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Prevention Not Suspension—PNS Aim:  To work intensely with high-risk youth (and their families) who have been or are in danger of being suspended  from school, to provide them with educational and prevention-focused services in a variety of areas that will prepare them to go back to school with new tools and skills to help them succeed academically & socially.  The program aims to teach these youth to take responsibility for their own actions. and empower them to make better choices for their future.

PNS was recognized as a Model Program through the

National Dropout Prevention Network (click on Prevention)
Text Box: Individual Tutoring—Small Group Learning Social-Emotional (SEL) Education Violence Prevention (Anger Management, Decision Making, etc) Peace Making – Includes conflict resolution, peer mediations, opportunities to resolve problems and conflicts in a peaceful manner Recovery Component & Drug and Alcohol Prevention and Education Community Service Projects - Enhancing social responsibility and leadership skills Educational field trips that provide awareness opportunities that strive to assist students in making healthier choices for their future (probation, courts, jail, treatment facilities) Group, Individual, & Family Support sessions - Assisting youth & their families in personal growth and the opportunity to face and work on a variety of issues Parent Education and Support Community to School Liaisons – Working closely with the home district, family, and student to enhance success

In order for Sunshine to provide the program at this time:

· Students must be referred by a district

· Districts must have exhausted all other options for these students

· Board of Education Approval from the District

· District contracted directly with Sunshine

· District provides transportation

 

Once Sunshine Alternative Learning Center has been approved as a Nonpublic Secondary School by NYS Dept of Ed students can be referred by parents, agencies and districts.  We are currently in the process and hope to be completed to begin Jan 2012.

The CnS program aims to work intensely with  recovering youth (and their families) who have completed an inpatient or outpatient treatment program.   CnS will assist these youth both academically and socially, focusing on a strong program for recovery.  The program aims to empower these youth to take responsibility for their own actions and make better choices for their future.

CnS will be the first Recovery High School Program in NYS

Learn more about Recovery High Schools at www.recoveryschools.org

Clean n Sober (CnS)
Text Box: PROGRAM Components Text Box: Sunshine Alternative Learning Center

Sunshine is still in the process of starting a nonpublic school and will keep you informed of the progress.  At this time we are working on the Sheriff’s Reentry Task Force and is developing programs for Families of Formerly Incarcerated Youth