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Dorian Brown, Executive Director of the Rock Solid Foundation, discusses the work the foundation does to promote and disseminate the WITS Programs.
Our charity, in partnership with a team from the University of Victoria, develops and disseminates peer victimization prevention programs called the WITS Programs. The Rock Solid Foundation (RSF) was developed eleven years ago in Victoria, BC in response to an alarming increase in youth violence. The RSF’s WITS Programs for elementary school children was created after a number of serious incidents made it clear that children needed to be taught non-violent, easy-to-remember strategies to use when confronted with peer aggression. Similar to Stop, Drop and Roll strategy children learn during fire safety training, the WITS strategies become automatic as the child grows into adulthood. Through RSF’s anti-victimization programs, RSF aims to promote safer schools and communities by arming children with the tools they need to address their problems in a safe and effective manner.
Over the past year, we have been most pleased with our new website:
www.witsprogram.ca. It acts as a one stop site for all bullying issues; there is a section for teachers, police and other community leaders, parents and children. All members of the community can come to our site for training, information, resources and referrals. Our WITS Programs offer something that is unmatched; a free, proven-effective anti-victimization strategy for elementary school aged children. Our website provides information for parents and children as well as free accreditation programs for teachers and community leaders. Our WITS Programs have been developed, studied and are available at no cost for anyone needing an effective anti-victimization program for children.
The biggest lesson we have learned at the RSF is that people can’t take advantage of a free, proven-effective program if they don’t know about it. We are looking for inexpensive ways to let people across Canada know about our WITS Program website and engaging them in using our programs.
In order to promote healthy relationships, our anti-victimization program provides guidance for all members of the community in dealing with peer victimization. The WITS Programs are community based: the
WITS Primary Program
(Kindergarten - Grade 3) and the
WITS LEADS Program (Grades 4 - 6) bring together schools, families and communities to help elementary school children deal with bullying and peer victimization. Unifying the various members of society by giving them a common strategy, a common language to use promotes healthy relationships community-wide.
In partnering with PREVNet, a national network of researchers devoted to promoting healthy relationships and eliminating violence, we hope to spread the word about our WITS Programs; we’d like people across Canada to know about its unmatched accessibility and effectiveness. Our partnership with PREVNet offers the potential for national visibility which is not available through any other entity. Our common goals promoting healthy relationships and eliminating violence makes us mutually beneficial partners.
Featured Network Member
Dorian Brown, Executive Director of the Rock Solid Foundation, discusses the work the foundation does to promote and disseminate the WITS Programs.
Our charity, in partnership with a team from the University of Victoria, develops and disseminates peer victimization prevention programs called the WITS Programs. The Rock Solid Foundation (RSF) was developed eleven years ago in Victoria, BC in response to an alarming increase in youth violence. The RSF’s WITS Programs for elementary school children was created after a number of serious incidents made it clear that children needed to be taught non-violent, easy-to-remember strategies to use when confronted with peer aggression. Similar to Stop, Drop and Roll strategy children learn during fire safety training, the WITS strategies become automatic as the child grows into adulthood. Through RSF’s anti-victimization programs, RSF aims to promote safer schools and communities by arming children with the tools they need to address their problems in a safe and effective manner.
Over the past year, we have been most pleased with our new website:
www.witsprogram.ca. It acts as a one stop site for all bullying issues; there is a section for teachers, police and other community leaders, parents and children. All members of the community can come to our site for training, information, resources and referrals. Our WITS Programs offer something that is unmatched; a free, proven-effective anti-victimization strategy for elementary school aged children. Our website provides information for parents and children as well as free accreditation programs for teachers and community leaders. Our WITS Programs have been developed, studied and are available at no cost for anyone needing an effective anti-victimization program for children.
The biggest lesson we have learned at the RSF is that people can’t take advantage of a free, proven-effective program if they don’t know about it. We are looking for inexpensive ways to let people across Canada know about our WITS Program website and engaging them in using our programs.
In order to promote healthy relationships, our anti-victimization program provides guidance for all members of the community in dealing with peer victimization. The WITS Programs are community based: the
WITS Primary Program
(Kindergarten - Grade 3) and the
WITS LEADS Program (Grades 4 - 6) bring together schools, families and communities to help elementary school children deal with bullying and peer victimization. Unifying the various members of society by giving them a common strategy, a common language to use promotes healthy relationships community-wide.
In partnering with PREVNet, a national network of researchers devoted to promoting healthy relationships and eliminating violence, we hope to spread the word about our WITS Programs; we’d like people across Canada to know about its unmatched accessibility and effectiveness. Our partnership with PREVNet offers the potential for national visibility which is not available through any other entity. Our common goals promoting healthy relationships and eliminating violence makes us mutually beneficial partners.