Children, Youth & Families - Kamloops Immigrant Services

儿童、青少年和家庭

KIS 的每个人都以某种身份与儿童、家庭和看护人合作，以增强实力、建设能力并促进健康发展和定居之旅。 KIS 提供一系列以建立支持性关系、促进发展、尊重多样性和促进社区发展的原则为指导的服务。
在坎卢普斯，有许多支持家庭的组织，它们以不同的名称而闻名：家庭资源计划、家庭资源中心、社区中心、社区服务、原住民友谊中心、早年中心、基督教青年会、家庭场所、学校董事会、玩具图书馆，以及更多的。

Our names are different, but they share the same vision.
通过增强父母和看护者的能力和信心，以及为儿童的茁壮成长提供资源，我们都为巩固家庭和整个社区做出了贡献。

KIS 提供的家庭支持服务

早年衔接课程

The Bridging Program provides families with young children a safe and supportive environment to play and learn, connect with others, learn about parenting within a Canadian context, and
obtain information about resources available to them in Kamloops. The goal of the program is for clients to develop trusting relationships, enhance their self-esteem, learn supportive
parenting strategies and develop and reinforce their commitment to learning English as a Second language.

The program has two components —one for children and the other for parents— and is 2 Early Childhood Educators, an assistant and the Cultural Social Worker. The children’s program emulates the goals of a pre-school environment, and includes supervised free play, “Circle Time”, outside play, and music therapy. The parents’ program includes guest speakers for specific topics, based on their expressed needs, to build parents’ capacity and resiliency. Examples include nutrition, cooking, overall health and well being (and specific topics such as diabetes management), the effects of sleep deprivation, and the importance of family routines (mealtime, playtime, bedtime, school, etc.) and specific parenting skills.
The program also includes home visits to further strengthen support to families. Sessions are offered monthly, and the first 4 sessions are mandatory. Clients are referred to the program by the Settlement Counsellors. Transportation is provided where it presents a barrier to attendance.

通过 KIS 保育计划提供的移民父母作为扫盲支持者 (iPALS)

Our experience working with immigrant parents demonstrates their desire to increase their knowledge about specific ways they can support their children’s literacy development. The goal of iPALS is to work with parents in supporting their children’s early language, literacy and numeracy development. The program is a culturally responsive family literacy program designed to help immigrant and refugee families – and their young children –flourish in their new communities. iPALS is designed to enhance parents’ self esteem, increase their awareness of their children’s development (social, emotional, cognitive, and physical), improve their understanding of their dual role as parent-teacher, and enhance their own literacy development. iPALS is facilitated with the option of weekly or biweekly for 9 sessions of 1.5hr each. An interpreter is used to assist with translation of more abstract concepts when needed.

为有年幼子女的父母提供 360° 支持

KIS Early Years Parenting Support Program is designed to meet the unique and challenging needs of each family whose child is attending our Childminding program while accessing KIS services. Through the agency qualified Childminding team and the support of KIS En Route Program Navigator, four main activities are designed to address commonly observed presenting needs of immigrant and refugee parents; attachment and bonding issues, difficulty to trust, difficulty to be emotionally available due to past trauma. Some parents have never been exposed to early childhood programs before and it is very stressful for them to leave their child in our care. The program fosters parental involvement in their child’s life through education and engagement where the parents feel emotionally supported and feel that the program is applicable to their lives, as it provides knowledge and skills to thrive in their new context while their cultural needs are accommodated. The importance of guiding and supporting newcomer parents and their children is highly important in preparation for transition into the school system and we have the opportunity at KIS to offer this support.