10-week program
Ages 13-18 Enhances girls'' awareness of their relationships with themselves and others. Themes include "Expressing Myself," "Accepting Different Parts of Myself," "Giving Voice to Feelings,” Romantic Relationships, ” “Girlfights or Girlfriends” and are complimented by activities such as journalling, role-play, sculpting, and more. Highly engaging for teen girls.
| Week |
Theme |
Activity/Description |
| 1 |
Connecting with Each Other |
Creating Group Guidelines & Commonalities Bead Game |
| 2 |
"Labels" - Exploring New Perspectives |
Vision Quest Improvisational Game |
| 3 |
Expressing Myself |
Poetry Reading, Guided Visualization, and Poetry Writing |
| 4 |
Accepting All Different Parts of Myself |
Quick Writing, Group Poster, Sculpting Bowls of Compassion |
| 5 |
Cultivating Respect |
Tea Ceremony |
| 6 |
Giving Voice to Feelings - Part I |
Journaling, Feelings Identification Exercise, "What are Feelings?" Activity |
| 7 |
Giving Voice to Feelings - Part II |
Using "I Statements" Activity, Role-play |
| 8 |
Romantic Relationships - What Is It Worth to You? |
Identifying Relationship Values, Myth Busting, Healthy/Unhealthy Relationships Checklist, Looking at Past Relationships |
| 9 |
Girlfights or Girlfriends? |
"Talk Show" Dramatization (i.e. Oprah Winfrey) and Journaling |
| 10 |
Wholeness and Completion |
Journaling and Mandala Making |
