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• Comic Book Creation Class - This class will provide the foundation for those who are <br />interested in enhancing their drawing skills, Youth will team how to tell a visual story <br />that will allow them to explore the way they express their personal and social issues <br />within their community while learning all the technical skills required to meet the current <br />industry practices. Students also engage in creative writing as each student learns a new <br />way to tell their own personal and family stories. <br />Dance Classes (Ballet, Contemporary, Flamenco) <br />• ContemporaryLLyrical Fusion for Ages 8 — I5yrs - Contemporary Dance is a type of dance <br />style of expressive dance that has been able to combine features of several genres such as <br />modern, hip -hop, jazz, lyrical and classic ballet, Movement and rhythm comes naturally to <br />children, and when you get a child involved in regular dance classes, the benefits only get <br />better, Not only does dance allow kids to get their energy out, it is also a great way for them <br />to express themselves. <br />In addition to the various Arts enrichment classes, OCTAC will also provide additional in -kind <br />services for youth and their family at the various community/recreational centers, in partnership <br />with some of OCCTAC's key community partners: <br />a) Family Counseling and Individual Counseling (Youth and/or Parents) — Pepperdine <br />University, School of Psychology (Clinical Psychology & Marriage and Family Therapy <br />Interns) and OCCTAC employees; <br />b) Crises Counseling - MECCA and County of Orange, Health Care Agency, Behavioral <br />Health Services (MFT interns) and OCCTAC employees; <br />c) Parenting Classes — Santa Ana College instructors & OCCTAC employees; <br />d) Academic Tutoring & Homework Support - Santa Ana College, Chapman University, <br />and Cal State Fullerton students and OCCTAC employees, <br />An important component of OCCTAC's Violence prevention program is parent engagement. In <br />addition to the programs offered to our Santa Ana youth, the parents will be encouraged to <br />participate in a weekly series of Parenting Classes focused on crime and violence prevention, <br />discipline strategies, communication skills, family conflict, behavioral problems, family violence <br />and others. This parenting program is designed to help parents learn to recognize both prosocial <br />and antisocial behaviors, employ social learning techniques (e,g., positive reinforcement, <br />ignoring, distraction, etc.), preventing delinquency and family violence. Family counseling and <br />Crises counseling will also be available to families experiencing crises. Both youth and parents <br />will get the needed counseling and emotional support. OCCTAC is committed to a holistic <br />approach to violence prevention that integrates the Arts, Academic support, Counseling and <br />Parenting classes. OCCTAC fills an existing gap in services for our youth in the Santa Ana <br />community. <br />Duration of the Program - The OCCTAC's Arts & Violence Prevention program will be <br />offered to the community for a period of 1 year; and with the possibility of continuing the <br />services at the community centers or at OCCTAC for a longer period of time, contingent upon <br />funding. <br />21 <br />