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Sunshine Philosophy


S-Safe environment

  • We believe each child/person deserves acceptance, love and the opportunity to feel safe and trusted. Our staff is the key element in our success of touching children’s/families lives. Through positive mentoring and positive role modeling our staff has the ability to provide a safe environment which builds self-esteem, enhances social skills, and enriches creative expression.

U-Understanding

  • We believe each child/person should be provided with the opportunity to experience other cultures and ways of life. Sunshine Center aims to enrich understanding of diversity and provide opportunities for individuals to celebrate our similarities and share our differences.

N-Nurture Social Skills

  • We believe that the development of socials skills for children can lead to academic success and foster the growth of productive members of society. At Sunshine Center our programs and services aim to develop and nurture socials skills. We aim to equip children & families with the social and emotional tools necessary to empower self-confidence and self-esteem.

S-Solutions

  • We believe that a child should be provided the opportunity to learn about unacceptable behaviors and to be offered skills and tools to change that behavior. At Sunshine Center we provide solutions for the social challenges that children and families are faced with today. We focus on solutions rather than punishment, positive behavior is reinforced. We provide an environment which allows the child to take risks and learn from their mistakes.

H-Healthy choices and decisions

  • We believe it is important to treat the whole family system in the growth and learning process. A child can thrive so much more when the parent/parents are working along side the children to strengthen the family. Sunshine Center aims to enhance parenting skills, build confidence in relationships and guide, nurture and support all members of the family. We empower the child/family to make good, healthy choices and decisions for their future.
I-Individual
 

  • We believe each child/person is a unique individual and has gifts and talents to share with others.

N-Non-judgmental
  • We believe that a child/person can thrive when provided with non-judgmental support and guidance. At Sunshine Center we are there to listen. Listening is the greatest gift we can give anyone. We do not try to solve anyone’s problems; we provide them with skills and tools to help them make decisions to solve their own problems.

E-Enrich Creative Expression

& Enhance Self-esteem

  • We believe the arts are a form of prevention for the challenges our youth face today. Puppetry, dance, cultural experiences, art, and music enrich creative expression and enhance self-esteem while providing alternatives to alcohol, drugs and violence..

 

 

 

 

 

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