Topics covered: Problematic sexual behaviours, sexual violence (SV), training, prevention, family support, and collaboration.
For 50 years, Marie-Vincent has been working to protect, support, and ensure the safety of children who are victims of sexual violence in Quebec. Through prevention, awareness, specialized intervention, and training, the organization aims to reduce the impact of sexual violence on youth and promote the development of healthy sexuality. Its approach is child- and youth-centred, inclusive, compassionate, and collaborative.
Do you work with children or adolescents? Do you support youth who have experienced sexual violence (SV) or who display problematic sexual behaviours? Are you simply looking to expand your knowledge and improve your intervention practices? Marie-Vincent is here for you!
Services tailored to the needs of children, adolescents, and professionals
For professionals
Marie-Vincent offers a wide range of prevention and intervention tools, adapted by age group and target issues. These include projects, games, books, videos, and podcasts such as:
- Programme Lanterne (Ages 0–5)
- Programme Boussole (Ages 6–12)
- Pile ou face, a project on preventing sexual exploitation (Ages 12–17)
- Myth or Reality card game
- Sexual exploitation intervention toolkit
- Half-Time, a project for the sports community (Ages 12–17)
- Zones Sensibles, a web-based game and its guidebook
- And many more!
These prevention tools include posters and discussion guides tailored to the age and psychosexual development of young people.
There are also targeted resources for children, adolescents, and the adults around them, along with a referral guide to connect with a Marie-Vincent professional.
The organization also offers a wide array of professional training and articles to help build prevention and intervention skills in the context of sexual violence involving children and adolescents. Trainings are available live or on-demand. For specific requests, you can contact: [email protected]
Finally, their website serves as a comprehensive hub of information and tools—accessible, age-appropriate, clearly explained, and based on best practices. These resources help users better understand healthy psychosexual development, identify vulnerability factors and risk situations, approach sensitive topics in a playful way, and respond with care to disclosures of sexual violence.
For Children and Their Families
Children under the age of 17 who have experienced SV, and children under 12 who present problematic sexual behaviours can access evaluation and treatment services tailored to their needs. Marie-Vincent works in collaboration with a wide network of partners to offer children, adolescents, and their families all necessary services under one roof—helping streamline the process for victims and prevent secondary victimization* through a trauma-informed, compassionate, and coordinated approach.
For more information on clinical services, referral criteria, or to check eligibility for services, please contact 514-285-0505 or [email protected].
