Engaging, activity based, and effective, this widely used group counseling curriculum (the SPARK program) is designed for flexible implementation in school or clinical settings. The program helps youth build skills for school success and social-emotional growth while exploring such crucial topics as personal goals, ethnic identity and prejudice, peer pressure, violence prevention, and family relationships. Featured are 36 reproducible handouts and forms--plus Spanish-language versions of the 32 handouts--in a large-size format with lay-flat binding for ease of use.

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The world turns upside down for a young girl when her father begins a fatal battle with the merciless affliction cancer. Before his illness finishes its devastating rampage through her adolescence, she is confronted by a new demon. She falls victim, by the hands of a trusted adult, to sexual abuse. The devastation of these events causes her to question Gods roll in her life, and whether He ever loved her at all. The Tablet of My Heart is a collection of Poetry from the journal of that young girl. It is narrated by the author of the journal herself, who paints a portrait of words illustrating...

2:30 a.m. is an amazing true story of God's unconditional love. The story starts off with a phone call at 2:30 a.m. that set my life in a tailspin. As the sun was rising at 6:30 a.m. that morning, God clearly told me that he has opened the doors for healing to begin. I did not understand at that time what He was talking about, but as the day progressed I learned clearly what He meant. My whole family was affected by this phone call. God started opening doorways for my daughter and granddaughters to begin healing from sexual abuse. If that phone call had not happened, they may have took their...