RECONNECTING YOUTH
This school year the DRAGON Youth Project has made a lot of really great changes!
Unfortunately, I will no longer be working with DeNier to provide a Reconnecting Youth group due to a curriculum change. They will now be providing curriculum directly from the Rite of Passage program.
However, I am happy to say that in this program’s place I will be co-facilitating a Reconnecting Youth group for truancy kids at Durango High School in collaboration with La Plata Youth Services, starting October 4th! There is also a possibility of a Reconnecting Youth group for Ignacio High School truancy kids as well.
GIRLS CIRCLE
Once again I will be facilitating a Girls Circle at Bayfield High School this school year! I will have 6 girls returning from last year’s group, with additional girls being invited by recommendation of teachers.
I have started a Girls (& Boy) Circle at Durango High School during Mr. Greg Loheit’s Advisory period on Thursday mornings. There is one boy and 5 girls. Mr. Loheit will be co-facilitating, and this will be a much less structured group, so it will be interesting to see where this one goes…
I am meeting with the Bayfield Elementary school counselor and the Bayfield Family Center coordinator (Kaylie Anderson) next week to discuss an after school Girls Circle for 5th and 6th grade girls. I am anxious to work with this age group, so stay tuned to see what happens!
Tracy & I have been talking about an after school Girls Circle for high school girls (mainly in her program) held at Durango Joe’s. Durango Joe’s has a community room available at no cost for non-profit organizations, so we thought it might be a fun place for the girls to meet. We are in the early stages of planning this one as well.
Lastly, I have sent an email to Amy deProspo with the Children’s Museum of Durango about having another after school Girls Circle for younger girls, possibly around ages 9 and 10. With the fact that I have so many other groups starting now, I am hoping to get this one started later on in the winter or possibly even in the spring.
So, as you can see a lot is going on with the DRAGON Youth Project! On top of that, I am writing my M.S. in counseling thesis and doing pre-practicum training at the Fort Lewis College counseling center. So, any volunteers you all hear of would be exceptionally beneficial to me at this point in time!
Thanks for everything!
