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| Educational Programs are designed to meet the needs of clients who are having difficulty with life issues such as school performance, delinquency, substance use, minor criminal activity, and child abuse & neglect - but may not want or need formal therapy. |
| Gender Specific Groups |
| Gender-specific programming recognizes that girls and boys have different developmental pathways. Programs for boys succeed when they focus on rules and offer ways to advance within a structured system, while girl's programs are more effective when focused on relationships and ways to master their lives while keeping relationships intact. Girls Circle is a program designed to promote resiliency in adolescent girls by encouraging the development of strength, courage, confidence, honesty, and open communication skills. This strengths-based, skill building approach creates a safe space for girls to address risky behaviors, build on protective factors, and improve relationships in a format that interests and engages girls. Boys Council is a strengths-based group approach to promote boy's and young men's safe, strong and healthy passage through pre-teen and adolescent years. In this healthy and structured environment, boys and young men gain a vital opportunity to address masculine definitions and behaviors and build their capacities to find their innate value while creating good lives, individually and collectively. |
| The F.A.S.T. Program – Family and Schools Together |
| Families and Schools Together (F.A.S.T.) is a prevention/ early intervention program in collaboration with Albuquerque Public Schools, serving children in Kindergarten through 5th grade and their families. Fun and innovative activities enhance family functioning by increasing communication between family members. F.A.S.T. aims at preventing school failure, delinquency, and substance abuse in elementary aged children, while empowering parents and promoting child resilience. Throughout the program, families gain knowledge of community resources and parents become more familiar with their child's school environment. The Families and Schools Together program is designed to strengthen the family unit as a whole by opening |
