Our Previously Offered Groups
Thank you for your interest in our previously offered groups! If you see a group that you would like us to restart, please reach out to info@ccs-sd.org and let us know the name of the group. We appreciate your feedback and look forward to hearing from you!
Wellbriety Medicine Wheel Group
To help meet the needs of individuals in recovery from addiction of any kind.
Proof of Action:
The power of a 12-step program is blended with the power of the traditional Medicine Wheel teaching and American Indian ceremonies and will meet the needs of individuals in recovery from addiction of any kind.
Who Qualifies:
Any individual who is interested in a cultural approach to treatment and recovery
Adults 18 and above
Girl's only!
A closed group designed to promote self-esteem, develop life skills, and inspire positive motivation in a positive peer environment.
Proof of Action:
“Girls Only!” is a gender-specific, prevention, and psycho-education program created for girls ages 8 to 15. Designed to inspire and promote self-love, self-esteem, and motivation. Developed to foster productive life skills, healthy coping skills, and decision-making skills.
Who Qualifies:
Girls ages 8-15
Be Kind To Your Mind
Connecting with peers
Building positive self-esteem
Developing health coping skills to understanding emotions
Proof of Action:
Empowerment-based group
Who Qualifies:
Grades 4-5
Rethinking ANXIETY
Find support from others with anxiety
Learn the science about why we get anxious and how self-compassion is important to healing it
Practice meanginful activities and behaviors designed to help calm your mind.
Proof of Action:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group
Who Qualifies:
Young Adults 18-25
Neurodivergent DBT
This approach prioritizes understanding and addressing each individual's specific sensory sensitivities, communication styles, and triggers, allowing for a more personalized approach to skill development.
Proof of Action:
A modified version of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) that is specifically tailored to meet the needs of individuals who identify as neurodivergent.
Who Qualifies:
Adults
Life Skill Lab
Participants will acquire techniques to help manage and express difficult emotions, make responsible decisions, manage stress, and build healthy relationships.
Proof of Action:
This group will utilize social emotion learning.
Who Qualifies:
Co-ed group for 2nd and 3rd graders.
WRAP Yourself
WELLNESS RECOVERY ACTION PLAN (WRAP) PREVENTION AND WELLNESS PROCESS THAT ANYONE CAN USE TO:
• Get well
• Stay well
• Make life better with
• A series of tools & action
• Plans to improve the overall quality of life.
• DESIGNED BY: MARY ELLEN COPELAND MS, MA,
Proof of Action:
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) prevention and wellness process
Who Qualifies:
Gender Inlcusive Adults 18+
Happiness Workbook
It’s designed to help you enjoy more moments if happiness in your daily life. It will support your mental health and well being by helping you incorporate new ways of thinking, integrate new practices, and appreciate everyday moments so that you will be better equipped to find happiness and embrace joy.
Proof of Action:
A CBT based Guide to Fostering Positivity and Embracing Joy
Who Qualifies:
Closed for IMPACT Clients Adult males and Adult females every Wednesday
Social Skills Group
Problem Solving, Flexible thinking, and adventurous activities
Proof of Action:
POWER THINKERS uses the Superflex - Social Thinking Methodology. This methodology embraces working directly with individuals with social learning differences, difficulties, and disabilities. The curriculum is designed to promote the use of visual supports, modeling, naturalistic teaching, and self-management. Many components of the methodology fit well into the multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) and the research-based implementation framework of Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS).
Who Qualifies:
Ages 7-10 - Co-Ed
Summer of Feelings
A safe group for youth to explore emotions, build coping skills and grow stronger inside and out.
Proof of Action:
This group is based on the "Inside Out 2 and Social & Emotional Learning: A Movie Guide and Lesson Plan for Your Classroom." This sequel movie guide helps address and explore kids' evolving emotions, sense of self, and anxiety. Over the course of 7-weeks, the paticipants will focus on emotional awareness, develop productive coping skills, and practive social-emotional learning through safe, structured group activities.
Who Qualifies:
Co-ed group for ages 9-12
Building Foundational Friendships
This group will use a mix of Psychoeducation and Behavioral Activation techniques to work on building social skills, confidence, increase self-love, and practice creating new friendships.
Proof of Action:
Psychoeducation, Behavioral Activation, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques
Who Qualifies:
Girls group for 8-10yr olds
Food and Feelings Group
This is NOT a diet program or diet group. This group will effectively explores strategies on how to appropriately process emotions instead of burying them in food-related behaviors. We will use CBT to identify mindfulness, triggers and awareness of the relationship between food and emotions and how to manage this.
Proof of Action:
Using Community Coping and following "The Food and Feelings" workbook written by Karen Koenin, M.Ed., LCSW
Who Qualifies:
Adult clients - ladies over 30 year old.
Learning the Ropes: Basic Life Skills
Participants will learn skills in a number of facets related to young adulthood to set them up for success after high school. Areas of focus include personal health/grooming, budgeting, making and keeping goals, problem solving and decision making, behavioral skills, and social skills.
Proof of Action:
This group will utilize social emotional learning.
Who Qualifies:
Co-ed group for students 14-18 years old.
Crafting Connections: Emotional Wellness for Adolescents
Girls in 4th & 5th grade will come together to form connections, express their feelings, & learn skills through various crafts. Everyday will be a new craft that explores friendships, positivity, emotional regulation, and self-esteem.
Proof of Action:
This group uses “Painting for Prevention” by the University of Memphis School of Social Work, to encourage the participant to express themselves through art. The “Self-Love for Kids” curriculum, written by Keri K. Powers, is also implemented in order to help children learn skills to manage worries and build confidence to succeed.
Who Qualifies:
Girls group for 4th & 5th grade.
Mindset Masters
Group members will learn about a growth mindset and how to apply these concepts. Group members will engage in activities related to improving their mindset, identifying and managing emotions, practicing communication skills, showing empathy, and providing peer support.
Proof of Action:
This group will utilize social-emotional learning.
Who Qualifies:
Middle School Boys
Self-Care For Women
This group utilize the "Self-care for women" book, to provide support to women in establishing and maintaining an approach to self care that fits into their unique life circumstances, strengths, challenges, and needs.
Proof of Action:
This group utilizes the strengths-based model in supporting clients utilizing their strengths to promote self-care.
Who Qualifies:
Female IMPACT clients
Prime For Life
There are 3 units that the material of the program falls under:
Exploring Unit: Examines the perception of personal risk for all substances.
Reflecting Unit: Illustrates the progression toward addiction and allows participants to assess where they might be on that path.
Protecting Unit: Guides preparation for personal change.
Proof of Action:
Prime for Life (PFL) is an evidence-based program that helps people change their drinking and drug use behaviors. Prime is for middle school aged students to young adults who are making high risk choices and/or because you or a parent(s) is concerned about the high risk choices being made.
Who Qualifies:
Ages: 11-20
Trauma Informed Parenting
This 6 week course addresses:
Trauma 101
Understanding the effects of trauma
Understanding feeling & behaviors
Building a safe place
Connections & healing
Proof of Action:
The material used in this group is based on SAMHSA’s The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) – Caring for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma. Combining knowledge of child development, expertise in the full range of child traumatic experience, and attention to cultural perspectives, the NCTSN serves as a national resource for developing and disseminating evidence-based interventions, trauma-informed services, and public and professional education.
Who Qualifies:
Parents with children who have experienced trauma and are part of their healing process
Whole Health: A Holistic Approach to Self-Care both Physical and Mental Health: The key to Holistic and healing self-care is noticing what we need and asking ourselves the right questions.
This group will help those individuals that are in recovery move forward toward becoming a part of the WE Council. The group will focus on wellness and self-care, mindfulness, more tools for those who are moving forward to incorporate wellness into their every day lives.
Proof of Action:
This curriculum will continue to provide more information and tools for those in recovery to enhance their domains of wellness: intellectual, socio-cultural, spiritual, emotional, physical, environmental and financial. The curriculum combines skills for emotional and physical wellness.
Who Qualifies:
Adults
I love Myself
The main idea behind this program is to teach yourself how to love yourself.
Proof of Action:
This group will utilize the I love myself workbook, which is a strengths-based curriculum with a CBT focus. Group members will review and challenge the way they think about themselves by identifying and utilizing their strengths to overcome barriers to loving themselves.
Who Qualifies:
IMPACT Adults
How to Speak Your Child's Language
7 week - Strength-based parenting course
Proof of Action:
Child Development
Develop Foundations for Communication
Master strategies for Increasing Desired Behaviors
Building a Safe Place
Importance of Self Care
Who Qualifies:
Caregivers with children ages 5-12
Navigating Grief
Grief comes in many forms and from many situations. Sometimes we think we are prepared for the loss, but sometimes it comes as a surprise. Regardless of the circumstances, understanding the process of grief can help us know what to expect and steps we can take in our grief journey. Whatever type of loss you have suffered, there is no right or wrong way to grieve.
Proof of Action:
Navigating Grief used Cognitive Behavioral techniques that supports with understanding the dynamics of grief.
Who Qualifies:
Adults (18+)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
There are 4 core components of DBT:
1) Mindfulness
2) Emotion Regulation
3) Distress Tolerance
4) Interpersonal Effectiveness
Proof of Action:
DBT is an evidence-based treatment modality that has a primary goal of helping individuals build a mentally healthy life by improving their ability to manage emotions
Who Qualifies:
Open to all clients
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) for Trauma
Cope with the effects of trauma
Empower individuals to prioritize self-care and balance needs
Learn how to decrease and manage troubling feelings and behaviors
Proof of Action:
WRAP is a group recognized by SAMHSA as an evidence-based practice that supports participants.
Who Qualifies:
IMPACT Clients
Emotion Management For Kids
Develop Skills to manage emotions
Explore Strengths and
Build relationships
Proof of Action:
10-week group utilizing Social-emotional learning (SEL) through a Cognitive Behavioral and Mindfulness curriculum
Who Qualifies:
Co-ed
3rd - 5th grade
Mindfulness and Meditation
An 8 week group where participants will learn and practice mindfulness techniques, introduction to meditation and benefits, and how to incorporate these practices together in daily life to reduce stress, improve focus, enhance emotional regulation, and improve overall mental health. Additional benefits can include pain management and better sleep.
Proof of Action:
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is an evidence based technique that uses methods to identify ways to better focus on the present and reduce worry and thoughts about negative experiences over and over.
Who Qualifies:
Adults, All ages
The Summer of Self-Love
Group for adult women to practice prioritizing self-care. Join us to learn inner balance, stress relief, and self-regulation techniques.
Proof of Action:
This group will utilize DBT and strengths-based principles.
Who Qualifies:
Adult women
Team Talkers
Utilizing PsychoEducation Therapy to help improve communication skills, and explore family dynamics to build and maintain healthy relationships.
Proof of Action:
This group will use PsychEducation Therapy as its non-directive client centered based model it is a client therapy that focuses on providing a supportive environment where individuals can learn from each other, share experiences, and practice new skills.
Who Qualifies:
Ages 18 +
Be A Cool Kid/Anger Management for Kids
This group will help kids understand their anger: what is anger, signs, triggers and responses and provide coping strategies.
Proof of Action:
The curriculum will be in kid friendly language and will help the kids learn more about their anger, what coping strategies are, teach specific anger related coping strategies and each child will have cards to remind them of the different ways to manage their anger positively.
Who Qualifies:
Kids: ages 8-11 (Boys and Girls)
Vibrant Voices
Utilizing Person Centered Therapy to help increase well-being and self-care, by taking care of our emotions, phyiscal health, mind and thoughts.
Proof of Action:
This group will use Person Centered Therapy as its non-directive client centered based model it is a client therapy that focuses on clients understanding themselves their feelings and behaviors.
Who Qualifies:
Ages 13-17
Classroom Readiness
To support children in successfully returning to school by providing a head start on developing essential social and behavioral skills, promoting positive interactions, emotional regulation, and readiness for a structured learning environment
Proof of Action:
Social Skills Group developed by Viola Dean, MS, CCC-SLP
Who Qualifies:
Gender Inlcusive Children 7-11 years old
Practicing Mindfulness & Meditation For The Holidays - Kids
A short 3 day group where participants will learn and practice mindfulness techniques, introduction to meditation and benefits, and how to incorporate these practices together around holiday time and in daily life.
Proof of Action:
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is an evidence based technique that uses methods to identify ways to better focus on the present and reduce worry and thoughts about negative experiences over and over.
Who Qualifies:
Teens & Youth (13-18)
Seeking Safety
Topics Covered:
Healthy Relationships
Setting Boundaries in Relationships
Self Nurturing
Taking Good Care of Yourself
PTSD: Taking Back Your Power
When Substances Control You
Proof of Action:
Seeking Safety is an evidence-based support group that focuses on both Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and substance use disorders. The main goal of this group is to develop healthy coping skills for people looking to heal from past traumas and keep moving forward.
Who Qualifies:
Adult Women
Illness management and recovery
• Topics Covered:
• Recovery strategies;
• Practical facts about mental illnesses; n
• Stress-Vulnerability Model and treatment strategies;
• Building social support;
• Using medication effectively;
• Drug and alcohol use; n Reducing relapses;
• Coping with stress;
• Coping with problems and persistent symptoms; and
• Getting your needs met by the mental health system.
Proof of Action:
IMR is a standardized psychosocial intervention that is designed to help people with severe mental illness manage their illnesses and achieve personal recovery goals.
Who Qualifies:
IMPACT clients only.
My Space, My Choice
This group will support you with feeling more confident in your ability to say no, when needed, prioritize your needs, and learn to maintain balance in areas of your life.
Proof of Action:
This group uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques to strengthen communication. build assertiveness, and gain self-awareness.
Who Qualifies:
Males and Females 18+
The Mindful Squad
Utilizing Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help process emotions, develop healthy coping skills, develop healthy responses to trauma, and utilize peer support.
Proof of Action:
This group will use Dialectical Behavioral Therapy as its evidence-based model it is a structural therapy that focuses on teaching 4 core skills, mindfulness, acceptance, and distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness.
Who Qualifies:
Ages 13-16-Co-ed
Practicing Mindfulness & Meditation For The Holidays - Adults
A short 3 day group where participants will learn and practice mindfulness techniques, introduction to meditation and benefits, and how to incorporate these practices together around holiday time and in daily life.
Proof of Action:
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is an evidence based technique that uses methods to identify ways to better focus on the present and reduce worry and thoughts about negative experiences over and over.
Who Qualifies:
Adult Co-ed
Found PRIDE Group
A therapy led safe space for LGBTQ+ teens to meet, socialize, offer and provide support, and participate in educational activities regarding healthy relationships, gender, sexuality, and identity exploration.
Proof of Action:
This is a psychoeducational therapy group, utilizing the following materials:
""Queer: The Ultimate LGBT Guide for Teens” by Kathy Belge and Marke Bieschke
“You and Your Gender Identity: A Guide to Discovery” by Dara Hoffman-Fox, LPC
Who Qualifies:
Teens 14-18 years old
Wellness Warriors Ladies Group
A ladies social group that explores strategies for managing both physical and mental health conditions.
Proof of Action:
Using Community Coping: This social group allows woman with little or no support systems to share their story with others also struggling (or have recently ovecome) both physical and mental health challeges. This process decreases isolation, encourages postive lifestyle choices, promotes self confidence and improved coping skills.
Who Qualifies:
Ladies over 40 years old