4-H MTN. CHALLENGE : 4-H MTN. CHALLENGE
Location: Burnsville, Yancey County, NC
Oversight: This program receives funding and/or oversight by DPS.
Length of service: 4 to 6 months
Promotes pro-social skills through experiential learning, team building, critical thinking, coping skills, character awareness, positive self-esteem, and community partnering. The program gives participants the opportunity to interact, with peers in a productive manner, and with a positive adult role model. We use Arise Curriculum, Project Adventure workshops, experiential learning sites and parenting classes, in a comprehensive effort to deliver services.
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Problem Areas Addressed:
- Family - child welfare concerns
- Family - parenting skills
- Family - family relationship quality
- School - performance
- School - school attachment
- School - school behavior
- Community and peers - anti-social influences
- Community and peers - community
- Aggression - violence (physical aggression)
- Aggression - firestarting
- Aggression - bullying/threatening
- Attitudes - victim awareness
- Attitudes - attitudes toward authority
- Skills - social skills
- Skills - self-regulation skills
- Employment and free time - free time
- Employment and free time - employment
Minimum Age Served: 11
Maximum Age Served: : 17
Target Gender: : All
After Hours Availability:
EveningsEnrollment Requirement: :
- Interview
- Referral form
- Other
Counties Served:
Yancey
Program Classification:
Individual and Family Life> Individual and Family Support Services
--> Interpersonal Skill Building