Contact Community Services provides training and support to school and school district personnel to address barriers to learning. We also offer direct services to students, including an after-school program at Shea Middle School and workshops teaching social/emotional skills.

Contact Community Services has been teaching social and emotional skills to school-aged children since 1979. Our workshops enable participants to confront challenges, identify healthy coping strategies and practice emotional literacy skills in a safe environment. Workshops include:

1. Youth Embracing Success YES!
   Youth Embracing Success! explores emotional literacy skills through an 8-session series. It is offered at three levels.

2. Anger Management and Pro-social Skills (AMPS)
   Anger Management and Pro-Social Skills, designed for 7th - 12th graders, is an eight-session workshop series that teaches skills in anger management, conflict resolution, critical thinking and healthy decision-making.

3. Individual, Society and Media Smarts (ISMS) This workshop challenges high school students to look at their own attitudes and actions and consider their own responses to the prejudice and discrimination they witness against individuals and groups.