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Core Course #2: Tllalntill!: Called Edllcal;oll- Education Readincss and Vocational Needs to the majority population. Thus. we will invite some Latino and other minority speakers who have excclled in the world of higher education. In ordcr to achievc the described objectives, we use the questions below to guide the discussion. Did you like school? Why or why nor) 1I0w prevalent is/was drug use among students at your school~ I-low prevalent is/was drug trafficking at your school? ,~' What percentage of your friends and associates from your school engaged in criminal behavior according to your best estimation? Did your teachers seem to truly care about you? Did the counselors at your school appcar to truly care about you? Did YOll feel that the school officials favor some groups of students over other groups? What were your extracurricular activities? If YOtl have none, why not? Ho\v many OfYOll had an "A" average? A "B" average? A "C" average? A ""D" or lower average? What could have helped your academic performance? Do you feel that the Fuerzas Unidas Program is helpful? What are your educational goals? What are your career goals? How do you plan to achieve them? '_ What can this program do to help you achieve these goals? The areas listed above will also be covered with the youth on an individualized basis. CI-ICADA will ensure that all participants are always treated like "royalty" so that their already-fragile self- esteem will be strengthened. Core Course #3: Illter ersollal Skills: 1m 1. COURSE DESCRIPTION Family interaction is a primary interpersonal relationship. And, indeed, the participant camlot truly advance his/her individual status without the application of therapeutic assistance to the whole of his/her family. The individual counseling time slots will be subdivided into individual family groups and individual sessions. This temporary structure will allow the counselor to more easily cover a subject that is broad in scope and simultaneously quickly carry thematic issues from Forum to Family Group to the participant. All family members have interacted with each other by using poor intcrpersonal skills from time to time. Parents have not always been there flw their children and children have failed to meet parental expectations. Siblings havc sometimes competed with each other rather than provide much needed support and understanding. The purposc of this course is that of allowing jamily members to point out to each other behaviors that have caused them pain. II. COURSE OBJECTIVES After completing this session, each participant will be able to: . Define family and describe the historic role that the family has played in Latino and other cultures: . Family as a source of socialization and acculturation; . Family as a source of companionshi ; CHCADA's Response to RFP# PY2002 Page 22