The Curriculum

This six-session program, conducted in small groups of children experiencing parental divorce or separation, creates learning that lasts.

Youth

  • Youth participate in fun and informative activities with others who are also experiencing family fragmentation.

  • Youth form bonds and reinforce friendships while gaining valuable skills and insights.

  • Each session ends with a group handshake and together, say an empowering phrase. For example, in session one, they loudly exclaim, SCP ROCKS!

  • The SCP™ logo, the personalized logo of the program provider, and a lot of graphics throughout the curriculum reflect the support-building spirit of SCP™.

Parents

  • Parents gain insights into ways to eliminate harmful actions that affect youth’s academics, emotions and behaviors.

  • The email for session 3 provides nationally recognized parenting education resources information.

  • Many skills taught in the adult programs are reflected in SCP™ for youth.

Leaders

From Schools, Agencies, Clergy, and Providers

  • Leaders are professionals capable of conducting the six 45-minute sessions for schools, agencies, clergy and mental health providers.

  • The purchased personalized digital curriculum can be conducted as often as desired by the school, agency, clergy or provider.

  • Each purchased curriculum provides leaders with every session’s Lesson Plan that provides them with all the information needed to conduct the program confidently and effectively. More than one leader per group may be needed to assist youth that may need one-on-one instruction or assistance.

  • Leaders are provided with a Master List of all handouts, worksheets and supplies that help with pre-planning the 6-session cycle.

  • Leaders or designated staff are provided with useful information about SCP™ and materials to enroll youth with parental permission.

  • It is recommended that leaders conduct the valuable evaluation components of youth, parents and leaders’ assessments. They may choose, however, to make arrangements to collaborate with an independent evaluator.

  • Assistance is readily available by contacting info@Strengtheningfamilesprogram.com.

FAQs

  • The program is carefully designed to equip professionals working with children ages 8-14 with all the necessary information to successfully conduct each of the 6-sessions. SCP™ offers straightforward, easy-to-implement content tailored for group leaders, youth and their parents. Evaluation tools are also included.

  • The authors have worked with youth as well as adult children of divorce. They’ve seen them suffer lasting effects such as mental health crises, and self-medication often leading to addiction. Parents often weren’t aware of the damage being done to their children when they put them in the middle nor realized youth didn’t understand why and what was happening. 

    In SCP™, children learn to dispel myths such as they caused the divorce or that they can get their parents back together. They practice wellness strategies and gain many skills, and mostly, they discover that they’re not the only ones experiencing these challenges. Weekly digital letters sent to parents provide them with resources and skills for themselves and ways to support their children.

  • Schools, agencies, clergy and mental health providers often detect the impact divorce or separation is having on children. Professionals familiar with youth ages 8-14 are extremely advantageous. They are also eager to respond to parents’ requests for help. 

  • SCP™ enables schools, agencies, mental health and childcare practitioners to meet the needs of children who are experiencing ongoing parental conflict as a result of separation, divorce or other family transition while having FUN and developing skills in small groups.

    Parents are provided with useful information that supports them and their children.

    Providers gain insight into the children they work with and care about.

  • Be prepared to enjoy the group of youth who, through interactive activities and your guidance, will be learning skills that last a lifetime.

    Be prepared with the materials and content detailed in each week’s lesson plan.

    Be prepared to learn from the brief, yet informative, retrospective evaluations that are completed by the youth, parents and leaders. You will be provided with an Evaluation Compilation form, that you can then share with SCP™ staff and request feedback if desired.

    Be prepared to co-lead if the group of youth is large or has youth with special needs that may require one-on-one attention during the session.

    Be prepared to hear from parents about how much they’ve learned and what they’ve noticed about their child.