6 Free Supportive Psychotherapy Sessions (AHA! Teens, Family Members, And Educators)
Available to teens in AHA! Programs, their parents/guardians, and educators across the Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, and Goleta school districts, these free sessions are offered to provide short-term therapeutic support with a member of AHA!’s clinical team. Prospective clients can choose to engage in individual, family, or couples therapy. Sessions are most effective in tandem with […]
AHA! Peace Builder, ALLY, and Connected Voices Conferences
AHA! Peace Builders and ALLY group members are invited to participate in two AHA! community-wide teen conferences each school year. They lean into skill building, fun, play, creative expression, and advocacy, coming away inspired, connected, and empowered as a broader community of students who want to improve their campus and community cultures, and who wish […]
Women of Wisdom/Guys of Wisdom Councils
Councils allow space for students to share and listen around specific challenges or needs and are offered to select students who are excused from class time to attend. Topics addressed in Councils may include (but are not limited to) promoting wellness, healthy relationships, and mutual support for female-identified teens; support for students with compromised social-emotional […]
Get Focused Stay Focused Program (Grade 9)
AHA! leads a 9th grade curriculum that builds social and emotional skills and competencies through games, engagement with content, and Connection Circles. Topics include (but are not limited to) awareness of social inequity; how to step into greater social responsibility by acting as an ally to others and being a positive presence on campus; emotion […]
Connect to Thrive Program (Grades 6-8)
Connect to Thrive is an experiential blending of mindfulness, games and art for sixth grade students. Upon entering the classroom during once-weekly groups over the course of 10 weeks, students are welcomed by facilitators into a sanctuary where all emotion is welcome and expressed through art. Mindfulness and grounding, reflection, check-ins, and play unfold into […]
Classroom Councils (Grades 6-12)
Two to three AHA! facilitators visit classes to lead a 40-50 minute Council Circle once weekly for four consecutive weeks. Councils are skillfully facilitated spaces where students and teachers can share about themselves, listen to and empathize with others, explore topics important to their school experience, and build community and belonging. For more information, please […]
AHA! Summer Digital Cleanse Camp (Grades 8-12)
The AHA! Digital Cleanse takes place at El Capitan Canyon Resort each June for 4-5 days and 3-4 nights. Without any digital device access for the duration of camp, teens and staff enjoy community-building, team-building, mindfulness, and creative activities, talking/listening circles, games, free time, hikes, swimming, and cooking, eating, and maintaining the camp together. They […]
Guys Group (Grades 9-12)
In this group, male-identifying high school teens explore what it means to be a man—what it means to them and how their contexts of family, school, and society impact their growth into manhood. It provides a space for young men to talk about the expectations they face, the values they hold, the goals they wish […]
Educator Workshops and Retreats
AHA! trainers promote educators’ skills for building connected, equitable, celebratory, socially/emotionally intelligent classroom cultures, applying curricula based in best practices for integrating SEL. Through games, activities, and discussions focusing on self-awareness, self management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making, educators build cohesion, conviviality, and belonging while developing strategies for bringing more of these […]
Parent Groups
Through the same playful, experiential format used in our youth groups, facilitators introduce social-emotional strategies for supporting children’s mental, emotional, digital, and academic wellness. We offer once-quarterly groups serving out-of-school program parents and other community members, as well as groups at school sites for parents with children at those schools. Groups are offered by donation […]
