A facilitator's guide for creating support groups for young women with experience of violence
Girls Speak Out is the curriculum for a 13-week support group for girls and young women with intersecting experiences of violence, mental health and substance use.
BC Women's has developed a facilitator's guide to allow community-based facilitators to create their own 13-week program where girls and young women can find a safe space to connect and share.
Girls Speak Out 13-week curriculum outline
- Week 1: Creating a Welcoming and Safe Space Together
- Week2: Exploring Power in the Media
- Week 3: Understanding Power and Control in Relationships
- Week 4: Introducing the Cycle of Violence
- Week 5: Identifying Sources of Power and Protection
- Week 6: Exploring the Impacts of Violence
- Week 7: Exploring Coping Strategies
- Week 8: Reframing the Problem – Part 1
- Week 9: Reframing the Problem – Part 2
- Week 10: Developing Media Literacy
- Week 11: Finding My Voice
- Week 12: Finding Hope
- Week 13: Celebrating the Journey
The Girls Speak Out curriculum was developed and piloted by BC Women’s with the generous financial support of Coast Capital Savings and the RBC Foundation.
The voices of young women who participated in the pilot program are woven throughout the facilitator's guide, offering the reader the opportunity to learn what is said when girls speak out.
