Youth Family Community Renewal Inc.

PROJECT S.E.A.M. (Self-Esteem & Anger Management)
Elementary-Junior High-High School Suspension and Title 20 Program

(Grades l-lO)----May 4,2004

 

 

What is PROJECT S.E.A.M? (Self-Esteem & Anger Management)

Just as the seam of a garment holds the dress or shirt together and brings
shape to it, having self-esteem and managing one's anger will help children
become better behaved in and out of school; SEAM will help them improve
academically.

• Project SEAM (Self-Esteem) helps change students concept aboutthemselves from negative to positive: changing thoughts of low self-esteem to loving themselves and having a positive self-image abouttheir *character development*and person (helping them to accepttheir looks, their economic status etc); with a determination to improvelife, theirs and those around them. We want to help students begin orcontinue to discover their purpose in life. We want to help youngpeople to love their neighbor as they love themselves.

• Project SEAM (Anger Management) helps students to control theiranger and to see the consequences of uncontrolled anger. We givestudents a formula to use when angered by peers or adults; how to actand not react; what to do when they are unfairly treated. We give themexamples of how famous people overcame unfairness, controlled theiranger and conquered problems. We teach them how to be angrywithout getting into trouble.

 

 OBJECTIVE

 

1. a safe, orderly and caring environment

2. Tutorial Services for academic improvement

. J . Activities to increase Self-Esteem

4. Training in anger management

5. Support and training for parents whose children are suspended

6. To serve the public school system

7. Training in prevention strategies

8. To improve students Moral Behavior

 

 

 

 

 What are YFCR's Goals in the PROCESS of Project SEAM?

 

YFCR is conducting an out of school suspension Program that is housed at the facility
located at 2700 Jackson Street (formerly Douglas School). The three goals of this
project are to Firstly address the low self-esteem and anger management issues of
these suspended or expelled students The second goal is to help these student
academically especially in reading and math skills, while we stay in close contact
with the educational system. The third goal is to Basic Life Skills.

This project is appropriately entitled SEAM (Self-esteem and Anger Management)
because a seam holds two pieces of fabric together. With this project, YFCR would
like to be one of the seams that holds the fabric of these students lives to the fabric of
the educational system during their suspension or their expulsion. We can help
change the child's behavior from a self-destructive behavior to a behavior that will
help them fulfill their God given purpose in life. We are working to see students
become leaders and not just followers. Leading others to be better students,
friends and human being

 What is our History & the capacity to serve youth in Project S.E.A.M.!

• In April of 2000 we piloted Project SE.A.M. and served (26) students(report enclosed exhibited A)

• In year 200 1  we worked with students from other school districts(example) - Merrillville school district & students from the Garyschools as parents heard about Project SEAM. (Reports enclosedexhibited B)

• Suspended students capacity- Suspended from two to tendays*grades 1-10. We are able to work with (30) suspended studentsper week

• Title 20 students capacity-We are capable of serving (20) Titlestudents per school year, grades 1-10.

Time: Regular S.E.A.M. hours 8:30am to 3:30 pm. Some children remain
as a part of our afterschool program.

 

 

What is the curriculum?

 

• An outline portion of our curriculum for self-esteem & anger Management (outline is enclosed)

• We encourage parents to go to their Child's teacher to obtain classroomassignments so students are able to keep pace with schoolwork during the suspension.

 

PROCEDURES - Step by Step Process

 

1. To receive fax about the suspension, contact parent and initiate a formal registration process

2. To receive OUT of SCHOOL SUSPENSION (OSS) student(s) who havebeen brought to the center by their parent or guardian.

3. To assign student to group schedule based on age and grade level

4. To coordinate reading, language arts, and math instruction withinformation from teachers

5. To provide Self-esteem enhancing activities and anger management training

6. To provide exposure to entrepreneurial and sales concepts

7. To provide prevention strategies

8. To have OSS students picked up by parent

9. To involve OSS students in a total of six (6) weekly 2-hour self-esteem and anger management sessions after the suspension is over

10. To involve parents in at least one self-esteem and anger managementsession

11. To provide basic life skills training

12. To provide recreation

 

The parents will have the responsibility of enrolling their children in Project SEAM.
The students will be assigned to groups with the primary consideration being age and
grade level with schedules for Reading and Math. The self-esteem enhancing
activities and anger management training will utilize the At-Risk curriculum for
Independent Thinking Skills for Youth. Students will be exposed to entrepreneurial
and sales concepts that hopefully, will stimulate them to get more excited about what
they are learning in school. The content of the prevention sessions will cover topics
such as Alcohol Drug Abuse, Cigarette Smoking and other high-risk behaviors. The
parent or guardian will pick up the student at day's end. After the required
suspension, the student will be required to attend a total of six (6) weekly Self-esteem
and Anger Management sessions. These sessions will last two hours and will be used
to reinforce the concepts presented during class times. Parents will be asked to
attend at least one of these sessions.

 

PROCEDURES - Step by Step - Process using forms

 

1. Project Seam Referral form (C)---to be filled outby school signed by parent and fax to YFCR onthe day the student is suspended or expelled fromschool (if possible) the parent is contacted andREFERRED to Project SEAM.

2. Parent comes to YFCR that afternoon or the nextmorning to complete the 3 page Suspensionregistration forms D (1) (2) (3)

3. Project Seam Evaluation forms to be completedby YFCR Project Seam teachers - Form (E)

4. Project Seam daily sign-in sheet for student andparent.- Form (F)

5. Project Seam Visitation Record follow -up record. YFCR Staff Visitation form (G)

 

 EVALUATION AND FOLLOW-UP

 

This project will be evaluated by seven (1) methods:

1. Weekly, the Staff will be asked to evaluate the Project logically

2. At the end of suspension, each teacher at YFCR will be asked to evaluate the Students’ attitude.

3.  At the end of suspension, Parents will be asked to evaluate the Project's usefulness

4. Monthly, the students will be tracked for behavior problems and recidivism

5. The Staff at YFCR will follow up on students with parents’ permission, periodically

6. Quarterly, the school system will be asked to evaluate the Project's usefulness

7. Yearly, to see a decline in the out of school suspension rate and no recidivism

from the students we have sent through the PROCESS OF SEAM.