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September 15, 2007 - The ARISE mission to affect change in troubled youth is global! Edmund F. Benson, the author and co-founder of this non-profit organization established in 1986, ARISE Foundation, celebrates his 78th Birthday. His passion and persistence to train staff and teachers to provide ARISE life-management skills curricula to at-risk youth began over two decades ago after his retirement. A successful business man, who struggled early in life, Edmund Benson has made it his life’s passion to share his experiences and educate today’s troubled youth in the social areas that are necessary for a successful life. He states, “Life skills are not hereditary, they must be taught”.
Benson’s ARISE life-management skills topics include:
Guns & Violence
Anger Management
Dealing with Confrontation Building
Self-Esteem
Controlling Stress
Sexual & Emotion Abuse Respecting Authority Figures
Drug & Alcohol Abuse
Proper Etiquette
Peer Pressure
Dressing for Success
Communication
Finding a Job
Job Interviewing
Bullying & Violence
Since ARISE was established over two decades ago, they have trained and certified over 5,000 instructors who have taught in excess of 3,500,000 documented hours of ARISE life skills lessons in Florida alone. ARISE is also being used in Canada, Jamaica, England, Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, New Zealand, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Bosnia, Kazakhstan and Central Asia. The ARISE curricula is presently being translated into Kazakh and Russian.
ARISE is an interactive group learning experience incorporating social skills curricula that is easily understood, enjoyable and memorable. Importantly, ARISE curricula is not sequential. This means ARISE groups are ideal for transient populations because everyone starts fresh, each lesson stands alone. ARISE is used in public, alternative, and charter schools, juvenile justice facilities, residential treatment centers, faith based organizations such as the Salvation Army, Girls and Boys Clubs, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s After School All-Stars, and organizations intent on educating orphans and other troubled youth around the world.
Designed originally to reach at-risk, incarcerated youth in detention centers and secure facilities and gang members it is also utilized to educate youth with psychiatric disorders, and it is a powerful prevention tool for all age groups from Pre-K and up. ARISE is particularly appropriate for youth with special requirements or limited reading and writing ability.
We would like to hear from you if you have interest in the ARISE curricula and staff training program. Call us toll free at 1-888-680-6100 or visit us at www.ariselife-skills.org to learn more.
** SPECIAL NOTE: All Language Translations with the exception of English and Spanish are offered Creative License FREE to qualified organizations - Download the creative license kit online at www.ariselife-skills.org for more information.
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