When? Monday November 6th @ 4pm
Where? El Escondido Conference Room at San Juan Basin Health Department
Hope to see you there!
update
Hello everyone!
How are you all enjoying this weather? Not me! Not at all, though I am looking forward to the snow, somewhat.
Anyway, I just wanted to give you all an update on what’s new with the DRAGON Youth Project since it’s been some time since we have last gotten together.
RECONNECTING YOUTH: I am currently facilitating my second Reconnecting Youth group at the Robert E. DeNier Youth Services Center. This time around I have a group of 11 adolescent boys which has shown to be much more of a challenge than my last group. However, I have only met with the boys twice. We are meeting on Tuesdays from 4-5pm and are currently on the subject of Self-Esteem.
FLC SOCIAL NORMS CAMPAIGN: I am still working with the FLC Counseling Center and Leadership Center on the “Choose Your Shoes” poster campaign and am pleased to announce the launch of the first poster design this week! So, if any of you are up at campus in the next few weeks/months, be sure to keep your eye out for them. I will upload a copy of the file (if I can figure out how to) on the website for your viewing pleasure, as well. Now we are on to working on our second poster design…
GIRLS CIRCLE: I can’t help it, but this is my favorite part of the DRAGON Youth program. I just find such POWER in a group of women! I have officially started a Girls Circle group at Bayfield High School! YAY! I started the group last Wednesday with simple introductions and icebreaker games and activities, and will be giving out the pre-tests and starting the curriculum this Wednesday. I have a wonderful group of 8 girls who are all unique and anxious to be a part of the group.
As for my efforts in Durango, I will meet with Dennis Bissmeyer, the director of Durango 9R Student Services, for the second time tomorrow afternoon. He is a total advocate for the DRAGON Youth Project and has expressed interest in both the Girls Circle and Reconnecting Youth programs. Right now we have agreed to focus on the Girls Circle program, and he has asked me to prepare a PowerPoint presentation that I will present to principals, counselors and teachers in the Durango schools. We are hoping to implement Girls Circles in Escalante and Miller middle schools. Wish me luck!!!
I spoke with Beth Hossfeld, one of the creators of the Girls Circle program a couple of weeks ago. She not only gave me a more in-depth overview of the program, but she was able to answer several of my questions and invited me to participate in national data collection/research for the Girls Circle Association. More information on that as it becomes available…
A special thanks to Harlene & Jenn for helping me to pick out the curriculum, Expressing My Individuality, that the Durango schools will be utilizing if the program is approved to be implemented. These two lovely ladies have also been very beneficial to the start of the Girls Circle program by providing me with countless local resources that I have turned to and turned to again throughout this process. THANK YOU!!!
