The CATCH Community Dialogue

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The CATCH Community Dialogue

• Phase 1 Completed!

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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.

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Phase 1
2 Neighbourhoods
May to July 2005
COMPLETED!

• Phases of the CATCH Community Dialogue

Phase 3
Phase 2
Preliminary work Inventory and pilot focus groups
4 Neighbourhoods
19 Neighbourhoods
April 2006 to March 2007
August 2005 to March 2006
Community-based Early Childhood Development Plan
for the Central Okanagan
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Steps to the CATCH Community Dialogue
Preliminary Work
Preliminary Work, Phases 1, 2 and 3
Phase 3
Preliminary work, Phase 1, 2, and 3
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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)

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Parent-Volunteers

• One of the main goals of the Dialogue is to
  connect parents/guardians in our community.
• In June 2005, CATCH trained 12 parent-volunteers
  to interview other parents/guardians in Shannon
  Lake and Northeast Rutland
• The volunteers were taught semi-structured
  interview-techniques which encourage two-way
  conversation and openness

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Interviews

• Each interview was conducted by a team of
  interviewers (one interviewer and one notetaker)
• The interviews took place in the familys home at
  their convenience
• The interviews ran from July to August 2005

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What did we talk about?
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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 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
To identify the services and supports that
currently exist in the Central Okanagan
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Whats Next?
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Phase 2
Facilitating Focus Groups with parents/ guardians
of young children
Continuing with Parent-to-Parent Interviews
Additional Neighbourhoods
August 1st 2005 to March 31st, 2006
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Phase 3
Interviewing Agencies and Organizations involved
with young children
Continuing with Parent-to-Parent Interviews
Community Workshops (to discuss and prioritize
the Dialogue findings)
Remaining Neighbourhoods
Continuing with Focus groups
April 1st 2006 to March 31st 2007
Child Participation (family-based activities that
will allow children to express their thoughts on
growing up in the Central Okanagan
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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 interested in the results of Phase 1,
please contact
Angela Cleveland 469-6347 or acleveland.catch_at_s
haw.ca
If you are interested in learning more about
CATCH or the Community Dialogue, please contact
If you are interested in volunteering with
CATCH, please contact
If you are interested in becoming a
parent-interviewer, please contact