Hold on to their voices and stay true to themselves?
Enhance judgment and critical-thinking skills for wise and healthy choices?
Counter trends towards self-doubt, and improve self-esteem?

Girls Circle facilitates these goals and much more!

The leading provider of gender-specific, research-based programs for girls, Girls Circle offers the best Materials and Trainings for Facilitators dedicated to improving the lives of girls ages 9 - 18.

The Girls Circle format is applied to programs in areas such as: schools, peer leadership, health education, juvenile justice, economic literacy, athletics, outdoor adventure, pregnancy prevention, boys and girls clubs, gang-prevention, and substance abuse prevention

Girls Circle, a non-profit organization, specializes in programs built on the research-based model proven to increase girls’ self-efficacy, body image, and social support.

Our strengths-based, skill building approach creates a safe space for girls to address risky behaviors, build on protective factors, and improve relationships in a format that interests and engages girls.

Research
A 2007 study indicates that Girls Circle groups are very beneficial to girls' well-being.

Significant findings include:
   •   decreases in alcohol use
   •   decreases in self-harming behaviors
   •   increases in attachment to school
   •   increases in self-efficacy

Read more on this study and previous research efforts!

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Do you work with boys or young men?
The Council for Boys and Young Men is a twin venture of the Girls Circle Association. After years of requests from service providers around the nation to create quality group curricula for boys, we have partnered with experienced and knowledgeable professionals working with boys to bring this material to you. For more information, visit www.BoysCouncil.com.

Women's Circle: Our first program for adults!
For women in colleges, careers, recovery programs, job training, faith-based settings, caregivers, and more!

The Girls Circle Facilitator Activity Guides are full 8-12 week programs rich with skill-building themes and activities that promote critical thinking in all areas of girls’ lives.

Available in age appropriate sets, each guide offers step-by-step instructions to lead a support circle where girls learn how to develop strength, courage, confidence, honesty, and communication skills.

Theme topics include Friendships, Body Image, Honoring Diversity, Relationships with Peers, Expressing Individuality and creating a Path to The Future.

"I think many could benefit from this approach."
Mary Pipher, Ph.D., author, Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls

Good news!
If you cannot attend a Training we provide you all you need to run a Circle in our Facilitator Manual.

Mother-Daughter Circle Activity Guide: "Heart of the Matter"

8 WEEKS, AGES 11+
Mothers or Female Caregivers and their daughters join together in combined and age-appropriate groups to strengthen their bonds through shared listening, creative expression, and skill building. "Heart of the Matter" promotes empathy, communication skills, stress reduction, setting limits and honoring boundaries, exploring meanings and messages about female identity, identifying relationship accountability, and experiencing affirmation together and within their broader female community. Co-facilitation recommended.  MORE

We are a non-profit organization. Please help us to continue our mission to provide a Circle for every girl and a Council for every boy.