Discussion Board WEEK 6

Sunday, 18 April 2010 11:50:54 AM EST
Wow I feel that I have done so much and yet so little. I have been powering ahead with my project but I have taken to time to write about it on my blog or on the discussion board.

So here goes my update:
I ran a 2 day project with young people from one of the Anglican schools with one of the chaplains. The two days was really good way to connect and discuss many topics with the young people. We watched a couple of videos- one that was made by the Youth Advocacy Centre by young people, part of it was filmed in the juvenile detention centre. The second was by Alternative Violence Project Qld- who run workshops, this one was with prisoners.

The videos provided a lot of conversation around where things can go wrong for people leading to bad choices. This then lead to a discussion of who was available for them to discuss things with. The people were easily identifiable (school counsellor, teachers, chaplains and school nurse), the issues that arose where around lack of knowledge and understanding of the roles and responsibilities of these roles- mainly confidentiality.

The group identified a few ways to address this so that students can be more aware of the roles and responsibilities of these people.
Lastly we identified future projects where and how we can work together- the first was on Saturday at our Youth Week event.
Now I have a heap of work to do to get all the rest of them happening – the next is in May so I better get cracking.
Karen