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Party Program
What Does a PARTY Mean to You?
Hanging out with friends, socializing drinking, drugs, dancing, eating, fighting, sex, vomiting? Sounds like a party? Our P.A.R.T.Y. is an acronym, which stands for Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth. Now this may not seem like your definition of a party but we want to make the good times last by showing you how to make smart choices in your life. Then you'll get out of your teen years, and into your twenties, thirties... P.A.R.T.Y. focuses on making smart choices. You are going to see some people who unfortunately made some pretty bad choices or who had someone make a bad choice for them and are now living with the consequences. And these are the ones who survived. In Ft. Frances, Ontario, the Prevent Alcohol and Risk Related Trauma in Youth (P.A.R.T.Y.) program is an in-hospital injury prevention program designed for youth between the ages of 15-18 yrs. They are shown how their choices have consequences either good or bad. The program is run at Laverendrye General Hospital.The Fort Frances P.A.R.T.Y. program focuses on empowering youth to formulate effective decision making and educate them to think about injury prevention in their daily lives. Many community partners are involved to show high school students what it would be like to be in a car crash! Students practice hands on activities, educating them as to what it is like to be an injured person. Professionals that interact with them are doctors, police, fire, paramedics, nurses, rehabilitation, diagnostic services and injury survivors. Each professional also educates students in career opportunities. The P.A.R.T.Y. program has been experienced annually by over 150 youth the program has been running since 2002. It is self-sustainable with significant in kind donations of time and resources. The theme is the ripple effect meaning that the choices the youth are making not only affects themselves but impacts may others. Youth empowerment and education is the key aim. Youth assisting in presenting the program are from the high school medical emergency first responders who have volunteered to take 80 hours of medical training to respond to medical emergencies in the high school. Fort Frances has the only Ontario high school with this type of team. This training helps them to enter a medical career and gives them the confidence and skills to take charge in an emergency. This program has been running since 2002. Check out the Party Program website for More information. Party Program Photo Gallery
Resources
Ft. Frances P.A.R.T.Y. Program Outline
Media and News
METIman News Article
The Fort Frances High School First Responders has been successful, with the group nearly ready to purchase “METIman,” a $60,000 technologically-advanced simulator mannequin, to use for a variety of training purposes...READ MORE. 
S.I.D.N.E.
Simulated Impaired Driving Experience (S.I.D.N.E.) is another youth empowerment education experience that involves our High School medical responder education their peers on the dangers and consequences of impaired driving. The youth set up course and run a real driver controlled go-cart on a course which becomes especially challenging when the go-cart is put in distracted mode (every input by driver is delayed by 1 ½ seconds) which shows the driver the impact of driving distractions when they don’t focus. The first responders also have developed their own personal educational messages for S.I.D.N.E. making this a more meaningful impact on other youth. This package is one of three only in Canada and has been used since 2010.It is available for rent which includes our team to run and set up. Links
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For more information contact: Co-ordinator, P.A.R.T.Y. Program
John Beaton at (807) 274-2618 or by Email Check out the Fort Frances Party Program FACEBOOK PAGE for More information. | ||
