Family Support

Through counselling and education, the AWO’s Family Crisis Support Program helps families within the Afghan community resolve domestic issues. The program’s approach to addressing conflicts and crisis within the families is influenced by their understanding of cultural norms and values within Afghan society. The Family Crisis Support program works with shelters, the police, and the court system to provide counseling and education on:

• spousal abuse
• child abuse
• child neglect
• conflict resolution

Educational Workshops

The Family Crisis Support Program delivers monthly workshops on the following intra-family related issues:

• cross-cultural conflict
• intergenerational conflict
• legal information regarding
  • spousal abuse
  • child abuse
  • child neglect

There are also information sessions on:

• conflict resolution techniques
• improving communication between partners
• Improving communication with children
• improving communication between siblings

Counselling

Counselling sessions are arranged to help families address and resolve intra-family issues. The counselling sessions are:

• strictly confidential
• culturally competent

*Services are provided in Dari, Pashto, Farsi, Urdu and English.