Resources from Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System
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Helping a Child be a Witness in Court
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Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System
Produced in 2011
This booklet is an overview of information useful in supporting a testifying child or teenager in Canada. It includes topics such as assumptions about children as witnesses and the testimony of children; trauma and the child witness; court preparation and support process; accommodations to court procedures for child witnesses; things children may worry about; and how to explain important concepts to children.
Available in English, French/français
The Journey to Justice
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Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System
Produced in 2009
This guide discusses principles of helping children and teenagers testify in court and how they apply in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
Available in English, French/français
Child Protection Mediation
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Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System
Produced in 2008
This pamphlet has information for families and child protection workers about mediation as it is used for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in child protection cases.
Available in English
Family Group Conferencing
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Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System
Produced in 2008
This pamphlet has information for families and child protection workers about family group conferencing (FGC) as it is used for alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in child protection cases.
Available in English
First Nations ADR/ODR
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Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System
Produced in 2008
This pamphlet has information for First Nations communities in southwestern Ontario about using original dispute resolution (ODR) methods in child protection cases.
Available in English
A Full and Candid Account: Using Special Accommodations and Testimonial Aids to Facilitate the Testimony of Children
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Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System
Produced in 2007
These seven handbooks are designed to help prosecutors, victim-support workers, judges, and others understand and meet the needs of children who testify in court.
Available in English, French/français
Family Safety, Family Harmony: Information on Violence Against Women and the Law in Ontario
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Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System
Produced in 2007
This resource, designed for newcomer families of the Muslim faith, highlights how Islamic teachings on the topic of violence against women, and Canadian and Ontario laws on that topic, are in harmony.
Available in English, French/français, Farsi/Persian 
, Somali 
, Urdu 
, Arabic 
, Bosnian/Bosansk
When Teens Hurt Teens: Helping the Victims of Youth-on-Youth Criminal Violence
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Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System
Produced in 2006
The Teens Hurting Teens study looks at violent crimes against youth committed by other youth. Documents from the study are available for police, prosecutors, child witness support programs, and schools.
Available in English
