What is DREAMs?
DREAMs is a trauma-informed, group intervention for 5th - 8th grade students in Pittsburgh-area schools. The goal is to equip and empower students with the tools to build their social and emotional skills (i.e., self-awareness, perspective-taking, conflict resolution, stress management). The hope is that students grow these strengths to manage the consequences of significant life adversity and build resilience.
About
The program consists of 11 psycho-education lessons led by a qualified facilitator. The curriculum is built around evidence-based principles targeting emotional dysregulation. Sessions focus on building things like emotional vocabulary, self-monitoring and awareness, social cognition, emotional regulation, and practical coping. This is a strengths-based program focused on maximizing student’s academic and behavioral potential and setting up with the capacity to become peer support mentors.
- Small group
- During school hours
- 11 weekly 60-minute group lessons
- 11 weekly individual student check-ins
- 3 student surveys
