Youth Guidance’s Becoming A Man (BAM) and Working On

Womanhood (WOW) programs are school-based group

counseling and mentoring programs that improve the

social-emotional and behavioral competencies of students

in grades 7-12.

BAM and WOW staff work full-time in schools, delivering a

dynamic blend of clinically based group and individual

services that target students who’ve been exposed to

traumatic stressors or who face social, behavioral, cognitive

or emotional challenges. Weekly group counseling sessions,

called BAM and WOW Circles, guide students through a

curriculum-based process of self-exploration and skill

building that serve as the foundation for personal and

academic success.

Students who participate in BAM and WOW experience

greater social-emotional and psychological well-being,

improved school engagement and academic attainment,

and increased utilization of safe and healthy behaviors.