School-based Programs

YDP is a apart of our summer program that provides a training project-based learning will cover the basics of hair braiding. Our H3 Training Program focal point is critical thinking and a healthy lifestyle. The target audience is youth who would like a chance to generate income and become self-sufficient while still in high school and beyond.The project is designed to introduce students to the hair braiding profession specifically and to the profession of natural hair styling, in general. ABT’s project-based courses provide an introduction to the marketable skills training in the broader field of professional hair braiding and natural hair care and what is required to become a professional braid technician and how this profession can contribute to economic self-sufficiency. Cultural skills training includes positive thinking, evaluation of self, creating a “new me,” etiquette of body image, identifying skills, focusing on healthy thinking, conflict resolution and healthy eating.