technology in prevention, mental health and policing.  This VR program uses 360-degree immersive films and virtual reality headsets, enabling the viewer to experience life from the perspective of a child. Its unique approach offers a way to understand the impact of attachment and trauma, through the eyes of a child.

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training

ASIST teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. By the end of the workshop, participants are able to:

• Understand the ways that personal and societal attitudes affect views on suicide and interventions
• Provide guidance and suicide first aid to a person at risk in ways that meet their individual needs
• Identify the key elements of an effective suicide safety plan and the actions required to implement it
• Appreciate the value of improving and integrating suicide prevention resources in the community at large
• Recognize other important aspects of suicide prevention including life-promotion and self care

Remember those baby books your parents made for you.  Maybe you created your own keepsake box of memories.  Children in care often have gaps or losses in remembering childhood events.  In this training foster parents will understand what life story work is, and their role in supporting this work with children.  Additional objectives include:

• Help carers ensure that children and youth feel a sense of belonging and connectedness
• Learn how to create a record of memories for children in care
• Strategies for creating memory books and boxes for children

Fostering is a whole family commitment.

This training focuses on the impact and role of fostering on biological children as well as the importance of emotional health for all family members.  Objectives include:

• Understanding the impact of fostering on the foster family’s children
• Identifying processes and strategies to support the emotional health of all family members including incorporating the voice of biological children