Catlin Program Schedule

Anger Management: Emphasis of this skill building area is on identifying triggers to angry and upset feelings. Facilitate use of soothing techniques and pro-social responses.

Arts & Crafts: This skill building area focuses on engaging the children in a variety of arts and crafts activities. The goal is to help children develop their risk taking ability and improve their sense of mastery.

Bullying/Teasing: The emphasis of this skill building area is helping children to understand the ramifications of being teased and bullied. A variety of activities and role playing is utilized in this group. The goal is for children to understand the significant consequences of bullying and teasing and to help them develop more kind ways of relating.

Decision Making: The emphasis of this skill building area is on helping children to develop their ability to be more thoughtful about difficult situations that arise in their lives. They are guided in developing their ability

Expressive Arts: Emphasis of this skill is on using creative means to cope with problems and to develop new interests which may be a soothing activity as well as a means of improving self esteem.

Feelings: Emphasis of this skill building area is on helping children to identify and safely express their feelings. The goal is for children to be able to use feelings identification as a coping skill throughout the course of their lives.

Friendship: Emphasis of this skill building area is on helping children to develop fundamental skills in this area of developing healthy peer relationships. Work is done towards helping children to internalize these skills in order that they may be successful in this area in many different settings.

Goals: Daily Skill Building area which begins the treatment day. Emphasis is on identifying target skills, and focus for the day while encouraging a positive group process.

Medical Education: This skill building area emphasizes the use of psychotropics, their desired effects and children’s responses to their medication regimen.

Nutrition: This skill building area emphasizes nutrition education and the importance of making healthy food choices in order to have a healthy lifestyle.

Physical Education: Emphasis of this skill building area is on developing physical and social abilities that will form lifelong coping skills through the avenue of physical activity.

Reading & Listening Skills: The emphasis of this skill building area is on helping children to develop their ability to listen to adults and peers, as well as to improve their reading skills. This group provides some very fundamental skills that are needed throughout the course of life.

Respect: The emphasis of this skill building area is helping the children to understand the importance of respect in order to have more safe and rewarding relationships. A variety of activities and role playing are utilized in this group. The goal is to help the children develop a healthy level of respect for others as well as themselves.

Self Esteem: Emphasis is on improving the children’s self esteem through a variety of activities. The goal is to help the children to feel better about themselves in order to develop mastery skills, and improve pro-social behavior.

Stress Management: The emphasis of this skill building area is on helping children to identify various origins of stress in their lives. They are provided with fundamental skills in the area of managing stresses in a safe and effective manner. The goal is for the children to internalize some of these skills that will lead to a greater level of safety in their lives ahead.

Wrap Up: Daily session facilitated at the end of each day. The emphasis is on reviewing target skills and progress on those skills while facilitating a positive peer process.

Yoga/Relaxation: The emphasis of this skill building area is to teach children various methods of relaxation through the use of yoga and other techniques. Techniques such as deep breathing, body relaxation, and visual imagery are utilized. The goal is for children toutilize these skills on a long term basis which will increase their level of safety