Middle School and High School - Esteem

Assertiveness Training for Girls

Determine personal comfort zones and set boundaries that stick
Distinguish among passive, assertive and aggressive behavior
Learn about the importance of voice control and body language when dealing with acquaintances and strangers who do not respect personal or professional boundaries

Stepping Forward: Leadership Training for Teens

Learn the hallmarks of collaborative leadership
Understand the roles of emotional intelligence and technical knowledge
Understand one’s talents and skills and learn how to apply them in the real world

Did I Just Say That? Inclusivity Training for Teens

Learn why microaggressions matter: Intent vs. Impact
Understand the veils of social interaction
Recognize adverse communication situations and practice resolution skills

Is There an Emoji for That? Social Media Training for Teens

Safe social media use
The positive and negative effects of social media
Understand Social Media Identity

Conflict Transformation

Learn the five conflict styles and recognize when each is most effective
Master the building blocks to assertive communication
Understand the impact of nonverbal communication

Loud and Clear: Understanding Listening Styles and Gaining Listening Skills

Decode nonverbal communication
Develop active listening skills
Learn to communicate like a listener and listen with empathy

Media Literacy

Learn to be active consumers of popular culture
Understand how media shapes values and cultural beliefs about love, sexuality, and other issues
Make conscious, values-based choices about media consumption

Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies

Evaluate negative results of poor body image (e.g., eating disorders, self destructive behaviors) as well as the psychological and social impact of these disorders
Understand the role mass media plays in developing cultural ideals of beauty for men and women
Establish a realistic and attainable sense of beauty

Public Speaking With Confidence

Decrease public speaking anxiety and increase confidence
Learn the essential components of a good presentation
Prepare and successfully deliver a speech and receive audience feedback

Job Interview Skills

Develop strategies for communicating competence
Gain skills for reducing anxiety
Learn to be a confident negotiator

Parenting with Compassion and Connection

Develop strategies that reduce frustration
Keep marriages strong in the face of sibling rivalry, divisive children, and other set-backs
Explore the challenges of parenting, including discipline and parenting special needs children

Mean Girls, Cliques, and BFFs: Bullying Solutions for Girls

(Middle and High School)

Understand how relational aggression (RA)/female bullying erodes the self-confidence of target and bully alike
Develop problem-solving and conflict resolution skills to take an active role in creating a bully-resistant environment
Understand how media impacts girls’ relationships
Learn about the power of empathy to transform relationships

Man Up: Bullying Solutions for Boys (Middle and High School)

Learn to take an active role in creating a bully-resistant environment
Learn about the power of empathy to transform relationships
Gain verbal and nonverbal communication skills to respond to bullying
Understand what constitutes unwelcome attention and sexual harassment

Not in Our School: Creating and Maintaining a Bully-Resistant Environment

Identify and support participants in the bullying triad (bully, target, and bystander)
Understand communication dynamics that perpetuate the bullying cycle versus those that foster positive communication
Enhance established academic curricula to incorporate anti-bullying pedagogy and foster empathy and collaboration

From Milk Money to Cyber-Stalking: Understanding Bullying in the 21^st Century (For Parents)

Understand the roles played in the bullying paradigm
Learn to recognize the warning signs of children impacted by bullying
Develop strategies for raising empathetic children who take an active leadership role in creating bully-resistant environments

Communicating, Dating and Relating for Girls

Enhance interpersonal communication skills for work, school, and dating situations
Practice setting and enforcing boundaries
Master physical self-defense techniques to handle worst case scenarios

Communicating, Dating and Relating for Boys

Master conflict resolution, de-escalation, and physical self-defense skills
Learn to correctly interpret verbal and nonverbal communication common in social situations, including dating
Understand what constitutes unwelcome attention and sexual harassment

Keeping Our Children Safe: Sane Talk for Concerned Parents

Develop a realistic sense of dangers facing today’s children
Learn how to talk to children about safety in an empowering rather than frightening way
Gain information about avoiding abduction, molestation, and peer harassment/assault

Teen Esteem for Personal Safety (1-hour assembly program)

Gain skills for avoidance, deterrence, and resistance of physical and verbal assault
Learn to assess the potential danger in a situation
Get answers to questions about assertiveness, safety, and self-defense in this interactive seminar

A Girl’s Best Defense: Self-Defense Workshop for Teen Girls

Build communication skills and self-Esteem to set effective boundaries
Master physical self-defense techniques
Deliver full-force blows to equipment or padded instructor
May include opportunity to participate in simulated assaults with padded “assailant”

Esteem for Boys: Self-Defense Workshop for Teen Boys

Gain conflict resolution skills and techniques for de-escalating altercations
Understand what constitutes unwelcome attention and sexual harassment
Deliver full-force blows to equipment or padded instructor
May include opportunity to participate in simulated assaults with padded “assailant”