Check out CATCH's new website at The CATCH Community Dialogue Phase 1 Completed!

Check out CATCH's new website at What is the CATCH Community Dialogue? The purpose of the CATCH Community Dialogue: to better understand the community assets required for healthy early childhood development (from conception to age 6) in the Central Okanagan to increase parent/guardian and community involvement in promoting and supporting healthy children.

Check out CATCH's new website at Objectives of the CATCH Community Dialogue To identify the services and supports that currently exist in the Central Okanagan To determine the effectiveness of the asset mapping process in increasing community capacity for ECD planning To identify gaps in services and supports To identify barriers parents and children face when accessing services To further develop a draft asset template for healthy Early Childhood Development in Central Okanagan

Phases of the CATCH Community Dialogue Phase 1 Phase 3Phase 2 May to July 2005 April 2006 to March 2007August 2005 to March Neighbourhoods 4 Neighbourhoods19 Neighbourhoods Community-based Early Childhood Development Plan for the Central Okanagan Preliminary work: Inventory and pilot focus groups COMPLETED!

Check out CATCH's new website at Steps to the CATCH Community Dialogue Interviews/Focus Groups Asset Mapping Community Workshops On-line Parent Resource Guide {Preliminary Work}{Preliminary Work, Phases 1, 2 and 3} {Phase 3}{Preliminary work, Phase 1, 2, and 3}

Check out CATCH's new website at Neighbourhood Selection for Phase 1 In May 2005, the Research Action Team, (the community-based team that guides the research), selected the first two (of 25) neighbourhoods in the Central Okanaganto be surveyed The Outcome… Shannon Lake and Northeast Rutland were selected for Phase 1 (the remaining neighbourhoods will be surveyed in Phase 2 or 3)

Check out CATCH's new website at Parent-Volunteers n One of the main goals of the Dialogue is to connect parents/guardians in our community. n In June 2005, CATCH trained 12 parent- volunteers to interview other parents/guardians in Shannon Lake and Northeast Rutland n The volunteers were taught semi-structured interview-techniques – which encourage two- way conversation and openness

Check out CATCH's new website at Interviews n Each interview was conducted by a team of interviewers (one interviewer and one notetaker) n The interviews took place in the family’s home at their convenience n The interviews ran from July to August 2005

Check out CATCH's new website at What did we talk about? Categories for Discussion during an Interview Pregnancy and Infant Support Parenting Education Child Care Recreational Opportunity Early Learning Support for Families Health Services

Check out CATCH's new website at What will this tell us? The information provided by the families during these interviews help us to: To learn about the experiences of families with young children in the Central Okanagan To identify gaps and needs in supports and services To identify the services and supports that currently exist in the Central Okanagan To identify barriers that parents and children face when accessing services To gather information for a community- based Early Childhood Development Plan To determine the effectiveness of asset mapping for developing an Early Childhood Development Plan

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Check out CATCH's new website at Phase 2 August 1st 2005 to March 31 st, 2006 Additional Neighbourhoods Continuing with Parent-to-Parent Interviews Facilitating Focus Groups with parents/ guardians of young children

Check out CATCH's new website at Phase 3 April 1 st 2006 to March 31 st 2007 Remaining Neighbourhoods Continuing with Parent- to-Parent Interviews Interviewing Agencies and Organizations involved with young children Continuing with Focus groups Child Participation (family-based activities that will allow children to express their thoughts on growing up in the Central Okanagan Community Workshops (to discuss and prioritize the Dialogue findings)

Check out CATCH's new website at How can I get involved? If you are expecting or have a child/children under the age of 6 and would like to participate in an interview or focus group, please contact… If you are expecting or have a child/children under the age of 6 and would like to participate in an interview or focus group, please contact… If you are interested in becoming a parent- interviewer, please contact… If you are interested in becoming a parent- interviewer, please contact… If you are interested in volunteering with CATCH, please contact… If you are interested in volunteering with CATCH, please contact… If you are interested in learning more about CATCH or the Community Dialogue, please contact… If you are interested in learning more about CATCH or the Community Dialogue, please contact… Angela Cleveland or If you are interested in the results of Phase 1, please contact…