first nations youth rehabilitation centre
Walgwan Centre

Holistic Approach

Holistic approach implies that each element is related to, or integrated with, every other element. At the Walgwan Centre, we address the elements being interrelated; through the youth's own development in regards to their mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being. Our program relies on a holistic approach meaning that it stands on:

  • Various psychological and social concepts and strategies: the clinical aspect.
  • The respect of native cultural and spiritual beliefs, traditions.

Our approach allows sustaining native culture to reinforce empowerment and at times the re-empowerment by the youth of fundamental traditional values of the native culture, and to support their process of cultural identification. It allows also for those who have chosen a specific spiritual path to go along with their choice. For his personal, cultural, spiritual identity all converge into the therapeutic process.

All human experiences and social interactions are culturally determined:

“… culture is the integrated pattern of human behaviors which includes thought, communication, actions, customs beliefs, values and institutions of a racial ethnic, religious or social group”.

Karweionneh Ta Human Resource Group (1994). P. 118.The cultural congruence model: promoting native mental Health

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The interrelated elements we address, for each youth in their Individualized Intervention Plan while in residential program are:

    

Behavioural

It refers to the manner of acting or conduct of an individual: The way the person behaves towards other people. It also refers to the actions or reactions of a person: Usually in relation to the environment:

Psychological and Affective

It refers to the feelings and emotions of a person. It also refers to the state of mind of a person in relation to the person's environment, past experiences, education, level of self-esteem.This aspect has major impacts on the person's capacity to develop and maintain relationships.

       

Pedagogical

It refers to the person's level of interest towards school or others educational activities. It also refers to a person's willingness to achieve future career goals.This aspect also includes the person's capacity to cope with learning disabilities.

 

Cognitive

It refers to the person's perception of the environment.It also refers to the way a person describes herself/himself and the others (family, friends, teachers, workers). It could further refer to the person's level of attention, learning, memory, thought, concept formation, reading, problem solving.This aspect has major impacts on the person's capacity to develop and maintain relationships.

Familial

It refers to the person's family environment and history. It also refers to the person's extended family and attachment figures.

Social

It refers to the person's network of friends and access to social support resources. It also refers to the person's community environment and social life conditions. It further refers to the person's capacity and willingness to participate and contribute to social and sport activities available in the community and to develop and maintain a social life network.

Spiritual / Cultural

It refers to the person's beliefs and values in relation to culture, religion and traditions. It also refers to the person's capacity to develop trust and faith in healing.

Physical

It refers to the person's physical aspect and the way the person takes care of himself/herself and develops and maintains healthy or non-healthy habits.