Discover You™ | Courage. Confidence. Connection.
Train-and-Impact programs equipping middle school through early post-secondary students with youth development skills.
Positive youth development is often taught instead of experienced and many educational institutions and youth serving organizations are lacking a comprehensive, train-and-impact solution to integrate the many initiatives focused on helping youth thrive.
Mental health concerns are rising, connecting to peers is more challenging than ever, and resiliency skills are evading many of our youth.
Outcomes
The skills students gain in Discover You™ create a preventative foundation that acts as a tier-one and tier-two mental and emotional health solution.
Suicide: Second leading cause of death in ages 10-34.1
Studies suggest that higher levels of hope and optimism are associated with lower levels of suicide ideation.2
Depression: Afflicts one in eight adolescents and young adults.3
Studies report resilience is a protective factor for mental health conditions.4
Research reveals developmental assets, the positive supports and strengths young people need, have a strong influence on adolescent behavior. 5
65% of adolescents report binge drinking.6
The more assets a young person has, the less likely they are to engage in high
risk-taking behavior.7
Drop out rates for 16-24 years old are as high as 56%.8
Increased developmental assets promote thriving behavior including succeeding in school, valuing diversity, helping others, overcoming adversity.9
Evidence demonstrates an education with life skills that promote mental and emotional health yields positive results for students, adults, and school communities.10
Bullying: 71% of teens reported being bullied. 95% report having seen meanness or cruelty toward others.11
Social and emotional learning helps prevent bullying.12
Ganges: 14%-30% of adolescents join gangs at some point.13
Students in schools with implemented SEL programs had improvement in identifying emotions, perspective taking, and conflict resolution.
Schools report fewer conduct problems, less aggression, and
decreased violence.14
Student teacher relationships play a critical role in student motivation and learning.
Middle school students who reported high levels of development relationships with teachers were 8 times more likely to stick with challenging tasks, enjoy working hard, and know it is okay to make mistakes when learning when compared to students with low levels of student-teacher relationships.15
Through participation in Discover You™
Teachers have observed:
- Positive behavior change
- Improved attitudes
- Change in discipline issues
- Student to student interaction
- Secondary benefits of increased academic performance
Students report:
- Learning self-control
- Better ways to communicate
- Valuing themselves
Testimonials
As a Discover You™ Certified Coach, the program makes me inspired to help young people with their wellbeing and encourage them to live their best lives.
Leanne Camilleri
Founder, Reset to Thrive
In terms of student outcomes related to Discover You™, school climates such as student to student and staff to student relationships have become more positive!
Rich Van Tol
Great Start Collaborative Coordinator,
Bay-Arenac ISD
Discover You™ exceeded my expectations by leveraging and expanding on existing knowledge while challenging me to grow.
Shelly Bartosek
Professor, Central Michigan University