CHILD ASSAULT PREVENTION (CAP)
What is the CAP Project?
The CAP project, developed in 1978, offers children relevant information and concrete tools to feel safe, strong, and free. It also aims to sensitize parents and school staff to reduce vulnerability factors.
What is the CAP Project?
The CAP project, developed in 1978, offers children relevant information and concrete tools to feel safe, strong, and free. It also aims to sensitize parents and school staff to reduce children’s vulnerability to assault.
Preschool
TOPICS
Peer assault (bullying), assault by a stranger, assault by a known adult.
PEDAGOGY
Discussions, role plays and puppets, verbal and physical self-defense.
AGE GROUP
Children aged 4-5 years old.
STRATEGY
Introduction to the three rights (safe, strong, and free), adult support, peer support, assertiveness.
FORMAT
Three 45-minute sessions with groups of 15 students or less.
Details
Workshop offered to adults before presentations offered to children . The teacher stays in the classroom during the workshop.
Elementary
FORMAT
90-minute workshop offered over two periods
STRATEGY
Introduction to the three rights (safe, strong, and free), adult support, peer support, assertiveness.
PEDAGOGY
Discussions, role plays, verbal and physical self-defense.
TOPICS
Peer assault (bullying), assault by a stranger, assault by a known adult.
AGE GROUP
Elementary school students (kindergarten to grade 6).
OTHER INFORMATION
Adaptation of the program is also available for welcoming, language, and other specialized classes.
Details
Kindergarten and grade one complete the workshop in two sessions on consecutive days. There is a short review for the students in kindergarten and grade one on the second day.
The teacher stays in the classroom during the workshop.
Workshop offered to adults before workshops offered to students (one for school staff and one for school parents). This information session includes a description of the workshops and our approach to prevention.
Confidence, Solidarity, Respect
TOPICS
Mobilization, power to act, values motivating our actions.
STRATEGY
- Broaden and deepen their recognition of aggression.
- Broaden their perception of the role that each can play in an assault.
- Evaluate their actions and decisions, and their impact on their lives and those of others.
- Think about their power and how to use it to prevent assault.
FORMAT
90-minute workshop offered over two periods.
AGE GROUP
Grades 5 and 6 for student who have already received CAP.
PEDAGOGY
Discussions, role plays, simulations and readings.
Details
The Montreal Assault Prevention Centre created this program in 2002 to meet a need expressed by schools.
The teacher stays in the classroom during the workshop.
This workshop is inspired by the same philosophy of “empowerment” used in all our programs. Based on what CAP animators have observed over the years , the workshop looks at other social situations and places where children can suffer or commit certain forms of aggression.
