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With you Giovanna Taormina today Executive Director and Co-Founder, provides national training, materials, consultation, and technical assistance related to gender responsive services to non-profit agencies, government, state supported
Executive Director and Co-Founder, provides national training, materials, consultation, and technical assistance related to gender responsive services to non-profit agencies, government, state supported programs, institutions, and systems that work with youth. Started Girls Circles with her own daughters in the early 90’s.
Customer Relations & Office Administrator
OCF promotes resiliency and healthy relationships in children, youth, adults, and communities with evidenced based, gender responsive, restorative circle program models. We provide training, curricula, and consultation to all sectors of youth serving organizations in the United States and internationally.
The Girls Circle and Council for Boys & Young Men are researched based, structured support groups for youth 9-18 years.
Provided weekly for 1-2 hours segments
The programs offer healthy, safe ways to develop - as individuals and a community
RELATIONSHIPS Developing Male/Female Brain Gender Transformative Resiliency Trauma Responsive Rites
Foundational Practices of Programs
developmental and learning styles
Why Gender Specific Groups?
Violence and trauma are the primary pathways into the school-to-prison pipeline
different
at greatest risk
violence, harassment that impacts school engagement
differences
themselves, let their guard down, realize they are NOT ALONE, and build relationships with each
Our Programs Are Utilized in All Areas of Prevention and Intervention Nationwide and in Canada
SECTORS:
Education Juvenile Justice Behavioral Health Child Welfare Community Based Orgs Police Departments & P.A.L.
Girls Circle is the first gender responsive program in the country proven to reduce delinquency for girls!
2016 OJJDP FUNDED STUDY:
Research was conducted in Cook County, Illinois for 3 years with girls on probation Outcomes resulted in significantly greater reductions in recidivism.
Additional Outcomes:
aspirations of self
(cont.)
Initial Studies showed significant increases in:
Additional Studies had same findings and significant increases in:
And significant decreases in:
Results from two studies conducted by Portland State University:
– Significant increases in boys’ school engagement in middle schools, community programs, and probation
– Significantly impacted harmful masculinity beliefs for young men in a secure juvenile facility. More sessions = greater resistance to unhealthy masculinity beliefs – High Satisfaction rates amongst boys
*Mary Elisabeth Gray, PhD Dissertation, Successful defended, PSU, Oregon May, 2012
my classmates and I learned more about my
things that might hurt people even without knowing.”
and wouldn’t get judged or anything.”
considerate of others and open minded.”
what their saying instead of judging them.”
positive comments.”
something during their lifetime.”
“The boys are very engaged. They have developed relationships with each other and it’s been a huge
additional Boys Council at our family respite center.”
~ Daniel Bland, Trainer, Facilitator, New Haven, CT
“The boys are communicating honestly and openly within the group, and working together in team activities. We’ve been talking about father figures, and role models, and they are expressing things they never did before.”
~Juan Gomez, Trainer, Facilitator, Salinas, CA
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Giovanna@onecirclefoundation.org 415-847-9194
Kiku@onecirclefoundation.org 415-419-5119