Through the service connections that we facilitate,
Communities In Schools of Chicago (CISC) makes a big difference in
the social, emotional, health and academic well-being of students
throughout Chicago. During the 2008-2009 school year, our school partners
reported that CISC-connected services are changing students’ lives.
For example:
- 90% reported
that their students' knowledge about health issues improved;
- 88%
reported that students' physical health improved;
- 88% reported that students were better able to focus on learning; and
- 84% reported that students access to the arts improved.
Tahari, an eighth-grade student at Stone Scholastic Academy, was having trouble controlling his behavior during class. Noticing that he needed special emotional support, school staff invited him to participate in The Power To Change, an anger management and conflict resolution program connected to the school by CISC.
The Power To Change, a program provided by Abraham Low Self-Help Systems, is a 12-week program that helps students learn impulse control and how to manage their anger.
Following the program, Tahari is better able to manage his emotions and has increased self-control. Describing a disagreement with a classmate, Tahari said, "By now I would have hit him, but now I can deal with it." Giving credit to The Power To Change, Tahari said, "I am better at finding ways to ignore things that bug me."
Each year, CISC connects more than 22,000
Chicago students with conflict resolution, anger management, gang
prevention, bullying prevention, community safety and healthy decision-making
programs that address violence prevention issues.
We connect high-quality violence prevention service providers with
more than 80 schools every year. The results of our efforts in 2008-2009
were widely positive: 82 percent of surveyed students
reported that they will act differently as a result of the program.
WATCH HOW CISC MAKES A DIFFERENCE
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