The Rock:
A Link to Fatherhood and Men's Support Group
A Division Of C- Core

Detailed Course Curriculum
Values: relating values to goals and self determination and decisions we make.
Self- esteem: a detail inventory of who you are our limitations and levels of self respect
Attitude: help focus on what we are trying to accomplish and what couldn't be done
Thoughts: (you are what you think)
Confidence: overcoming obstacles and barriers which we place before ourselves
Friendship: (trust) defining several definitions of friends and friendships and how they relate to trust
Anger Management: learning to control our thoughts and not to respond to what we hear
Happiness: describing and relating to happiness is and become
Relaxation: a method that is being taught how to handle stress in one's life
Purpose: breaking down the understanding of the mentees purpose and mentors
*As it relates to the goals and objectives and the lives of individuals
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Responsibility: understanding the commitments we make in life and the responsibilities that come with it
Future: understanding how goals and our dreams has its set path for our future
Problems: understanding what problems are and the steps to resolve them
Love: involves a very intensive discussion on the different types of love and their purposes in our everyday lives
Faith: discussion on how faith pays a very important pathway in becoming successful
Health: detailed discussion on how to maintain our health and the impact that it has on us for future commitments
Meditation: the mentees will practice several forms of meditation that is needed to prolong life
Fear: learning what fear is, and uncover the masks that fear is behind and overcome those obstacles; the obstacles that prevent us from becoming successful
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Job Search: intensive activity and in structural behavior that develops a plan to get employed
Interview: teaching mentors to be able to master the interviewing concepts
Negotiating: reviewing with mentors the are of negotiating under various situations
Portfolio: teaching mentees how to develop a great portfolio and how they need to be maintained
Develop Credibility: in depth discussion will be provided on charting process of developing credibility
Team Building: understanding the significance of working with a team and having the team to support your goals and activities
Finance: discussions on realistic methods of developing budgets, tracking expenses, and controlling personal money flow
Goal Setting: many discussions will be developed on how to set goals, goals development and achievable outcomes
Relationships: developing a deep understanding on relationships with a man and a women, a mentor and a mentee, friends, co-workers, and others.
Parenting: discussions around this subject will include those men who are fathers, those men who have fathers, and parenting other individual's children.
Communication: understanding the real definition and the structure regarding communication with significant other, other women and friend. Also discussion on the art of listening and evaluating conversation
Education Development: (outside the box) understanding the various means of receiving education through unconventional means
Bonding with your child: understanding the various techniques that can be applied to bond with your children
Developing Adult Peer Groups: these development peer groups are designed to create behavioral changes and positive attitudes as it relates to your goals
Looking at behavior: (drug, gang, and sex) this component will be open for discussion and observations too be able to recognize gang signs and behaviors. How too effectively to deal with drug issues and deal with mentees that might be dabbling in drugs. Frank discussions on sexual situations and confrontations
Forgiveness: learning how to forgive and the health issues that may arise on harboring issues that's been hurtful to mentees
Overcoming Barriers: learning how to recognize barriers in the mentees life and structural concepts to overcome barriers in one's life
Keeping up with the real world: (through available media) things that happen outside of our world does affect the outcome of the decisions we make.
Developing your Personal Business Plan: mapping the progress and their accomplishments and various stages in the mentees life that can be reviewed through discussions with the mentee.
*All mentors will have 40-50 hours of training before being assigned to a mentee. All mentees will attend a joint meeting with their mentors once a month.