Initiatives
Youth Empowerment Activities
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT ACTIVITIES (YEA) PROGRAMMING
During the months of August to May, YEA After School is conducted in the Riverhills Community Building. This after school program gives students in this area a safe place to go after school. Participants receive homework help, snacks, social skills building, positive adult and youth role models.
In June, Impact Prevention also facilitates a summer day camp. This camp is staffed and led by local youth. Students engage in team building activities, games, sports, music, arts and crafts and special outings.
YOUTH-LED PREVENTION
YOUTH-LED PREVENTION
Our trained Impact Prevention staff facilitates Youth-Led meetings in high schools and middle schools in Lawrence Country. In these meetings, youth focus on activities to address issues facing them and their peers. Our county-wide Youth-Led Team ended the school year with a Teen Leadership Conference. To prepare for this conference, high school youth developed skits, curriculum and activities for students in grades 5th-7th. The focus for the conference was data driven from OHYES! results. Dawson Bryant, Rock Hill and Ironton School districts participated in OHYES! (Ohio Healthy Youth Environment Surveys). These consisted of questions about life choices and students in middle and high school completed the surveys.
BOTVIN LIFESKILLS TRAINING ®
LIFESKILLS® TRAINING
For more information contact:
Haley Shamblin haley@impactprevention.org
Eddie Neel eddie@impactprevention.org
Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) which teaches the signs of suicidality and proper response, using trauma-informed approaches & language. This is an excellent, evidence-based program that is recommended by the CDC as a strategy to prevent suicide in communities. It is often referred to as the mental health equivalent of CPR.
COALITION WORK
COALITION WORK – RIVER HILLS PREVENTION CONNECTION
SOURCES OF STRENGTH
SOURCES OF STRENGTH
The mission of Sources of Strength is to provide the highest quality evidence-based prevention for suicide, violence, bullying and substance abuse by training, supporting, and empowering both peer leaders and caring adults to impact their world through the power of connection, hope, help and strength. Sources believes that many strengths are more powerful than one, and the united goal is to activate and mobilize these strengths in ways that positively change individuals and communities.
