About YES! for Schools

YES! for Schools is dedicated to providing youth with a healthy body, a healthy mind and a healthy lifestyle. We do this by offering youth practical tools and life skills to manage stress and emotions. When students learn how to manage their stress in a healthy way, they exhibit greater confidence and motivation to succeed in school and make healthy choices when faced with life92s challenges.

Young people face emotional issues such as low self-esteem, depression and anxiety that are a source of great stress, which inhibits learning. Without a healthy alternative, students often turn to unhealthy strategies to cope with these problems including: smoking, alcohol or drugs, aggression and violence, and withdrawal from social interaction. As students learn to reduce stress and manage emotions they gain the ability to focus and perform well academically at school, as well as the ability to build more positive relationships with their peers, parents and teachers.

Healthy Body

The Healthy Body module encourages physical fitness and healthy food choices through:

• Physical activity that includes exercise to stretch and strengthen the body
• Experiential processes that encourage mindful eating
• Interactive discussions on food and nutrition

Healthy Mind

The Healthy Mind module includes stress management and relaxation techniques that encourage a positive mental attitude through:

• Targeted breathing techniques that reduce stress, anger, anxiety and depression; improve focus and concentration; and enhance learning ability
• Relaxation exercises that encourage a calm state of mind
• Experiential processes that revitalize human values such as responsibility, respect, kindness, belonging, honesty, enthusiasm and service

Healthy Lifestyle

The Healthy Lifestyle module includes social emotional learning and life skills in conflict resolution through:

• Teamwork exercises that teach how to manage emotions and resolve conflict
• Interactive processes that encourage pro-social behavior, problem solving and cooperation
• Dynamic discussions that teach goal setting and good decision-making
• Practical knowledge that increases self-confidence and inner-strength to help students handle peer pressure and make healthy choices when faced with life92s challenges

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