Voice & Choice: Embracing Boundaries and Consent
10 Session Program | For Ages 11-18
Voice & Choice: Embracing Boundaries and Consent is a nonjudgmental youth development approach to fostering teen awareness of boundaries and consent. This 10-session Unity Circle® activity guide contains essential tools and resources to promote healthier relationships, boundaries, and autonomy for youth.
10 Session Program | For Ages 11-18
Voice & Choice: Embracing Boundaries and Consent is a nonjudgmental youth development approach to fostering teen awareness of boundaries and consent. This 10-session Unity Circle® activity guide contains essential tools and resources to promote healthier relationships, boundaries, and autonomy for youth. The compilation guide consists of two new sessions that explore the meaning of consent, what it is not, how to identify healthy vs. unhealthy behaviors, and how one can advocate for themselves when presented with unwanted behavior. Eight of the ten session have been thoroughly selected, updated, added to, and adapted from previous Girls Circle®, The Council for Boys and Young Men®, and Unity Circle® activity guides to be applicable for use within any One Circle Foundation model. Also available as a digital flipbook.
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Session
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Theme
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Activities
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| 1 | Healthy Relationships | Creating Circle Guidelines, Hot Shots, Relationship Reflections |
| 2 | Youth Rights | My Boundaries, Statement to Members of Congress |
| 3 | Setting Boundaries & Staying Safe | Discussion, Practice with ”I Statements”, Defining My Rights, Banner of Rights Activity |
| 4 | Respect the Yes AND the No! Period. | Popcorn Feelings Regarding Consent & Coercion, “Ways to Say Yes and No”, What to Do When Your No is Refused? |
| 5 | Green Lights, Red Flags: Navigating Consent in Relationships | What is Consent? (Video), Consent or Naw?, Dating Flags List Completion, “If…” (Individual Self-Reflection) |
| 6 | Consent Must Be Invited to the Party! | Viewing Videos on Consent, Easy or Difficult to Talk About?, Group Discussion about Consent |
| 7 | Forming Healthy & Safer Sexual Practices | Card Game with Conversation |
| 8 | Understanding Sex, Love, & the Mind/Body/Spirit Balance | Defining Terms & Small Group Discussion, Personal Standards Statements |
| 9 | Being the “Ruler” of Your Own Body | Brainstorm and List Making, Writing Exercise, Discussion |
| 10 | Understanding the Alcohol, Drugs, & Sex Connection | Teen Stories, Role-play, Group Discussion |
| Sample Pdf Link | https://onecirclefoundation.org/media/pdfs/Sample-UC-VC-S4.pdf |
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