The Resiliency Set
AGES 9-18, 38 Sessions Total
NEW SET created in 2023 to address the current mental health crisis among youth. We've identified four activity guides for all genders with specific themes and activities relevant to helping youth get through this difficult time. Growing Healthy, Going Strong; Wise & Well; PRIDE; and Empowerment and Identity on Social Media each support the mental health of children and teens in crisis.
AGES 9-18, 38 Sessions Total
Created in 2023 to address the current mental health crisis among youth. We've identified four activity guides from the models Unity Circle, Girls Circle, and The Council for Boys and Young Men aimed specifically at supporting mental health. Growing Healthy, Going Strong helps boys navigate and process emotions; Wise & Well tackles substance abuse and the stigma of mental health; PRIDE counters isolation and internalized self-rejection in LGBTQ+ youth; and Empowerment and Identity on Social Media promotes ways to maintain mental health and safety while engaging with social media.
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| 10 sessions | Growing Healthy, Going Strong The Council for Boys and Young Men Activity Guide |
Boys will have fun identifying social-emotional messages, experiences, attitudes, and smart options for growing up male in our culture. Competition, bullying, recognizing and expressing emotions, male and female role expectations, self confidence, and teamwork are highlighted through games and team challenges. Boys develop vocabulary and skills to expect and enact fairness, healthy competition, and respect for self and others. |
| 8 sessions | Wise & Well Girls Circle Activity Guide |
Teen girls are literally bombarded with potential risks to their safety in all areas of their lives - whether it is living in the technological age of cyberbullying, sexting, and online predators or dealing with the high prevalence of binge drinking and marijuana use, depression, anxiety, coping with emotional pain or experiencing hardships at home. Yet adolescent girls are a wealth of wisdom and their capacities for health and wellness are rooted in the strengths and bonds of healthy relationships. In this guide, girls and facilitators walk through the myriad of common 21st Century risks with discussions and activities that inspire eyes wide open, minds sharp and aware, and hearts willing to step up to leadership for their own health and safety. Activities include navigating the digital world of cyberspace, social networking, and texting, practicing coping skills, decision making and "being in charge" in relation to drinking and drug use, and busting the stigma about mental health. In this guide, girls find that their true desires, power, best intentions, and shared knowledge are robust resources to stay safe and whole on their path toward womanhood. |
| 10 sessions | PRIDE Unity Circle Activity Guide |
A 10-Session Unity Circle guide for LGBTQ+ youth of all gender identities, sexual orientations and allies: transgender, cisgender, nonbinary, gender non-conforming, agender, gender fluid, gender questioning, two-spirit; gay, bisexual, lesbian, straight, and pansexual. For ages 9-18. This circle program provides a safe and supportive environment for all youth with expansive gender identities and sexual orientations and their allies. It actively counters isolation, internalized self-rejection and other adverse health and mental health effects on LGBTQ+ youth due to marginalization. With respect for individual safety, control and preference, and with no requirement for self-disclosure, the circle promotes belonging, inherent value, and community resilience. Includes instruction for in-person and online facilitation. |
| 10 sessions | Empowerment and Identity on Social Media Activity Guide Girls Circle Activity Guide |
An essential tool and resource to promote healthy development for youth growing up in today’s digital world. Providing skills development for media literacy, digital citizenship, and more accurate information on how to use social media safely and in more of an emotionally healthy manner, this curriculum harnesses the relational strengths of youth to effectively explore the complex intersecting topics of technology, body image, cyberbullying, exploitation, and relationships. |