![It's an outlet for [students] to express themselves in a safe environment that doesn't exist elsewhere. – Rober Miller, Principal, Olson Elementary School, Marina](/webart/school_illustration.gif)
Sticks & Stones®
SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMSticks & Stones® was created in 1997, based on the need for interventions serving child victims of domestic violence in Monterey County. The targeted population is vulnerable to repeat the patterns of violence they are learning in their homes and communities. Sticks & Stones® school-based program is a counseling program for children who have learned to express their feelings in unhealthy ways. The program consists of ten weekly meetings with groups of 2-4 children. They learn healthy ways to express their feelings and are taught how to stay safe in a violent home. This furthers Harmony at Home’s mission by breaking dysfunctional family patterns, thus promoting healthier family systems now and in the future. EXTENDED FAMILY PROGRAMAccording to the 2000 census, there are 7,500 families in Monterey County where grandparents are the primary caregiver. There is a great need for services to help grandparents, and other relatives, taking care of children (“Relative Caregivers”). Sticks & Stones® Extended Family is a program that serves relative caregivers, and their children, in Monterey County. The children and families in this program struggle with issues surrounding domestic violence, drug/alcohol abuse, parent abandonment, and more. Harmony at Home supports healthy family functioning no matter what a family looks like. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and siblings caring for their relative children make up a family, and we support these families in their quest to thrive. Since the pilot program in September 2002, Sticks & Stones® Extended Family has served approximately 300 Relative Caregivers and the children within their extended families. |
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