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Sarnia-Lambton Rebound

Sarnia, ON, CA • 20 - 49 Employees
Non-Profit

Founded in 1984, when three Sarnia citizens came together to respond to needs identified by youth in the community, Sarnia-Lambton Rebound has grown immensely and is now a local and provincial leader in life skills facilitation, education, and cognitive skill development. Having successfully served over 40,000 young people from across Lambton County, each Rebound program strives to meet our Mission: to be a caring partner in the successful development of youth. Rebound delivers 21 programs and is the lead agency for The HUB, a wraparound support service for youth ages 16 to 24 supporting homeless and at-risk youth. Our programs offer education and support to youth ages 8 to 24, covering topics such as substance use prevention, developing resilience and coping skills, fostering social and cognitive skills like, goal setting, decision-making and teamwork. Rebound has a history of coming together to meet the unique needs of our community and adapting its programming to meet the needs of the youth.The r.LOUNGE is a drop in program for youth aged 12 to 15 that enables services to come to the youth, not vice versa. Another drop-in program Rebound offers is Spectrum- a safe and supportive environment for LGBT2SQ youth in Sarnia. Our PASS Program continues to offer a path for youth as positive alternative to home suspension. The focus is on developing positive social and cognitive skills while continuing academic progress. In our Transition II classroom, a classroom teacher and therapist work together to engage youth in a therapeutic learning process that benefits youth who are not succeeding through regular classroom instruction. Rebound's success in providing diversion programming such as our United Way Funded Choices, Choices Junior & Life. Rebound's Expressive Arts program has a music therapy program - Rebound Rocks. It's designed for youth, ages 12 to 18, to learn music, life skills, increase their self-confidence and respect while being engaged in their community.