Family & Youth Forum
E-Newsletter from Family & Youth    Lake Charles, LA

May
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 What's Inside

Reconstruction or Restoration

From Response to Recovery

Renewing Our Awareness

Grief: A Normal Response to Loss

Teen Leadership Council

The Leadership Center for Youth--Sulphur Open House

Goal Digging

The Back Page

Mission
It is the belief of Family & Youth that all individuals possess the ability to solve their own challenges and live full healthy lives when support is available. It is the mission of Family & Youth to provide affordable and professional support through programs and services dedicated to advocacy, counseling, and education for the people of Southwest Louisiana. Our effort and commitment to building family values will guarantee a stable and stronger community.
 

The Back Page

Anger Management

Family & Youth’s Anger Management Course consists of 1 individual assessment, 6 group sessions, and 1 individual summarizing session. The group meets every Thursday at 6 p.m. at Family & Youth. Call 337-436-9533 or e-mail Bill for more information.


Brainworks

Brainworks is offered on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.  Parents, spouses, friends, teachers, or other adults who live with ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) are welcome to attend.  Call 337-436-9533 or e-mail Danielle for more information.


Friends of Family & Youth

Yes! I want to be a friend of Family & Youth.  Donation form is pdf format


2006 Board of Directors

David Benada, President
Willie S. King, Jr., Vice President
Leslie Harless, Secretary
Keith Bruner, Treasurer
Linda Breaux, Immediate Past President

Lydia Aboagye
Kerry Andersen
Bryan Beam
Joel Bolton
Russ Bordelon
Myron Brown
Mike Byrne
Richard Cole
Carol Collins
Pam Courtney
Maria Alcantara Faul
Michael R. Graham
James T. Jones
Geri Landry
Richard Miller
Darlene Moses
Paul Pettefer
Jake Philmon
Leo Reddoch
Troy L. Stine

Julio R. Galan, Executive Director
Stephen Berniard, Legal Counsel
P. Keith Nabours, MD, Consulting Psychiatrist

Newsletter Design Editor: Tanya Brewster

Family & Youth Counseling Agency is a United Way Agency, licensed by the State of Louisiana and certified under the Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations’ Standards for Excellence, and is a Full Member of the National Children’s Alliance, and a member of the Alliance for Children and Families and the Louisiana Alliance for Children and Families, the CAC’s of Louisiana, the National and Louisiana CASA Associations, the Autism Society of America and the SWLA Autism Society, and the Louisiana Association of Non-profit Organizations (LANO).