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Positive
Minds Group On-Location
The Positive
Minds Group (PMG) was created by The Mentoring Center (TMC) in
1995 to serve the highly at-risk youth population. PMG utilizes
a unique group-mentoring program, a proven curriculum, and
dynamic facilitators to achieve the overall goal of changing the
mentality in youth that gives rise to destruction behavior. In
response to overwhelming requests for TMC to bring its services
to schools and community centers, TMC created PMG On-Location,
an abbreviated form of the program that is conducted in 9-18
week sessions at various locations around the Bay Area.
For the past
year, TMC has operated PMG On-Location at Berkeley High School,
working with a select group of students. The project seeks to
improve self-esteem, self-awareness, build character, provide
life skills, and overall change the negative mentality in the
students and improve their attitude toward and about school. The
project will therefore improve their behavior and their academic
performance.
In the short time
TMC has operated its program at Berkeley High, administrators,
teaches, and parents have noticed an impact on the participating
students. Improved attentiveness, better attitudes, and
significantly reduced disciplinary actions have been cited among
the initial impacts of the program.
The Mentoring
Center and Berkley High are working to expand the Positive Minds
Group On-Location program to include peer mentors, utilizing
students who have gone through the program already, and include
TMC case managers to conduct one-on-one sessions on campus as
well as meet with teachers and parents of the participating
youth. Additionally, TMC is working to bring PMG On-Location to
more high schools and group homes in East Bay. |
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