Child and Youth Friendly Communities
You will receive a 20% when you purchase the Community Self-assessment Kit consisting of all four child and youth friendly communities publications.
Making Your Community More Child and Youth Friendly: Getting Started - $10.00
2000, Society for Children and Youth of BC
A community self-assessment tool to help community groups address the question, "How child and youth friendly is my community?" Based on six guiding principles, the tool is broken into 17 different domains that affect the lives of young people. These include housing, close to home, parks and open spaces, schools, transportation, workplaces and the media. (22 pages)
Making Your Community More Child and Youth Friendly: Planning for Action - $10.00
2001, Society for Children and Youth of BC
A companion booklet to the above "Getting Started," this is a step-by-step guide for the use of communities who wish to become active in improving the child and youth friendliness of their neighbourhood, community, or whole municipality. Work sheets are included to help community groups move from ideas to action. (60 pages)
Play and Recreation
Making Space for Children: Rethinking and Re-creating Children's Play Environments - $15.00
1999, Society for Children and Youth of BC
This award-winning booklet reminds us of the importance of children's play and our role as adults in providing play opportunities. It will be particularly useful for those who are thinking of creating or improving a children's play environment. It discusses the child's right and need to play and the forces that influence their play opportunities. It covers how adults can effectively facilitate children's play and provides practical guidance on how to move from inspiration to action. (51 pages)
Youth Justice
Children as Witnesses: Thinking Beyond the Box - $8.00
2001, Society for Children and Youth of BC
Results of a Round table held by the Society for Children and Youth of BC in partnership with the Justice Institute of BC. The Roundtable examines concerns about children, already traumatized by abuse, participating in a system designed for adults. (23 pages)
Children's Rights
The Convention on the Rights of the Child and Public Policy: Perspectives on the Rights of Children with Disabilities in British Columbia
2003, Society for Children and Youth of BC
Through research and focus group discussion, SCY documented key issues of children with disabilities and their families. In addition, this report outlines how those responsible for developing and implementing public policy, and those who seek to influence policy, can use the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child as a tool to enhance the realization of rights for children with disabilities. (124 pages)
Beyond Article 23: Rights of Children with Disabilities under the UN Convention
2004, Society for Children and Youth of BC
This user friendly, plain language booklet is intended for families, service providers, and individuals interested in a primer on the Convention on the Rights of the Child with a particular focus on children with disabilities. It provides a brief introduction to the Convention and then goes through the 41 articles in the first part of the Convention, in numerical order.
