Future Focus is an encouraging, motivational program for decision-making, responsibility, and utilizing one's strengths.
Young people throughout Michigan and Wisconsin are gaining a new vision for themselves through Future Focus. Future Focus takes participants on an interactive journey where they determine their goals and values, and establish their own decision-making principles based on key questions.
Future Focus provides them with tools they have never had before, as helpful aids towards a positive, motivational direction for their lives.
Future Focus is intended to be an asset to parents who want to provide their children the kind of motivational, aspirational content that helps them be their best -- starting with the decisions they are making right now.
PREVENTATIVE AWARENESS PROGRAM | PROGRAM EXTRAS | WALK THE WALK | PRESCHOOL PROGRAM | PARENT CLASSES
Future Focus: Preventative Awareness Program
Option 1: Ten-hour curriculum offered one hour a week for ten weeks. This option is run in two sessions, Fall and Spring. Books will be provided to the students. All topics of the program, including Walk the Walk, will be utilized.
Field trips as well as charity and creative projects are excluded from this option.
Option 2: Thirty-four week curriculum that will cover all topics of the course. Within the time, students will also participate in a charity project within their community, a mentorship project, and a creative project (visual or written) that will be presented as a class at the end of the course.
At the completion of the session, students will participate in Walk the Walk and receive a certificate of completion.
Introductory Option: Organizations new to Future Focus for Teens and Preventative Awareness Program are offered this option to try out the course for ten weeks before making a long-term commitment.
The Preventative Awareness Program is designed to be catered to each school and/or organization's needs. Other options are researched upon request.
For more information or questions pertaining to any of the above options, please contact Raeann Dunlop, Founder, at 231-675-9073 or send her an email here.
Preventative Awareness Program: Elements & Extras
Letter to Me
Each student, prior to finishing the program, writes a letter to themselves for future encouragement and motivation. The letter reflects on things like, "Is it worth it?" "In or out of your control?" and so on.
Love Languages
Future Focus offers students the opportunity to take the Love Languages for Teens test, from the book Love Languages for Teens by Gary Chapman. This is a great tool to better understand our students, help them better understand themselves, and help them in the vital area of communication.
Art Therapy
Art therapy is a wonderful option to elaborate and tap into the creative mind. Our class instructor will customize activities to the needs of each program.
Life Skills
Future Focus provides excellent practical tips and tools for:
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Taking On Responsibility -- how to manage and maintain newfound independence
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Learning How To Prepare -- with the guiding principle of "keep it simple" (sometimes less is more)
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Needs and Wants -- how to determine the difference and get the best of both
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Roadblocks -- dealing with unexpected situations
A signature tool of the Future Focus program, Walk the Walk is a two-mile hike taken at the end of each session. Each student acknowledges and releases their burdens as they make their way along the journey. Truly a profound and refreshing time!
After the walk, students read their mission statements and receive certificates of completion. Parents as well as members of the court are welcome to be part of this final celebration.
Future Focus: Walk the Walk
Click on any photo below and scroll through them to see the various stages of our Walk the Walk experience.
Future Focus: Preschool Art Program
The Preschool Art Program from Future Focus is innovative, interactive and FUN! The purpose is to stimulate creativity and help preschoolers enjoy producing things to be proud of!
Activities and projects in our Preschool Art Program include moon sand, sidewalk chalk, mini gardens, bubbles with food coloring, yoga with parents, light catchers, Simon says, sand art, birdfeeders, and stepping stones. Sessions can be done individually if your organization elects not to do the entire program.
Future Focus: Parent Information Classes
As important as our work with young people is, it is so very vital to help parents connect in a meaningful way with their children. Future Focus provides Parent Information Classes covering key topics that build healthy parent-child relationships and encourage important conversations. Learn more here.
