DEVELOPING A MODEL FOR CROSS-CULTURAL EDUCATION IN CHILD AND YOUTH CARE

The nine Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) communities in Saskatchewan , Canada, and the University of Victoria's School of Child and Youth C are (SCYC) are working in partnership to create a culturally appropria te training program for Cree and Dene child and youth care workers. Th is model of cross-cultural child and youth care education is based upo n a unique philosophy that encompasses seven basic principles. In this paper, the authors discuss each of these philosophical principles in terms of the MLTC/SCYC joint project. They conclude with a brief state ment of the broader cross-cultural implications of the project's philo sophy on child and youth care education and practice.