to say, “CCCS specializes in programs, customized training, special events
and research in three major areas: Counselling and Capacity Building,
Community Safety, and Child and Youth Capacity Building. Our Counsel-
ling and Capacity Building programs provide practitioners with essential
skills to protect, support and empower children, youth, adults, families and
communities. We offer individual courses on topics including substance
use and harm reduction, supporting survivors of violence, mental health
and trauma, creative and expressive therapies and working with children
and youth.

“We also offer online courses on topics such as fetal alcohol spec-
trum disorder and understanding substance use. Certificate programs in
this area enable students to build their knowledge and skills through a
series of courses. One example is the Aboriginal Trauma Certificate where
students gain knowledge, skills and awareness on ways to effectively support
Aboriginal survivors of intergenerational as well as personal trauma.” Other
certificates include Substance Use, Child Abuse, Trauma, Working with

Probation officers ‘cara Youth and Feminist Management.

now to fil en ansie White also describes their focus on community safety, where
bracelet for electronic “programs give staff skills to assist individuals in coping with the conse-
monitorig of ai quences of crime and trauma.” One example is their Critical Incident Stress
offender's mevamari's Management (CISM) Certificate, which is designed for frontline staff and
with Globa: Fushionis management who support and assist individuals coping with the imme-
System tecnnology. diate consequences of trauma. Completion of the certificate enables recipi-

ents to seek certification with the Association of Traumatic Stress Special-
ists. The program, specifically designed for crisis intervention and victim
service workers, paramedics, fire fighters and other emergency responders,
prepares students to effectively provide or manage debriefing services as
well as offer critical stress management techniques at their own or other
work sites following a critical incident. Some classes have both general
application to a broad range of emergencies and critical incidents, while
others, such as supporting children and youth and managing responses
to community disasters, are more specific. To complete the certificate,
students must take a one-day simulation class providing them with the
opportunity to integrate the CISM training into practice.

Another example is the Victim Services Practitioner Certificate,
the only one of its kind in Canada. Students learn both the theoretical and
legal issues, as well as applied skills necessary to support victims within
the criminal justice system. This program is typical of the way the JIBC
has remained responsive to social currents and changes in legislation: the
justice system in recent decades has come to recognize that victims of crime
and trauma have rights and often need assistance. The Ministry of Public
Safety and Solicitor General provides funding for victim service programs
and, in some cases, financial assistance for victims through the Crime