Therapeutic Retrievers…
Therapeutic Retrievers… Students at Triumph Youth Services have the opportunity to train Registered Retrievers. The Students care for and train puppies, juvenile retrievers and adult retrievers on a daily basis. This covers socialization, obedience, and basic training through advance training. Once the boys become competent in their training skills, they also have the opportunity to […]
Students in the Community…
Students in the Community… Here at Triumph Youth Services we feel that it is important to have our students engage with their community. We have career day in which our community leaders come together to mentor our students. We have seen that this is so useful in helping our young men to see their true […]
Developing Self Confidence…
Developing Self Confidence… At Triumph Youth Services our goal is to teach and counsel each our students in a way that will help them develop self confidence. We want it to be authentic which takes time and hard work on the part of the student. When they can look back and see their progress in […]
New life, New year…
New Life, New Year… As a new year begins so does a new life for our Students… A new batch of pups are starting life as well. We find that our young men can truly benefit from caring for the dogs and can liken many of the things the retrievers go through to their own […]
Helping Change Lives
Helping Change Lives and Families Triumph Youth Services is a program that has heart.. The director, counselors, teachers & staff at Triumph truly care for the Students in their stewardship. They are personally invested in each Students success. Sterling Lyman, President of Triumph Youth Services, has been in business over 20 years and established Triumph […]
How Do Teenagers Fit In?
Society says we value and encourage individuality, yet the media promotes conformity to a norm that is not attainable; the perfect complexion, the perfect body image, the right clothes, etc. Are we setting up our kids to fail? How are they going to fit into society? Teenagers are trying to figure out where they fit […]
Dieting Fads
Dieting fads have existed for years. However, some teens have taken dieting to an unhealthy extreme. We all have heard about anorexia nervosa and bulimia. Anorexia nervosa is a serious eating disorder primarily of young women in their teens and early twenties that is characterized especially by a pathological fear of weight gain leading to […]
Is My Son Using Steriods?
We hear of the abuse of steroids in professional sports. For example, recently Lance Armstrong admitted to using performance enhancing drugs during his professional cycling career. Olympian Marian Jones, an American track and field medalist returned her medals for using illegal substances. And there are many others. Teenagers are very concerned about their appearance. Athletes […]
Cyberbullying Information Part 2 of 4
What are the effects of Cyberbullying? According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, US Department of Health and Human Services, Cyberbullying Research Center (July 2012): 33% of teens have experienced threats online 25% of teen have been bullied repeatedly through their cells phones and on the internet 52% of teens do not tell their parents […]