Youth Programs … Turning
Lives Around
Developing effective Youth Programs is one of Uncommon Results strengths. We have designed programs especially geared for juvenile delinquents, and young offenders. We work with alternative school programs and probation cases, as well as youths in detention facilities and foster care. Many of these people are falling through the cracks of society.
Our Youth Programs provide an invaluable experience for young people, many of whom are tough teens coming from broken homes or have associations with gangs. Many of our participants are victims of sexual abuse or other painful life circumstances. Our Intensive Youth Program provides teens the opportunity to dramatically alter the course of their lives by taking responsibility for their future and by reconnecting with the community.
Usually the course site is a residential camp in the woods where youth can get away from their usual environment. Program length varies based on the level of at-risk youth and the number of participants. Structured course work includes guided group discussions and physical activities, such as a ropes course, mile runs, and challenge courses.
In our program, participants open up and share about significant events, beliefs, relationships, problems, and concerns in their lives. They examine the consequences of their past choices and behaviors, and their relationships with family members, peers, and other significant adults. Ultimately, the sessions support participants in discovering the causes of why their lives are not “working.” Participants gain a new appreciation and compassion for themselves and others. Negative attitudes and core beliefs about their families, peers, education, employment, and community, are transformed into productive goals for the future. Our proven techniques touch even the most hardened young minds and hearts.
Uncommon Results also provides an ongoing Training and Development Program which expands on and reinforces what was learned during the Intensive Youth courses. The Training and Development Program provides participants with one-to-one mentoring support. Adult mentors work closely with their youth partners for the duration of their Training and Development Program, and keep in contact by regular phone calls and meetings. Working with the youth continually when they return home is a critical component of our Youth Program.
Teenage Boys Get
a Lesson in Fatherhood at Retreat
Youth Mentoring - Camp
Youth
Mentoring - Camp (cont.)
Mark Charley & Delilah Sapien
The
Philadelphia Daily News - "The Year of Living Hopefully"
The
Philadelphia Daily News - "I got
caught for setting a fire ..."
The
Philadelphia Daily News - "I think I am going to change..."
The Albuquerque Tribune - "Shedding the Negatives"
The
Albuquerque Tribune - "Shedding the Negatives"
The Observer Review - March 1998
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