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Boys Council, Amicus, 180 Degrees To Host Facilitator Training for Adults in Mendota Heights, March 26-27
Program Findings Show Boys Gain Confidence to Attain Academic Goals, Avoid Violence, Have Greater Pride and Respect for Diversity
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. - Boys Council, an acclaimed program that promotes the development of boys and young men, is now registering participants for its two-day adult facilitator training workshop from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 26 and 27 in the 500 Series Room at Brown College, 1440 Northland Dr., in Mendota Heights, MN. Registration can be made online at www.boyscouncil.com or by calling 1-707-794-9477. Amicus and 180 Degrees located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN, respectively, are co-sponsors of the workshop.
In this skill-based, experiential training, attendees will learn how to implement the Boys Council model, a proven method of promoting boys’ and young men’s safe, strong and healthy passage through pre-teen and adolescent years.
Boys Council is the male adjunct to the widely-acclaimed Girls Circle program founded by Giovanna Taormina and Beth Hossfeld, MFT, in California. Boys Council is a structured group program for boys age 9 through 18. Boys Council is successfully being implemented nationwide in all youth serving arenas: schools, juvenile justice, mental health, child welfare, public health and youth serving organizations, offering boys and young men a program to:
*Challenge myths about what it means to be a “real boy” or “real man”
* Reject violence and define power from multiple perspectives
* Experience belonging and connection with adults and peers
*Make safe and healthy decisions/Discover the principles they want to live by
*Explore the meaning of healthy competition
*Develop empathetic skills
*Participate in fun and stimulating activities
*Find motivation and courage to act on their principles
*Become allies with girls and women
About the Organization:
Boys Council is a division of The Girls Circle Association (GCA). Developers of the Boys Council Facilitator Training, Beth Hossfeld, Matt Bowers, Giovanna Taormina and others have a proven track record in bringing solid, effective strengths-based programs, training and consultation to communities serving youth, as demonstrated in the rating of its’ successful Girls Circle model as a “Promising Approach” by the Federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The Boys Council model is based on masculinity research and practices building on boys’ resiliency and male adolescent development, and was developed in 2006 and made available in August 2007. For more information, visit www.boyscouncil.com or www.girlscircle.com
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