Creative Solutions for Positive Youth Development

“The form 990 will be provided to the board prior to filing.”

“An employment agreement is utilized.”

“Documents are available upon request.”

“Social-emotional learning (sel) is a framework designed to develop skills in the following areas: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making. Groups are facilitated by mental health team members. Group participants will be determined by clubhouse staff and creative solutions for positive youth development team members, and groups will occur once a week for the duration of the trimester. Families will consent to their children attending group therapy and receive the group curriculum prior to the first group session. Sel group therapy topics will include: -mindfulness -self-esteem -conflict resolution -problem solving -assertive communication -distress tolerance -emotion regulation -resilience individual and family therapy -members, families, teachers, mentors, outside therapists, and clubhouse staff members will refer members to services as needed. -members and families will be assigned to an appropriate therapist, who will conduct intake assessments, create comprehensive and individualized treatment plans, facilitate weekly individual and family therapy sessions in the clubs, and consult with club staff and outside providers as needed. -services will be low to no cost for members and their families through billing insurance, both medicaid and commercial insurances, donations, and grant funding. Interventions we use a combination of evidence-based mental and behavioral health strategies in addition to supplemental methods to treat our members, including, but not limited to: -cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt) -dialectical behavioral therapy (dbt) -trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy (tf-cbt) -motivational interviewing (mi) -acceptance and commitment therapy (act) -art therapy -music therapy -play therapy -animal-assisted therapy”