Helpful Information You Need To Start Your Own Rainbows Program
Rainbows provides Facilitator Training for volunteers and age-directed curricula for children and teens ages 4 – 18 who may face a myriad of losses, such as:
- Abandonment / Separation
- Divorce
- Death of a loved one
- Foster families
- Grandparents raising grandchildren – Grand families
- Absent fathers or mothers
- Family member’s serious/chronic illness
- Deployment of family members
- Deportment of family members
- Homelessness
- School shootings
- Increased suicides of moms/dads today
- Death of a sibling
- Natural disasters
- Personal Safety
Each curricula edition incorporates specific program objectives and organizational goals that will result in immediate and long-term benefits. They are:
- To develop and strengthen problem-solving and coping skills and appropriate behavior and anger management
- To improve school attendance and academic performance
- To alleviate depression and anxiety
- To reduce emotional pain and suffering of children and teens
- To help children and youth who have experienced traumatic changes in their families improve communication in their family and peer relationships
- To prevent destructive behaviors such as involvement with gangs, alcohol and drug abuse, adolescent pregnancies, and other at-risk behaviors.
Questions?
Contact Bill Olbrisch,
Community Outreach Director
800-266-3206 X321
Email : bill@rainbows.org