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| Services:
Boys Council
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| Program Description
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| The Council is a strengths-based group to promote boys’ and young men’s safe, strong and healthy passage through pre-teen and adolescent years.
The Council meets a core developmental need in boys for strong and positive relationships. In this structured environment, boys and young men gain the vital opportunity to address masculine definitions, behaviors, build their capacities to find their innate value, and create good lives-individually and collectively.
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| Program Content
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Each week, a group of six to ten boys of similar age and development meet with one or two facilitators for 1.5 to 2 hours. These meetings are held for ten weeks or more, depending on the boys advancements.
The group format includes warm up activities, a “council” type check in opportunity, experiential activities that address relevant topics, and a reflection and group dialogue component. The focused activities may include group challenges, games, skits or role plays, arts, and so on.
Topics may address:
 Competition
The male stereotype
Bullying
Valuing diversity
Safe expression of emotions
Defining power from multiple perspectives
Influences of mentors and role models
Rejecting violence
Becoming allies with girls and women
Mentoring and making a difference with others
Making safe and healthy decisions for themselves
Finding and living with value in difficult times
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