Town of Granby Youth Service Bureau
Proud to serve the youth and families of Granby Connecticut
Proud to serve the youth and families of Granby Connecticut
Providing a variety of services:
Location: 15C North Granby Road Granby Connecticut 06035 (860) 844-5355 Participated in one of our programs? Please leave us some feedback so we can continue to offer the best possible programming.
FALL Programming
ADDICTION SUPPORT GROUPS: Monday evenings beginning 10/19: SMART Recovery Friends and Family support group. Learn how to love your family member, and the skills to protect your own well being. Develop the skills to recognize and avoide enablingand increase the chances your loved one will seek treatment. 7:00 PM onday Evenings SMART Youth and Teen recovery support group begins October 13th at 7:00 PM. For youth and teens with addictive behaviors that are causing them difficulty. Evidence based international recovery programs Cancellations posted on this website Click the button below for confidential registration: Study Skills and Organization Support Group Open to Middle and High School Ages. This is a small counseling group, with 1 to 4 students in each section. The first weeks will focus on identifing individual strengths and weaknesses, articulating the students beliefs about school and school work, and developing a plan to implement new stratigies to better meet the studens personal academic goals. The first section is being offered Fridays at 6:00 PM beginning 9/11/2020. Click the link below to registeration information. Boys Council
A group for boys in grades 4-6. The focus is on small group recreation and building social connections. Positive social skills reinforcement will be prioritized and provided by clinically trained staff. Check the link below for more information. Group is maxed at 8 participants. Masks required. Girl's Friendship Circle
This 8-week program will run on Friday evenings from 4 to 5:45 PM at the Youth Service Bureau for girls in grades 3-5. It will combine the Once Circle Foundations Friendship skills curriculum with games and playtime in our rec room. Foosball, bumper pool, and air hockey are available as well as board games (which will require the use of gloves provided by the YSB). Positive communication and social skills development will be prioritized and reinforced by a clinically trained staff member. This is a recreation program with a clinical component but is not a therapy group. Cut off is 8 participants. Begins Friday, 918/2020. Masks required. Click the link below for more information. YES: Our Youth Employment Service. We help connect area youth (with parent permission) to local residents looking for odd job or babysitting help. Click below for the YES registration form.
Rolling Registration! Teen to Teen Peer Education Program Interested students from the Middle and High School are invited to join our T2T peer education program. The premise of a peer educator program is that teens are more likely to listen to peers about issues. If we educate students about specific topics that are a potential issue for teens, they will have the accurate information to pass on to peers if and when the topic arises organically in a natural setting. The YSB T2T program will earn participants community service credit, and will also look pretty good on college applications! Each peer educator will be expected to attend four of eight training sessions to be held throughout the school year. A variety of topics will be covered from the risks associated with under age use of marijuana, to signs of depression, from reducing unwanted teen pregnancies and STD's to issues facing LGBTQIA youth. Participants and their families will be given a schedule of topics, and are able to pick and choose the topics they are comfortable with learning about. Parents are always welcome to attend the training's as well. Parenting Workshop Parent with less anger, more love! Call for information on the next workshop! |
Check here for cancellations or closing information: Closed 10/12/2020 CORVID-19 update: Open rec not be held while social distancing requirements are in place in Connecticut. Counseling sessions will continue, using Doxy.me, a HIPAA compliant telemedicine cloud service of at your request, face to face using distancing and masks. . Call for more information (860) 844-5355 
The Granby YSB's Prevention Podcast Series has launched! Click below to look over our current content: From vapint to adolescent brain development, childhood trauma to parenting in anxious times we are working hard to find ways to keep you informed and ready to parent in todays complicated times!
MS Open Rec Our rec room is open to registered GMMS age students every Thursday evening from 6 to 8 PM and Friday evening from 7 to 9 PM. Click below for more information on the activities, rules, and procedures! No Cell Phone Use during Open Rec, phones can be left at home or securely checked while open rec is on. Parents must complete a registration form the first evening a student attends, the registration is for the entire 2018-2019 school year. Click here for general rules and information 
Brought to Granby by a generous donation from the Granby Lion's Club:
Teen Intervene: Brief, free screening and intervention for teen substance abuse. Evidence based and effective. Call (860) 844-5355 for more information or to make an appointment. Check out the link below : |
