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September 05, 2007 - This training is designed to prepare individuals working with at-risk youth, to implement the ARISE Life-Skills Program at their specific organizations. After completing the five days of training, each participant will be certified to teach any of the 260 ARISE life-skills lessons to youth and to train staff at their organizations how to share this vital information in interactive group settings with youth in their care.
Listed below is a synopsis of what each of the five days of training will consist of:
Day One: ARISE Life-Skills Instructor Certification
• Learn proven group management techniques
• Apply ARISE’s proven interactive teaching formula
• Techniques for developing structured, interactive group discussions
• Teach mock life-skills lessons using the unique ARISE instruction methods
Day Two: Teach an Actual ARISE Life-Skills Lesson at a School
• Plan a lesson you will teach in an actual classroom
• Discussion and Suggestions related to this teaching experience
• Constructive input of each person’s control of the class
Day Three: Setting the Foundation For Your Training
• Conducting ice breaker
• Setting ground rules
• Creating group expectations
• Techniques for maintaining control
• Easily introducing topics
• Establishing a sense of belonging
Day Four: Master the Skills to Lead Discussions and Interactive Activities
• Controlling negative responses
• Planning activities
• Conducting stimulating discussion
• Reaching those who refuse to participate
• Dividing groups effectively
Day Five: Commencement Luncheon
• Conduct a mock training session
• Monitoring and evaluating the ARISE program at your agency
• Presentation of ARISE Trainer certifications at the celebratory luncheon
• Meet Edmund and Susan Benson, the ARISE Founders
Since 1996, ARISE curricula and staff training has been used statewide in the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice facilities. The program has been extremely successful and has been evaluated by the University of Miami and other independent evaluators on a yearly basis. See reports on the ARISE website at http://www.ariselife-skills.org/Home/EvidenceBasedStudies.aspx.
Established in 1986, ARISE has trained and certified over 5,000 Instructors who have taught in excess of 3,500,000 hours of ARISE life skills lessons. ARISE is a leader in the development and design of interactive life-management skills lessons for at-risk youth and staff training. Since 1996, ARISE curricula and staff training has been used statewide in the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice facilities. In addition, ARISE social skills curricula are used in public, alternative and charter schools, faith-based groups, the Salvation Army, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s After-School All-Stars, and other organizations in the United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, England, Canada, Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, New Zealand, Bosnia, Kazakhstan and Central Asia.
ARISE Foundation * 1-888-680-6100 * www.ariselife-skills.org
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