ARISE Works With Some of the Toughest Kids in Florida and the Most Dedicated Caregivers on the Planet.

ARISE Foundation co-founder Edmund Benson recently celebrated his 80th birthday.  As a gesture of thanks, he gave his birthday cake to the dedicated staff of Thompson Academy in Pembroke Pines, FL. Thompson Academy is a secure juvenile justice facility where approximately 150 youth are held under lock and key for six to nine months while undergoing positive behavior changes. While the youth are at Thompson,  ARISE trained group facilitators (the lucky recipients of the birthday cake) conduct ARISE group discussions and activities for 45-60 minutes a day, four days per week. These young men are positively engaged while they learn about anger and conflict management, the importance of education, how to prepare for a world where jobs are hard to come by, and many more valuable lessons. Motivated by the ARISE experience, these youth come to the realization that this information will only help them in life. Thanks to the well-trained staff at Thompson and the ARISE Life Management Skills curricula, created specifically for these troubled youth, they have a chance of leading law-abiding, successful lives upon their release from the program.

Edmund Benson, co-founder of ARISE, celebrates his 80th birthday by contributing over 100 life management skills curricula to the international nonprofit community.

Edmund Benson, former at-risk kid and founder of ARISE Foundation, is celebrating his 80th birthday by giving a gift to the international nonprofit community: the creative licenses for all of the 100 ARISE life-skills curricula materials. Benson will allow the materials to be translated free of charge into any language (except Spanish, which has been done), for use in life-skills training programs around the world.

Benson and his wife Susan created the nonprofit ARISE Foundation in 1986. The foundation has since trained and certified over five thousand group facilitators who have taught over four million documented hours of ARISE life-skills lessons in Florida alone. ARISE programs are also used throughout the US, in Canada, Jamaica, England, Australia, the Bahamas, Bermuda, New Zealand, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Bosnia, Botswana and Kazakhstan.

ARISE life-skills lessons are designed to engage at-risk populations with interactive, entertaining, easy-to-understand lessons about important topics such as anger management, self-esteem, peer pressure, gang avoidance, drug and alcohol prevention, the power of networking, interviewing and keeping a job, domestic abuse, etiquette and manners, conflict resolution, bullying and violence prevention, health and hygiene, stress management, stranger safety and much more.

ARISE lessons have a memorable impact on troubled youth because, for the most part, they are conducted by ARISE-trained group facilitators who carry out guided group discussions with exciting activities that are easily understood and put into practice. ARISE group facilitators inspire conversation, involvement and interest. The ARISE life-skills lessons are not sequential. Each stands on its own, making them ideal for transient populations. Everyone starts fresh with each new learning experience.

ARISE life-management skills curricula are used in public, alternative and charter schools, juvenile justice facilities, residential treatment centers, faith-based organizations, Salvation Army, Boys and Girls Clubs, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s After School All-Stars program and organizations that educate orphans and other troubled youth around the world. The programs are written for underachieving pre-k, elementary, and middle school children, teens, and young adults with limited reading and writing capabilities. The ARISE life-management skills program succeeds with youth who have behavior issues and special needs. Those non-profit organizations interested in the ARISE free creative licensing program can communicate directly with Edmund Benson by calling 561-630-2021 (overseas); in the US, call (toll-free)888-680-6100 or visit the ARISE website at http://www.ariselife-skills.org to download the creative license kit and get more information. #####

ARISE Foundation Reaches Milestone in their Mission to Help At-Risk Youth By Surpassing Four Million Hours of Life Skills Training.

North Palm Beach, FL – ARISE Foundation announced today that it has surpassed four million hours of ARISE life skills training around the country. ARISE provides evidence based curricula and staff training to organizations working with at risk youth.

The ARISE Life Management Skills Training prepares staff, working with at-risk youth, by teaching them the tools and knowledge needed to conduct effective and interactive like skills lessons to the youth in their care. The goal of the ARISE Program is to provide at-risk youth who receive their program with the tools they need to survive, succeed and become productive members of society.

Youth who go through the ARISE program have shown improvement in their overall behavior and decision-making skills. A five year evaluation from the University of Miami’s Department of Sociology concluded that there was significant improvement in student knowledge of issues included in the ARISE Life-Skills Program, such as anger management and violence reduction. The evaluation data also indicated that test scores improved significantly among learners of all ethnic groups (for the complete report visit www.ariselife-skills.org).

 

“When youth first arrive at our facility, they feel they have no alternative but to commit criminal or violent acts during certain situations. Our job is to make them see that crime and violence is not the answer,” explains Calvetti Pate, Assistant Facility Administrator, Cypress Creek Juvenile Offender Correctional Center. “The ARISE program helps them learn other alternatives to violence, and ultimately helps them make better choices. I know they will be more successful when they get out because of what they learned in the ARISE Life-Management Skills program.”

 

For over 20 years, ARISE has operated as a developer and publisher of Life Management Skills curricula and staff training programs. Designed originally to reach at-risk, incarcerated youth in detention centers and secure facilities, ARISE is also utilized as a powerful prevention tool for teenagers and young adults. ARISE is particularly appropriate for youth with special requirements, limited reading and/or writing ability. It has been successfully used for over 20 years in the Miami-Dade Florida School System, and in over 100 Washington DC schools, organizations and secure facilities.

 

Since ARISE was established over two decades ago, they have trained and certified over 5,000 instructors who have taught over 4,000,000 documented hours of ARISE life skills lessons. ARISE is also being used in Canada, Jamaica, England, Australia, Bahamas, Bermuda, New Zealand, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Bosnia, Kazakhstan, The Kingdom of Bahrain, and Central Asia. The ARISE curricula is presently being translated into Kazakh and Russian for use with orphans.

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10 Things to Remember about Conflict Resolution, brought to you by ARISE Life Skills Training & Curricula

Anger management and conflict resolution are a big part of the innovative WORK IN PROGRESS  series.  This series, like all the ARISE lessons, are interactive, dynamic and anything but boring! Work in Progress also features lessons on: drug prevention, peer pressure, alcohol abuse, gun safety, violence and domestic abuse and sexual abuse

Without further ado: 10 Things to Remember About Conflict Resolution.

Taneka’s Tales: Urban Fables brought to you by ARISE Life Skills & Training

Everyone loves a good story. Stories are memorable. They inspire empathy, encourage imagination and have the capacity to be great teaching tools. Most kids and teens have trouble sitting still for lecture, but they will gladly listen to a story. Tell them a good tale, and you teach life skills through a “side door” in their mind.

ARISE Life Skills Founder Edmund Benson Celebrates 79th Birthday with an International Gift

ARISE Foundation

824 US Highway 1 Suite #240                                      

North Palm Beach, FL 33408

Phone: (561) 630-2021

Fax: (561) 630-2790

 

 

CONTACT: EDMUND BENSON

Office: (561) 630-2021

Cell: (305) 582-1460

 

                                                               

                                                                               FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

EDMUND BENSON, CO-FOUNDER OF THE ARISE FOUNDATION, CELEBRATES HIS 79^TH BIRTHDAY BY CONTRIBUTING OVER 100 LIFE MANAGEMENT BOOKS TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.

 

North Palm Beach – Edmund Benson, former at-risk kid and founder of the ARISE Foundation, is celebrating his birthday by giving a gift to the international nonprofit community: the creative licenses of all of the 100 ARISE Life Skills Training materials. Benson will allow the materials to be translated into any language except for Spanish, free of charge for use in life skills training programs around the world.

 

How do you teach Life Skills?

At-risk youth have it tough. Many come from crumbling neighborhoods and broken homes. Some have had to endure abuse, both physical and verbal, violence, drug use and horrific neglect. That lack of guidance-of a strong adult role model-is part of what landed most of them into the juvenile justice system.

“At risk” means these kids and teens are in danger of becoming another statistic: another inmate in the crowded prison system…

Life Skills Are Not Hereditary; They Must Be Taught

Ever struggle with anger or stress? Wish you could manage your finances more effectively or build stronger, more lasting relationships? Life Skills are the pieces of knowledge that get us through each day. They are taught to us by our parents, teachers and friends.

But what if they aren’t taught?

ARISE Life Skills Staff Training in D.C. Aug. 11-15

The ARISE team will be in Washington, D.C. August 11-15 conducting an important two-day life-skills training with the 127 probation officers of the D.C. Superior Court. The training session educates the officers about techniques they can use to teach anger management, stress reduction, conflict resolution and more to the youth under their care.  The training sessions are fully interactive and entertaining, showing the officers by example that teaching (and learning)  life skills can be a fun experience.

ARISE Training in Washington D.C.

ARISE will be training in Washington D.C. next week. The Foundation’s unique, comprehensive, dynamic training programs teach people that work with at-risk youth how to impart vital life skills to the people under their care. Using an interactive, friendly, supportive approach, juvenile officers and staff become mentors, changing the atmosphere inside juvenile justice facilities for the better. The ARISE program provides structure and opens the lines of communication, keeping boredom at bay and eliminating misbehavior. Kids feel unintimidated and valued, allowing them to express themselves and open their minds to important knowledge.

for more information or to order materials, please visit: http://www.ariselife-skills.org