WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING
CARE offers real solutions for real life.  CARE offers a wide variety of educational activities focused on building solid relationships with others so that children and adults can learn ways to solve their own unique challenges.
 
CARE’s WorkLife Solutions Seminars (Click here for our current training flyer)
A critical component of a productive workforce is continual professional development. Ongoing seminar opportunities are capable of making significant impact on the organization’s bottom line. CARE’s WorkLife Solutions offers skill-building professional development opportunities. Each workshop offers a variety of educational content and interactive activities. They can be customized to meet the organization’s needs.  Click here to register on-line.
 

Family Workshops

CARE offers a variety of informal workshops where parents come together to discuss the joys, humor and sometimes struggles of daily family life. The community plays a large role in offering site locations. Additionally, CARE is able to individualize workshops and trainings for specific sites, agencies and workplaces.
 

Click here for a complete listing of workshop offerings and descriptions

 

Youth Programs

CARE has several programs designed to meet the needs of youth today. From dealing with bullying and addiction in the family to practicing coping skills for difficult times of transitions, CARE’s programs empower youth to face these challenges head-on.
Full service schools will receive a discount rate on select Youth Programs. Check to see if your district has a full service contract. (click here)
 

A-Z guide of topics:

Addiction in the Family

Alternative Education

Anger/Violence

Bullying/Self-Esteem

Early Childhood/Elementary Life Skills

High School

Middle School
People, Protecting You, Protecting Me
School-Based Drug Education/Life Skills

Substance Use

Teen Leadership and Community Activism
 

Community-based youth programs
 

Skills for Managing Anger Series for Adolescents

A six-week education series for youth experiencing relationship difficulties because of their inability to manage their anger. Focus is on personal power; anger signals and hot buttons; self talk and strategies for cooling off, as well as strategies for getting along.
 

This series will be offered to three groups of students: Ages 9-11, 12-14 & 15-18 years old.  Students must be attending school.  
 

A parent component is included and  attendance is necessary for youth to take part in the Skills for Managing Anger Series. Is your school a full-service school? (click here)
 

Click here to register

 

Parenting Teenagers along with the Managing Anger Series

Join an eight-week facilitated discussion on improving your relationship with your teen, ideas on encouraging personal responsibility, self-respect, respectfulness, age appropriate discipline, and methods to help your teen find their way through the issues that they face.
 

Is your school a full-service school? (click here)

 

Click here to register

 

Project FOCUS (Families Overcoming Challenges and Understanding Strengths)

Project FOCUS is a FREE support program for parents and youth ages 6-15 who are concerned about a family member’s use of alcohol or other drugs or have a family member in recovery or are in recovery themselves. FREE Childcare is available for children ages 3-5.  Parent participation is required.
 

Families will learn strategies to reduce their anxiety, develop healthy coping skills, learn about addiction and discover they are not alone with their concerns. This monthly program is full of fun activities while using a skill-building approach. Click here for current flyer (PDF) or for more information email solutions@careofmacomb.com.

 
Click here to register
 

Nicotine Narcs
The Nicotine Narcs (NN) aren’t “narcing” on other kids for smoking. They are a group of teens from Macomb County that meet throughout the school year to organize ways to educate their fellow students and community about the tactics the big-tobacco industry uses to get kids to buy tobacco, “which is so not cool.” In the past few years, they’ve held a press conference at Freedom Hill, protested at AMC Forum 30 and held a NN Annual Conference. To be a Nicotine Narc, contact CARE at solutions@careofmacomb.com or visit www.nicotinenarcs.org.
 
Click here to see photos from our past Nicotine Narc event
 

T3 – Teens Talking Truth

Teens from the Macomb County participate in a variety of services and planning activities. Together they support and encourage one another to develop stronger leadership and communication skills. They have the opportunity to attend trainings specifically designed to meet the need of today’s teens. This is a youth driven committee. As a collective group, the teens will carry out a number of service opportunities designed around alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention.  To join this group, contact CARE at solutions@careofmacomb.com .
 
Teen Intervene

Teen Intervene is designed to provide education, support and guidance for teens that have experienced mild to moderate substance use. Teen Intervene also offers parents and guardians the opportunity to learn healthy communication skills and the importance of establishing family rules surrounding substance use.

 

Is your school a full-service school? (click here)

 

Click here to register

 
Young Women’s Lives
You’ve seen the movie, you’ve read the book. “MEAN GIRLS” is alive in young women’s lives today. Young women face many societal challenges such as bullying, sexual harassment and social pressures. For many youth, they have dismissed their inner strengths and instead have turned to destructive ways to cope with these challenges such as using alcohol, or other drugs. This program empowers young women ages
14 - 17 to heal from the effects of violence, understand past destructive decisions and learn new ways to address social pressures and injustices, bullying, and sexual harassment.
 
Click here for more information or Click here to register
 

Youth Support Summer Camp
CARE’s Youth Support Camp is for youth ages 6-15 who are concerned about a family member’s use of alcohol or other drugs or have a family member in recovery. Children will learn tools to reduce their anxiety, develop healthy coping skills, learn about addiction and discover they are not alone with their concerns.  The camp is full of fun activities while using a skill-building approach.  Children should be available to attend all eight days for the best experience.  There is no program fee.
 

A FREE parent education/support group is also available at the same time but is not mandatory. (Childcare is available for children ages 3-5 for those parents who attend the parent education/support group.)

 

Click here for current flyer (pdf) or for more information contact CARE at solutions@careofmacomb.com. 

 
Click here to register
 

School based programs
 
Early childhood & elementary
 
Alcohol, Tobacco & other Drugs presentations
Alcohol, tobacco & other drugs presentations are available to schools, churches, and other community organizations in southern Macomb County (south of Hall Rd.) Presentations to adult groups focus on current drug trends and mentoring drug-free youth. CARE’s public information specialist offers presentations and series focused on life skills and age-appropriate drug education to elementary students. Presentations to middle-school and high-school students focus on chemical awareness—current drugs & their consequences; dynamics of addiction as well as chemical dependency in the family. To schedule a presentation, email solutions@careofmacomb.com.
 
 
Paper People
Paper People is CARE’s Early Childhood Life- Skills and Drug Prevention Program.
 
“Kids who begin drinking before the age of fifteen are four times more likely to develop alcohol dependence than those who wait until age 21.” (Source: The Anti-Drug.com)
 
The goal of Paper People is to promote ways for children to be safe and healthy. Our trained volunteer presenters deliver the Paper People program in eight (8) thirty-minute sessions. Key messages include:
  • Caring about themselves and others.
  • What helps their bodies grow and work; what doesn’t.
  • Rules about medicine, alcohol and tobacco.
  • Expressing their feelings in a safe and kind way.
  • How and who to ask for help.
For program fees and to schedule the series at your school/center, contact CARE at solutions@careofmacomb.com .
 
Protecting You/Protecting Me
Protecting You/Protecting Me is a series of eight lessons that is part of the National Elementary School Project, MADD’s latest nationwide effort to prevent alcohol use by youth. Research shows that the risk for alcohol and other drug use skyrockets when children enter sixth grade, between the ages of 12 and 13. To be effective in preventing alcohol use by adolescents, we must reach out and educate elementary school children.
 
Targeted to third grade students, Protecting You/Protecting Me teaches children how their brains work and how certain behaviors and substances can place their brains at risk. Students learn skills to protect themselves and maintain good health.
 
The program is free to schools in Macomb County, Mich. For more information or to schedule a series at your school, contact CARE at solutions@careofmacomb.com .
 
Transitions to Middle-School
Students face a major increase in exposure to alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use when they enter the middle school environment. Teachers have told us that they believe many students are not as prepared as they could be to deal with these pressures.
 
The Transitions program is four sessions in length, each session lasting an hour in length. Students will learn about the destructive potential of the “gateway drugs”: alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and inhalants. Students will then learn and practice resistance skills to help them deal with the pressure to experiment with drug use. Good decision making skills will be emphasized.
 
The program is free to schools in Macomb County, Mich.
 
For more information or to schedule a series at your school, contact CARE at solutions@careofmacomb.com.
 
Middle school
 
Alcohol, Tobacco & other Drugs presentations
Alcohol, tobacco & other drugs presentations are available to schools, churches, and other community organizations in southern Macomb County (south of Hall Rd.) Presentations to adult groups focus on current drug trends and mentoring drug-free youth. CARE’s public information specialist offers presentations and series focused on life skills and age-appropriate drug education to elementary students. Presentations to middle-school and high-school students focus on chemical awareness—current drugs & their consequences; dynamics of addiction as well as chemical dependency in the family. To schedule a presentation, email solutions@careofmacomb.com.
 
Project Alert
Project ALERT is an Exemplary Model program endorsed by the National Middle School Association for middle school students (grades six, seven and eight). Research has shown that this program dramatically reduces both the initiation of drug use and the transition to regular use by helping students recognize internal and external pressures and providing motivation and skills to resist pressure.
 
Project Alert is offered at no cost and consists of 10 interactive sessions.  Three booster sessions are available for the following year.
 
For more information or to schedule a series at your school, contact CARE at solutions@careofmacomb.com .
 
Transitions to High-School
Students face a major increase in exposure to alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use when they enter the high school environment. Students are under pressure to make decisions that will affect the rest of their lives.
 
The Transitions program is four sessions in length, each session lasting an hour in length. Students will learn about the destructive potential of drug use, with emphasis on the “gateway drugs”: tobacco, marijuana, and inhalants and underage drinking.
 
Good decision making skills will be emphasized. We’ll learn and practice resistance skills to help students deal with the pressure to experiment with drug use or engage in other destructive behaviors.
 
For more information or to schedule a series at your school, contact CARE at solutions@careofmacomb.com .
 
High School
 
Alcohol, Tobacco & other Drugs presentations
Alcohol, tobacco & other drugs presentations are available to schools, churches, and other community organizations in southern Macomb County (south of Hall Rd.) Presentations to adult groups focus on current drug trends and mentoring drug-free youth. CARE’s public information specialist offers presentations and series focused on life skills and age-appropriate drug education to elementary students. Presentations to middle-school and high-school students focus on chemical awareness—current drugs & their consequences; dynamics of addiction as well as chemical dependency in the family. To schedule a presentation, email solutions@careofmacomb.com.
 
Prenatal Alcohol & Drug Exposure presentations
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is the leading cause of birth defects in the US today and it is 100% preventable. CARE’s FASD Prevention Specialist presents to high school and college students, community groups, and professionals.  CARE works with a local coalition to help support parents raising an individual with FASD.  To schedule a presentation, email solutions@careofmacomb.com.  More information can be found at MCFARES.
 
Life Skills
Nurturing Parenting series for high school health and/or life skills students based on five elements of basic parenting: appropriate expectations, empathy, empowerment, family roles, and positive discipline. Substance abuse education is also included in this series.
 
Alternative Education
Alcohol, Tobacco & other Drugs presentations
Alcohol, tobacco & other drugs presentations are available to schools, churches, and other community organizations in southern Macomb County (south of Hall Rd.) Presentations to adult groups focus on current drug trends and mentoring drug-free youth. CARE’s public information specialist offers presentations and series focused on life skills and age-appropriate drug education to elementary students. Presentations to middle-school and high-school students focus on chemical awareness—current drugs & their consequences; dynamics of addiction as well as chemical dependency in the family. To schedule a presentation, email solutions@careofmacomb.com.
 
Prenatal Alcohol & Drug Exposure presentations
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) is the leading cause of birth defects in the US today and it is 100% preventable. CARE’s FASD Prevention Specialist presents to high school and college students, community groups, and professionals.  CARE works with a local coalition to help support parents raising an individual with FASD.  To schedule a presentation, email solutions@careofmacomb.com.  More information can be found at MCFARES.
 
Life Skills
Nurturing Parenting series for high school health and/or life skills students based on five elements of basic parenting: appropriate expectations, empathy, empowerment, family roles, and positive discipline. Substance abuse education is also included in this series.
 
Teachers – Student Diversity in the Classroom (download flyer)
Author Anais Nin stated, “We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.” Cultural awareness is a critical element in today’s educational environment. When we value diversity, we are supporting and respecting each person’s right to be who they are – a unique individual.
 
CARE’s WorkLife Solutions provides you the resources needed to successfully create a safe, thriving school for both staff and students. CARE’s Diversity in the Classroom training is designed to discuss with staff the need for increased cultural awareness based on the changing student population. Schools in the tri-county area have been providing this interactive training to their staff during in-services. Click PDF for more info.
 
Teaching and Leading Children

A series targeted to early childhood teachers/care-takers that focuses on effective communication and problem solving as well as fostering positive relations with parents.

Contact CARE at solutions@careofmacomb.com or click here to register.
 
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