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GROW FREE Alcohol and Drug Recovery Program
We are excited to welcome the "GROW FREE" recovery and resilience training program to the family of GROW training programs. In 1998, our team leaders Paul and Dana Seale encountered serious alcohol-related problems among indigenous people in Latin America and began developing a culturally adaptable recovery program that can be taught through storytelling.
Experiences of people in various cultures have led to ongoing improvement in these materials, which teach people how to form a weekly mutual support group that can help them find a better, healthier life. People around the world are finding help and hope in overcoming alcohol and drug problems through these programs.
Earlier versions of this program were called "Celebration of Liberation." In 2022, with the integration of this program into the GROW family of character-based programs, the name was changed to "GROW FREE."
GROW STRONG Reslience Program
We are excited to welcome GROW STRONG to the family of GROW programs. GROW STRONG is a resilience training program for young people and adults that uses chronologically told Bible stories to teach character training as well as skills in problem solving, goal setting, reflective meditation and practices of gratitude. We use music, drama, games, story-telling, and other creative exercises to communicate important principles that offer a pathway to greater resilience, well-being and hope.
This specific curriculum was tested internationally in 2018 by researchers from Harvard Medical School and found to have multiple positive benefits in the lives of adolescents in Lusaka, Zambia. Completion of the 24-week program was correlated with measures of greater hope, greater resilience, and significantly lower alcohol use. The program is designed to offer character and resilience training for young people who need spiritual and emotional support as well as helpful strategies for pushing through challenging life circumstances. It also serves as a prevention program for safe-guarding against alcohol and drug misuse.
Mental health needs in adolescents are escalating around the globe. Sadly, there are not nearly enough trained counselors to go around. And yet, did you know that even one stable caring adult influence in the life of a vulnerable young person is enough to be a huge predictor of personal resilience? Our materials equip lay leaders with basic positive mental health interventions that we believe can dramatically change the lives and futures of young people who would never have access to a professional counselor or even a stable caring adult.
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