ThisWeekInSWAG

This Week In S.W.A.G.- Welcome

Welcome To Our Parent Community

What is S.W.A.G.?

S.W.A.G. is a life skills and prevention program aimed at helping young people make positive life choices. ย S.W.A.G. stands for Students With Awareness and Goals. ย In S.W.A.G. students are equipped for success in a variety of areas including:

  • Self Esteem
  • Communication
  • Decision Making
  • Goal Setting
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Relationships
  • Risk Avoidance and More…

S.W.A.G. emphasizes three key principals:

  • Knowing One’s Self
  • Relating to Others
  • Planning One’s Future

We encourage Parents and caregivers to actively participate in helping us support youth who choose to make positive life choices. ย We provide updates and trainingย for Parents to ensure that you are equipped to work with theย Yunionย in Loving Youth and Uniting Families. ย Ourย Parental Advisory Trainingย is a great place to learn about the latest trends and happenings in popular culture that affect our youth. We strongly encourage you to attend.

Incentives and participant-led special events such as prom campaigns and PSAs augment intensive programming as a way to ensure youth ownershipย and cultural relevance.ย  Programs like S.W.A.G. are vital to our youth fulfilling their potential.ย  With it, we can help change attitudes and values that ultimately lead to thriving communities where making the right decision is embraced.

S.W.A.G Person of the Week

Every week in S.W.A.G. we shout out students and Life Guides that make S.W.A.G. a memorable experience. This week, we’d like to shout out Mrs. Lydia! ย Lydia has served as a Life Guide, Camp Director and now serves as our Program Coordinator. ย Lydia has been with the Yunion for over 7 years and possesses a great ability to connect with young people. ย Mrs. Lydia is tasked with making things happen behind the scenes, ensuring that S.W.A.G. runs smoothly. ย Thank you, Mrs. Lydia, your service is greatly appreciated!

In The Classroom

 

Speak Blessings And Life Into Your Children Always

September 20, 2022

โ€œ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ.โ€โฃ โฃ Parents, we have had many conversations about how you are your childโ€™s biggest influence. The way you talk, how you act – to them and…

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Dads Never Make Sense

September 17, 2022

Parents, when it comes to disciplining your teenโ€ฆyou want to stay away from nagging and lecturing. ๐Ÿ‘€ Most parents tend to communicate through repetition, which is needed before the teenage years. BUT, what was once an effort to help them through multiple reminders, now irritates…

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5 Tips To Help Your Teen Deal With Anxiety

September 16, 2022

Parents! As we are now a couple weeks into the school year, have you noticed your young one still suffering from anxiety? Whether itโ€™s social anxiety or nerves about being back in school during the pandemic, we understand the struggle! โฃโฃโฃ โฃโฃโฃ ๐—ช๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ…

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Three “A’s”. ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. โฃ

September 14, 2022

Parents! Self-esteem is more than just how you feel about yourself. It’s also about how capable you are to meet life’s challenges and feel worthy of your own happiness!โฃ โฃ You can build self-esteem in your child by developing three “A’s”. ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐€๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ.…

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The S.W.A.G Program Is Our Flagship Program

September 13, 2022

Parents! As fall is almost upon us, that means S.W.A.G is back! ๐Ÿ™Œ โฃ โฃ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š.๐˜ž.๐˜ˆ.๐˜Ž (๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด & ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด) ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐Ÿท,๐Ÿถ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿถ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ. โฃ โฃ In…

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Are You Experiencing Emotions As A Parent?

September 9, 2022

Parents! Did you knowโ€ฆ?โฃโฃ ๐Ÿค” โฃโฃ ๐Ÿ”นAs a parent, itโ€™s normal to feel a sense of grief as your child grows up. Gone are the days when they depended on you and soon, theyโ€™ll be out on their own.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐Ÿ”นEven as adults, we have…

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How You Respond, Speak, And Treat Them A long Lasting Impact On Who They Will Become!

September 7, 2022

Parents, what our children think of themselves is strongly influenced by how they think their parents view them! โฃ ๐Ÿ—ฃ Your voice, whether gentle and kind, empathic and warm, or strident and harsh, becomes a big part of their inner voice. โฃ โฃ ๐Ÿง  They…

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FREE Trauma Informed Parenting Session

September 3, 2022

If you know, you know. ๐Ÿคฃ Parents, we know trauma comes in all shapes and sizes. But weโ€™re going to buy the cookies! ๐Ÿ‘ Thatโ€™s right! Thereโ€™s going to be cookies inside our tin! Not barrettes, sewing supplies, random screws, or random batteries we took…

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5 Tips To Help Your Teens Cope With Stress!

September 2, 2022

๐Ÿ“ ๐“๐ˆ๐๐’ ๐“๐Ž ๐‡๐„๐‹๐ ๐˜๐Ž๐”๐‘ ๐“๐„๐„๐๐’ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐„ ๐—ช๐ˆ๐“๐‡ ๐’๐“๐‘๐„๐’๐’!โฃ โฃ Now that school is back in session, all the academic responsibilities, sports, hobbies, and other commitments come along with it. Which can make for a very stressed out teenager. ๐Ÿ˜… So! Here are some ways…

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No More “Fight or Flight” Parenting

August 31, 2022

Parentsโ€ฆitโ€™s time to communicate. ๐๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž โ€œ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญโ€ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐Ÿšซ โฃ Effective communication is when the person sending a message makes it clear and easy to understand, and the person receiving understands the message as the sender intended. In the real world, especially in…

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The Golden Rule of Parenting

August 30, 2022

โœจ The Golden Rule of Parenting is: Do unto your children as you wish your parents had done unto you. โœจ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ ๐Ÿ”น Easier said than done, right? Who else remembers being a kid or even a young adult pre-children and thinking, “๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ…

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Some Effective Discipline Strategies For Teens

August 27, 2022

Parents, I know a lot of us can relate to this video. ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿคฃโฃ โฃ Not everyone agrees with spanking their children, for good reason, but we know it couldโ€™ve taken place in our homes growing up – and thereโ€™s a chance we also adopted these…

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation

August 26, 2022

Sending a huge ๐˜›๐˜๐˜ˆ๐˜•๐˜’ ๐˜ ๐˜–๐˜œ to the Bcbs Michigan (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan) Foundation, for their ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ $๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ,๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ! ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ‰โฃ โฃ Funding supports the launch of the ๐๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค-๐‹๐ž๐ ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ, which aims to engage African American students, parents,…

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Dillon Alexander Cathro – Live

August 25, 2022

Wellness Wednesdays – Mental Health Awareness Training | Facilitated by Caleb’s Kids

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“I Need to Talk to You”

August 24, 2022

๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ! ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐žโ€™๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐“๐ข๐ฉ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ! ๐Ÿ’ก โฃ โฃ Have their attention before you speak. If you are too busy to stop what you are doing to speak to them, and end up just yelling from the next room – it is likely that…

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“Cave313”

August 23, 2022

Parents! With school starting for many of you this week, our @cave313 students @jaydubby and @iamelinunn wanted to discuss the best ways for boys and all teens alike to create a bond with their parents. A bond that will cultivate healthy communication, mutual respect, honor,…

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