Florida Initiative
for Solving Problem
Presents the
FISP's
“SOLUTIONS
UNLIMITED
NOW”
SUN PROGRAM
The
FISP
"Solutions Unlimited Now” SUN Program for Adolescents,
The
FISP SUNSHINE CLUB Program
Model adapted for Senior Citizens
The
FISP Adam Silverman Memorial College SUN Program
The
FISP SUN HOPE Helping Overcome Problems Effectively Program,
for spinal cord injured
people
FISP Brought the SUN Program to South Florida
FISP
brought the "Solutions
Unlimited Now" SUN Program to South Florida in 2001 in order to help our teens
who were having difficulty dealing with their problems. Those problems
sometimes result in troubles in school, with families relationships, and with
friends. So, FISP looked for a program to offer our teens to help
them that would give them the tools and support
to eliminate feelings of anxiety,
fear, being alone, lack of self-confidence, helplessness and hopelessness.
Instead, FISP to
is now offering the SUN peer group
program facilitated by a psychologist or counselor to help participants of all
ages.
FISP stands for both the Florida
Initiative for Solving Problems formed to further and continue to expand the SUN
Program as a DBA of the Florida Initiative for Suicide Prevention, Inc.a 501 (c)
3 not- for-profit organization. It is FISP's mission to serve more teens
and continue to broaden the scope of SUN to include additional age and
constituent groups. Presently FISP is providing SUN groups to young adult woman
at the Susan B. Anthony Center, pregnant teens at the Children's Harbor, and
teens in the Juvenile Justice System.
SUN will soon
be offered to college students through the Adam Silverman Memorial College SUN
program, seniors in the Senior SUNshine Club, and the SUN HOPE Program standing
for "Help Overcome Problems Effectively" for people who have spinal cord
injuries or other disabilities. FISP is striving to help make as many of our
residents live better by giving them the tools to become more resilient by being
better able to handle their problems. FISP strives daily to reach out to
all we can by donations and grants so we can help make each day more
successful and happier for our SUN Program participants. Our SUN
programs also brings people together to form relationships and develop
companionships while sharing snacks and a graduating Pizza Party at which they
get a certificate and the ability to live a happier and
more successful
life.
The original SUN
Program was developed by professor Judith S. Tellerman, Ph.D. in Chicago. After
sponsoring research to
verify it's effectiveness FISP proceeded to offer SUN to many normative
and at-risk teens in Broward County over the last eight
years. Through continual research FISP has continued
to improve and developed enhancements to the program. In keeping with the
this effort, FISP announces our collaborations with Nova Southeastern University School of Psychology
and it's Director of
Assessment and Consultation Center (SPACC) Dr. Ralph E.
Cash. This partnership
is for the purpose of furthering our research
and
evaluation of the FISP SUN Program enabling us to continue to enhance and improve SUN
effectiveness. The findings
to date suggest that the SUN model has
the ability to produce remarkable
results in terms of improved cognitive decision-making
and social skills in both troubled
and normative teens and
pre-teens. The U.S. Armed
Services has found SUN a useful program
for
teen age children of soldiers
stationed in Europe.
SUN is a very flexible program
that can be adapted and utilized with any age group.
This adaptability has allowed FISP to
develop additional
groups in partnership with many agencies. This expansion has included our SUNSHINE
Club for the elderly
in partnership in with the Health and Human Services Elderly and Veteran’s
Department in Broward County.
FISP
hopes to
restart groups at
their facility this year. The newly funded
Adam Silverman Memorial College SUN groups are in
development
as well. A partnership will be developed with several area colleges to
provide referrals to groups on their campuses. FISP
expects to constantly expand and improve our SUN
based programs with the help of Nova Southeastern University’s
continuous research which will provide data and constant improvement in all the FISP SUN
based programs.
The feeling of belonging, acceptance and safety of having a
confidential peer and adult
support system can effectively help the 27.3
percent
of
Florida’s high
school students in grades nine through eleven that experienced depression in
2005. It can give the
14.5%
of that 27.3 %,
who seriously considered suicide and the 11.6% who made a
suicide plan the confidence in themselves
to stay alive.
The alarming
statistic showing
108.5% of youth in the Hispanic community as being depressed
and 17.6%
having
made a plan to
accomplish suicide shows the urgent need in immigrant communities.
Suicide is the:
5th
leading cause of death for
youths
12-14
3rd leading cause of death for youths
15-24.
2nd leading cause of death for college students
Data collected
by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) indicate that suicide
emerges as
a significant problem
during the high school years,
and ther is an additional increases
among young adults
20–24 years of age, and this continues
to increase marginally over the next two
decades
of life.
A new five-year
analysis of the nation’s death rates recently released by the federal
Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention found that
the suicide rate among
45-to-54-year-olds increased nearly 20 percent from 1999 to 2004, the latest
year studied, far
outpacing changes
in nearly every other
age group. (All figures are adjusted for population.) For women 45 to 54,
the rate leapt 31 percent. “That is certainly
a break
from trends of the past.
Of the more than 32,000 people
who committed suicide in 2004, 14,607 were 40 to 64 years
old (6,906 of those were 45 to 54); 5,198
were over
65; 2,434 were under 21 years old.
According to the latest data
suicide rates among adults ages 35 to 54 continues to
rise significantly and mental health
professionals as well as prevention organizations are
alarmed that this age
group is not getting the
proper care due to lack of
mental health being covered by medical insurance. Other
factors are the culture changing economy, the "sandwich
generation" status,
meaning taking care of their children and parents at the
same time. The American societies need of
immediate satisfaction of desires
which has lead to huge debt as well as the change in the
worlds economy has lead to many people getting into a state
of hopelessness
depression.
This is why FISP NEEDS to expand
The SUN Program to all age
groups in the future.
Help FISP continue this disparately needed program through
donations and sponsorships.
HELP
OUR TEENS, COLLEGE STUDENTS AND SENIORS and THE
DISABLED
LIVE MORE
HAPPILY AND
SUCCESSFULLY!
SPONSOR A FISP “Solutions Unlimited Now”
☼ SUN GROUP ☼
HELP THEM ALL LEARN HOW TO SOLVE THEIR
PROBLEMS!
YOUR CONTRIBUTION WILL HELP THEM ALL
learn how to
BETTER
HANDLE THEIR DECISIONS
AND
BE A MORE PRODUCTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL.
The groups are structured to
enable the teens to help themselves and each other
learn how to find and
implement well thought out solutions to their problems. Each
group is facilitated by a SUN
trained mental health professional, who use various
modalities to help the group
progress.
Groups include:
♦ 8
to 10 Participants
♦ 10 Weekly Group
Meetings
♦ SUN Trained Adult
Mental Health Professional Group Facilitator
♦ All Program Materials
♦ Completion
Party and Completion Certificate
♦ Group
Research Data by Nova Southeastern University
I would like to Sponsor
____ $250
One Teen, College Student, Senior, or Disabled Person in a group
____ $500 Two Teens,
College Students, Seniors, or Disabled Person in a group
____ $1,250
Five Teens, College Students, Seniors, or Disabled
Person in a
group
____ $2,500 One Complete Group of 10 Teens, College
Students, Seniors or Disabled Person
CLICK DONATE NOW
or mail checks to address below made payable to:
FISP
2645 Executive Park Drive
Weston, FL 33331
I have enclosed a check in
the amount of $
.
Charge
to Visa ______ Master Card ______ American
Express ______
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Expiration Date: _________
Signature:
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