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Understory Services & Supports, LLC provides meaningful opportunities to children and adolescents to help them grow resilient. The program design and implementation process was created by a licensed school psychologist with a doctorate in urban education. The primary objective of the program is to develop or enhance students' executive functioning. As their executive functioning skills develop their performance will improve in educational settings. Executive functioning refers to a set of processes that enable individuals to regulate their complex cognitive functioning in order to stay organized, plan for the future, maintain focus, and inhibit impulses. It is critically important for students’ to develop strong executive functioning skills as this correlates closely to successful school performance. Understory staff work closely with young people to increase their self-awareness, self-management, and competence in school-related activities through direct instruction, modeling, and coaching. Understory’s after school enrichment program provides healthy, skill building activities to young people. The programming is designed to teach students new skills in fun and engaging ways. Through games, arts and crafts, and movement activities, participants develop self-awareness, increase self-confidence, and improve their ability to manage relationships. The staff members facilitating the sessions are experienced and highly qualified. The staff to student ratio is capped at 5:1 to ensure that all students receive the necessary attention and support. Each session has clear objectives to ensure that learning is maximized. At Understory, we believe young people learn best when they are taught new skills within a context of trusting, safe adults and peers. Our after-school enrichment program utilizes best practices to create a dynamic, enjoyable learning environment to grow healthy and curious young people. After-school educational programs are provided to increase students access to healthy physical activity, games, and arts and crafts. The activities include traditional athletics, in addition to cooperative games.