A Soft Landing 

A safe space to process, breathe, and receive support.

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A Soft Landing is A.M.O.B.’s enhanced year-round wellness and emotional-support program who has teamed up with Growing Stregnth, offered in partnership with Growing Strength, which provides A.M.O.B.’s in-house counselor. The program creates a welcoming, confidential, and nonjudgmental environment where girls and young women can talk openly, work through challenges, strengthen their emotional well-being, and receive support before difficult situations become crises.

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A Soft Landing recognizes that many young people carry pressures connected to school, family responsibilities, friendships, relationships, community violence, grief, trauma, social media, self-esteem, and uncertainty about their futures. Participants are not expected to manage those pressures alone. Through individual counseling, wellness check-ins, support groups, prevention education, and referrals, A.M.O.B. ensures that each participant has access to a trusted adult and a dependable system of support.

Program Purpose

The purpose of A Soft Landing is to:

• Provide accessible emotional and mental-wellness support within a familiar A.M.O.B. environment.

• Help participants identify, express, and manage their emotions in healthy ways.

• Address concerns early and reduce the likelihood of a crisis.

• Strengthen self-esteem, confidence, resilience, and emotional regulation.

• Promote healthy friendships, family relationships, and dating relationships.

• Teach conflict resolution, communication, boundaries, and responsible decision-making.

• Help participants recognize and safely report violence, abuse, neglect, bullying, exploitation, and unhealthy behavior.

• Connect participants and families with additional professional or community resources when needed.

• Reduce the stigma surrounding counseling and asking for help.

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Population Served

A Soft Landing supports A.M.O.B. participants, including girls and young women ages 6–24. Services are tailored to each participant’s age, developmental needs, life experiences, and individual circumstances. Parents and caregivers may also receive guidance, resource connections, and support when appropriate.

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Core Program Services

 

Individual Counseling and Wellness Sessions

Participants may meet privately with A.M.O.B.’s in-house counselor to discuss personal, emotional, behavioral, family, academic, or relationship concerns. Sessions may be scheduled regularly or provided as short-term support based on the participant’s needs.

 

Wellness Check-Ins

Brief check-ins allow staff and the counselor to recognize changes in a participant’s mood, behavior, attendance, relationships, or overall well-being. These conversations provide an opportunity for early support before challenges become overwhelming.

 

Soft Landing Drop-In Support

Participants may request time to pause, breathe, regroup, and talk with a trusted adult when they are experiencing stress, sadness, anger, anxiety, conflict, or emotional overload. The goal is to provide immediate support in a calm setting without judgment or embarrassment.

 

Small-Group Support Circles

Age-appropriate support circles allow participants to learn from one another, recognize that they are not alone, and build healthy peer connections. Topics may include:

• Self-esteem and identity

• Stress and anxiety management

• Grief, loss, and major life changes

• Healthy relationships and boundaries

• Friendship challenges and bullying

• Conflict resolution and anger management

• Family communication

• Body image and social media pressure

• Academic stress and future planning

• Violence, abuse, and exploitation prevention

• Coping skills and emotional regulation

 

Violence and Abuse Prevention

Violence prevention is a central part of A Soft Landing. Participants learn how to recognize unsafe situations, relationship warning signs, coercion, bullying, harassment, abuse, and other harmful behaviors. The program helps girls develop the confidence to speak up, seek help, report concerns, create safety plans, and make choices that protect their physical and emotional well-being.

Participants also practice peaceful conflict resolution, responsible decision-making, healthy communication, and emotional regulation. These skills can reduce harmful reactions, prevent conflicts from escalating, and encourage participants to become positive influences among their peers and within their communities.

 

Family and Caregiver Support

When appropriate, A.M.O.B. and Growing Strength will help parents and caregivers better understand their child’s emotional needs. Families may receive resource information, referrals, guidance on communicating with their child, and support navigating outside services.

 

Referrals and Coordinated Care

When a participant needs support beyond the program’s scope, A.M.O.B. will help connect the participant and family with appropriate behavioral-health providers, crisis services, medical professionals, school resources, or community organizations. A.M.O.B. will support families through the referral process whenever possible.

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Program Delivery

A Soft Landing operates year-round and is integrated into A.M.O.B.’s mentoring, afterschool, Saturday Drop-In, summer camp, and workforce-development programming. Support may be offered through:

• Scheduled individual counseling sessions

• Weekly or biweekly wellness check-ins

• On-site drop-in support

• Small-group wellness circles

• Prevention and educational workshops

• Family conferences and resource navigation

• Referrals to specialized or emergency services

Participants may be connected to the program through self-referral, parent or caregiver requests, staff observations, school recommendations, or program screenings.

Safe and Confidential Support

A.M.O.B. is committed to protecting the privacy and dignity of every participant. Conversations with the counselor will be handled confidentially within legal, ethical, safety, and mandatory-reporting requirements. Parents and participants will receive clear information regarding consent, privacy, documentation, and situations in which information must be shared to protect a participant or another person from harm.

A Soft Landing is not intended to replace emergency or intensive clinical care. Any immediate safety concern will be addressed through A.M.O.B.’s established crisis-response and mandatory-reporting procedures.

Intended Outcomes

Through participation in A Soft Landing, girls and young women will:

• Have increased access to a trusted and qualified support professional.

• Feel safer asking for help and expressing their emotions.

• Develop practical coping and stress-management skills.

• Improve their self-awareness, confidence, and emotional regulation.

• Strengthen communication and conflict-resolution skills.

• Better understand healthy relationships, boundaries, and consent.

• Increase their ability to recognize and report unsafe or abusive behavior.

• Build stronger connections with supportive adults and peers.

• Receive timely referrals and continued support when additional services are needed.

Measuring Our Impact

A.M.O.B. and Growing Strength will monitor the program through:

• Number of participants receiving counseling or wellness support

• Number and type of individual and group sessions provided

• Participant attendance and continued engagement

• Pre- and post-program wellness assessments

• Participant and caregiver satisfaction surveys

• Referrals made and successfully connected

• Changes in participants’ coping skills and willingness to seek help

• Staff observations regarding behavior, communication, and emotional regulation

• Safety plans and follow-up services completed when appropriate

What Makes A Soft Landing Different

A Soft Landing brings professional wellness support directly into the trusted environment participants already know. Girls do not have to wait until they are in crisis or struggle to find someone who understands them. They have a consistent place where they can slow down, feel heard, receive guidance, and begin moving forward.

At A.M.O.B., asking for help is treated as a sign of strength. Every girl deserves a safe place to land—and the support she needs to rise again.