The Mediation Center of the Coastal Empire, a leading organization dedicated to helping citizens proactively manage conflict, recently launched Flip the Script, an innovative new youth development initiative designed to help underserved adolescents and young adults build the social emotional competencies to navigate life’s challenges in healthy, productive and nonviolent ways.

Program Details

Serving justice-involved youth in Chatham County between the ages of 12 and 24, the Flip the Script program provides a structured, supportive environment where participants can strengthen their emotional awareness, improve communication skills, develop effective conflict resolution strategies and increase their confidence in making positive life choices.

Flip the Script is funded by a Violence Reduction Grant through the City of Savannah, which makes the program available, free of charge, to local teens and young adults. The program uses a trauma-informed, restorative and strengths-based approach that recognizes the impact of lived experiences while focusing on each participant’s potential for growth and success.

Throughout the program, youth learn to recognize emotional triggers, regulate intense emotions, communicate effectively, manage conflict constructively, de-escalate high-tension situations, establish healthy boundaries and strengthen positive relationships. Participants are encouraged to interrupt negative cycles and rewrite the narratives that shape their behaviors and decisions.

Original reporting: The Savannah Tribune — read the source article.