Program is designed to help students with homework, the South Carolina High School exam, and SAT/ACT preparation. Volunteer educators will head up this activity; specifically, in reading, writing, and mathematics.

Audience: E1VM participants

Program length: Sept-May (during the school year)

Anticipated Start Date: Sept 2018

A program that allows kids to learn through observation • Students will go on several field trips: planetarium, zoo, ocean, park, and a sporting event. Students will utilize their sensorimotor skills and then reenact and verbalize their visualizations and feelings creatively through arts (drawing, music, poem, acting, etc.) or science (simple experiments).

Audience: E1VM elementary participants

Program length: Year Round

Anticipated Start Date: July 2018

Curriculum complete with lesson plans, textbook, CD, workbook, interactive website and DVD with Grammy-nominated producer Khao Cates and actress Meagan Good introducing each chapter and supporting class material

CONNECTS: with students by using hip-hop music to instill character building traits and multi-media tools that engage and motivate

INSPIRES: through real-life relevant stories, youth can relate to since they mirror those of their own lives

EQUIPS: youth with foundational skills to address social issues youth encounter daily that interfere with their ability to excel academically

MOTIVATES: youth to stay in school–GRADUATE –and be SUCCESSFUL

AUDIENCE: 7th – 12th grade E1VM participants

Each mentor will have the capacity to serve 15 participants per class per year; our goal is to serve approximately 500 students in 3 years

Program length: 18 months

Program topics: Anger Management, Bullying, Health & Wellness, Perception, Excuses, Patience, Heartbreak, The Company You Keep, Drug Abuse, SelfRespect, Self-Love, Self Determination

Program to assist participants to manage their stuttering effectively through fluency stabilizing and enhancing techniques and cope with the psychological aspects of stuttering

Participants will be currently receiving speech therapy services so that they can continue working on the fluency shaping (easy onset, pausing, slower rate) and stuttering modification strategies (cancellations, pull-outs, easy repetitions)

Volunteer educators will also help students that require additional tutoring, reading and communication support

Audience: All participants

Program length: Year Round

Anticipated Start Date: Jun 2018

The therapeutic program provides a supportive environment and empowers youth to develop speech and stuttering goals.

Students will be taught more about stuttering phenomena and embrace their own meaning of what it means to be a stutterer.

Students will develop their plan of action for practicing speaking techniques through reading, audiotapes, and software programs and will work with speech therapists to assist in achieving their plan

In the group, students will talk amongst each other about their struggles and inadequacies and develop strategies to manage the social and emotional challenges that they face inside and outside of group • Students will learn how to communicate with their parents, family members, friends and teachers about stuttering

Students will develop decision learning trees around self-worth, self-advocacy, self-reliance and self-esteem incorporating their personal communication goals.

Students will be partnered with peer mentors who are on an upward path of progress toward overcoming or have overcome stuttering and are seen as peer leaders. Mentors will practice the act of giving and work towards

Audience: middle-high school E1VM participants

Program length: Year Round

The program includes: Guest lecturers of successful people who have overcome stuttering, workshops, mentoring, fun activities, fluency skills, speech therapists

Anticipated Start Date: Jun 2018

The US spends more than $147 billion on obesity-related illnesses. E1VM will deliver a nutrition, wellness and prevention component for our participants

EV1M will partner with therapists and doctors to ensure our participants are making all scheduled speech and healthcare appointments

E1VM will develop wellness seminars to educate parents of our participants in creating healthier lifestyles for the entire family

EV1M will offer yoga, meditation, and low impact exercise activities as a way to reduce stress, anxiety and provide mindfulness practices

E1VM will also provide nutritious snacks for all its programs to reinforce healthy eating behaviors

Audience: All E1VM participants and parents

Program length: Year Round

Anticipated Start Date: Jun 2018