Jupiter, Florida, April 9, 2014. ARISE Foundation is providing free shipping /handling on all curriculum materials as a gift to those ordering their evidence based life skills lessons. ARISE is celebrating their 28th year as a successful nonprofit that provides life skills lessons for teens and professional staff training for those who care for these at-risk youth. ARISE group lessons enables troubled teens to achieve their highest potential as students, parents, employees, and citizens.
ARISE Foundation has spent close to three decades creating and implementing its life skills lessons specifically written for youth who score high on anxiety and anger issues and low on reading comprehension. This interactive material is easy to understand and currently used in group sessions conducted by officers in the juvenile justice systems, community based organizations, probation departments, alternative schools, out of school suspension, summer camps etc. with documented success. http://at-riskyouth.org/
Since motivation as a not for profit organization is educational not financial, ARISE is offering FREE shipping/handling on all products. This is a huge savings for cash starved programs invested in ARISE programs.
28 YEARS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS
* Created over 100 life skills books specifically used for conducting group lessons for at-risk youth from pre-school through teens.
* Developed Professional life skills training for staff working with at-risk teens.
* Designed hundreds of full color ARISE positivity cards and posters that are approved for conducting energized anxiety free group sessions with troubled youth. Posters are also hung on walls and fastened to doors and this turns negative environments into welcoming positive facilities.
* Produced family tools, a 12 week training program that educates parents on specifically what is required to become happier, less angry, and more balanced parents. It’s a chance for relationships gone bad to re-boot.
* Instituted ARISE digital online training and E-Books at reduced rates from ARISE in person training.
* Over 4,912,372 documented hours of ARISE life skills lessons conducted by ARISE trained group facilitators.
* Over 5,757 ARISE Life Skills Group Facilitators trained.
* Over 321 ARISE Master Trainers capable of training unlimited numbers of ARISE group facilitators to effectively conduct ARISE groups where youth comfortably digest bite sized bits of information like impulse control, decision making skills that can be used every day of their lives.
* Has been proven evidenced based. Evaluations during those twenty eight years indicates ARISE Works:
* 75% of the youth demonstrated increased knowledge of the life skills being taught (anger management, violence and conflict, Self-esteem)
* There was a significant increase in the empathy of the youth and staff
* 95% trainees reported they are better able to communicate with the youth
* 90% of staff trained demonstrated a firm grasp of the ARISE teaching formula
* There was a reduction in recidivism for the youth who participated in the ARISE life skills lessons.
* Middle school and high school students involved in the title IV program reduced their discipline referrals.
* Students in the program attended school 90% of the time – greatly improved
* 90% of the students met mastery in the curriculum quizzes
* Students’ report card grades for Language Arts averages 3.2 on a 4-point scale (B).
* In focus groups conducted ( qualitative data) indicated: program had a positive effect on their self-confidence, grades, behavior and ability to identify with others
* In the title IV program, 87% of parents indicated that their child's attendance improved, 74% said the behavior improved and 74% said their child controlled their anger better
To view all evaluations: http://at-riskyouth.org/about/evidence-based-studies/
ARISE is like the Energizer Bunny – ARISE keeps going and going and going.
http://at-riskyouth.org/
About ARISE Foundation
The ARISE Foundation, a nonprofit, was created in 1986 and provides a rich assortment of time tested, evidence based life skills curricula for at-risk youth. Our mission is to provide valuable ARISE life skills and staff trainings to at-risk youth and the adults who care for them. We enable youth to achieve their highest potential as law abiding citizens through ARISE interactive group sessions conducted by well trained, caring ARISE Group Facilitators
Media Contact: Susan Benson - sbenson@arisefoundation.org
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