About the Author - Joe DiLeo is a school counselor specializing in teen group counseling. He has created a course for high school students that is proactive and unique in effectively addressing healthy character development and advanced emotional well-being. The SCOPE Program was developed in 2011 and was implemented at Wolcott High School, Wolcott, CT, in 2013. SCOPE is a one semester course that serves the entire school population. It takes students through a series of seven challenges that utilize storytelling and metaphor to re-create the mythological 'heroic journey' as a path way to reco...