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Who LEAP Works With
• Student Athletes. The LEAP program works with at-risk high
school student-athletes. The overall goal of the LEAP pro gram
is to work with athletic teams on the field and in the classroom
helping students, teachers, and coaches build a positive
environment where learning is possible. Through working with
the athletic teams, the LEAP program provides students with an
opportunity to receive academic support and life-skills
education and in the athletic arena to learn team-building skills
and sport psychology techniques to improve their performance
on the field.
• Challenge Camp. The LEAP Challenge Camp works with youth
at Orin Allen youth rehabilitation Facility (OAyrF). The core
philosophy of the LEAP Challenge Camp is to help juvenile
offenders focus on their future. Through an interac tive games
environment, the LEAP Challenge Camp provides youth with
an opportunity to build social skills; learn coop eration,
communication and listening skills; to practice prob lem-solving,
decision-making and planning skills; and to learn appropriate
outlets for anger and stress.
• Sport Specific Camp. The LEAP Sport Specific Camp focuses
on working with girls in sport. The camps provide an
opportunity for girls to learn mental strategies that they can use
both in the sporting arena and in their life. Team building,
communication and group problem solving skills, positive
self-talk, and goal setting are the focal point of the camp. These
skills are taught to the girls through participation in their sport
and then transferred to the classroom and their life.
• Life Skills Workshops. The LEAP Life Skills workshops work
with at-risk children and adolescents in the Pittsburg
com munity. Through an interactive and non-traditional games
environment, youth are taught life skills to help them make
better choices and navigate the obstacles and stressors they face
in life.
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