COPE also offers information and referral services to various health and social service community resources. COPE interns are taught, advised and supervised by COPE clinical stafffrom UCLA, Venice Family ClinicMonica-UCLA , faculty physicians, and professors Medical Centerhealthcare agencies. During their two-hour groups, the educators work with children, adolescents, and their parents. Children participate in enrichment activities and tutoring. Adolescents participate in skill-building activities, group discussions, and tutoring.
Parents participate in a parent education and life skills group.
Through the group activities and discussions, the educators mentor children and adolescents. The educators help them form goals, improve their academic performance, and move forward on the path toward university or career. Educators also talk to adolescents about difficult issues, such as peer pressure, drugs, and violence. Together, the teenagers and educators work toward positive outcomes to the complex problems that the young people face. These ideas are reinforced at home as parents apply the skills they develop in the parent education and life skills group.