Asset Building
Tip of the Month
Social Competencies
Planning & Decision Making Young person knows how to plan
ahead and make choices.
Interpersonal Competence Young person has empathy, sensitivity, and friendship skills.
Cultural
Competence Young person can resist negative peer pressure and dangerous
situations.
Resistance Skills Young person has knowledge of and comfort with people of
different cultural/racial/ethnic backgrounds.
Peaceful Conflict
Resolution Young person seeks to resolve conflict nonviolently. |
Reach Out Now National Teach In Event
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April 2009 is Alcohol
Awareness Month. During this month the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) is asking you to help organize a Reach Out Now National Teach In
event.
For more information and materials (including lesson plans, print and
multimedia) go to http://www.teachin.samhsa.gov/
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National Children of Alcoholics Week
February 8-16, 2009
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Be among the
Champions for Children for this annual celebration of hope & healing.  To learn more about 2009 activities or to get ideas for raising awareness, visit NCOA |
Our Mission:
"To foster nurturing and healthy relationships, environments and programs that
encourage positive youth development and enable all young people in
Greater Portland to live substance free."
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The 40 Developmental Assets
OMOP
promotes & integrates Search Institute's Developmental AssetsŪ approach in our programming to further positive youth development in Portland.
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Next Meeting:
February 10, 2009
12:00 -1:30
City Hall
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If you would like more info about OMOP please contact Ronni at 756-8116. You can also email Amanda your program updates and/or events.
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 Take it Outside:
WinteRush is Here!
Want to get involved in Maine's coolest outdoor festival? It's a week's worth of events capped off with the Downtown Showdown being held on Saturday February 14th in Monument Square! Contact Healthy Portland's Joan Ingram at (207) 541-6954 or click here for the schedule of "cool" events!
 Community Dinners at Portland West
Come and enjoy great food prepared by Local Sprouts! Gather with other community members to share food on the First Monday of every month from 5:15-6:30 pm at the Portland West Learning Center, 181 Brackett Street, Portland (map). Catered by Local Sprouts Cooperative and youth from Portland West's Alternatives to Detention Program. FMI contact Margot at (207) 775-0105 x161.
 Strengthening Families Program at Youth Alternatives Ingraham
This evidence-based, 14-week program is designed for parents and their children
ages 6-11 and runs Wednesdays from 5:00-7:30.
The program includes a family meal, separate parent & child classes, and family
activity time. Limited scholarships are
available and early registration is recommended. FMI or to register, contact Deb Dunlap at (207) 874-1175 x6001.
 Classes at Windham Adult Ed
Windham Adult Ed has a fabulous new website and is offering several parenting education courses during February & March. A few offerings are: "Kids Don't Come with Instructions," "Parents & Providers Working Together," and "Foster Parenting in Maine." FMI call (207) 832-1819 or click http://windham.maineadulted.org |
 Ronni shares her perspective on the essence of prevention and elaborates on our ever-growing relationship with the Portland School system. As three years of Reconnecting Youth evaluation comes to an end, new programs (see below) for Portland youth are on the horizon! Read "The Coordinator's Corner" to find out more about our upcoming initiatives. |
They say it better than anyone could. Here are a few quotes from Deering & Portland high school's 2008-09 RY students.
Responses to How has RY helped you?
"It helped me solve some problems with others by talking instead of yelling and fighting."
"I felt more motivated to get up and come to school and do my work because RY made me feel better about school."
"It showed me that there are people who have
been through the same things.
Since I've been in RY I've been doing really well in school and
I'm a lot more focused on my attendance."
When asked what they learned about themselves, they said:
"I want sobriety."
"That I had more problems than I thought."
"That I can accomplish more than I thought."
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 Westbrook seeks ways to cultivate youth input
"City officials are considering adding a pair of nonvoting council
seats for students as a way to lasso teenagers into local
decision-making at a time of historic elections and inspiring victory
speeches..." Read the Press Herald Article
 Pete Carroll's Winning Coaching Style "Carroll sees that as his life's work: teach young people, not just ball
players, to seize every opportunity and make the most of it.
That's why, during football season, and more often in the off
season, this high profile celebrity coach goes into some of the most
violent neighborhoods in Los Angeles recruiting not star athletes but
gang members in an effort to end gang violence." Watch the CBS "60 Minutes" Video
 At 50-year mark, Search Institute still has a heart for kids "At first glance, the nonprofit's developmental assets are deceptively simple.
They include the need for a caring school climate, a sense of purpose and strong
relationships with at least three non-parent adults. But youth experts said Search Institute's philosophy represented a
groundbreaking research-backed road map that reshaped the way many schools,
governments and other agencies work with youth." Read the Minneapolis Star Tribune Article
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