Game-based Learning
Game-based learning is youth achieving personal, social, and academic success by providing SEL skills and strategies and closing the social skills gap
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Welcome to
Youth Transformation Services® (YTS) NFP
Building Positive
Lifestyle Choices
As a learning partner to schools, we provide products and services through social emotional learning (SEL) to positively impact the family, school, and community alignment in the Chicagoland area and beyond.
About us
Our Vision
In August of 2007, my community was shaken to its core when my youngest son (19 years old) experienced a bipolar blackout that resulted in him violently attacking me (Charisse). Many families are paralyzed by their children’s concerning behaviors, which often result in youth violence.
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11.5% of 15,000 children are starting school without the social skills they need to learn or get along with others.
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1/5 adolescents suffer from at least one mental health disorders.
OUR VISION
Youth will demonstrate the value of making positive lifestyle choices.
OUR MISSION
YTS focuses on empowering youth to address diversity and equity disparities through the responsible use of technology. Teaching these skills can help students navigate social and digital spaces with greater awareness and empathy, fostering more inclusive and respectful communication.
OUR CORE VALUES
YTS encourages youth to lead by example and advocate for an equitable, inclusive lifestyle.
Charisse Beach, M.Ed.
App Creator-Author-Consultant
Robert Beach, M.Ed., LPC
Educational Admin-Clinical Therapist
Your present circumstances don't determine where
you can go, they merely determine
where you start. -Nido Quebin
Risk & Protective Factors
Risk factors are the hurdles that hinder success and
protective factors are shields to reduce the impact of the risk factor.
Mental Health Intervention
During the pandemic, depression and anxiety in
youth doubled compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to the research.
Game-based Learning
Jump Anywhere in the World (JAW), an SEL video game, can develop responsible leaders through educational technology.
Your donation prepares youth today for
workforce opportunities tomorrow.
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