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Youth Modules

Introduction:   Getting on Board & Connecting

Getting to know each other. History & background and building trust.  Setting the ground rules and boundaries.  Identifying some positive goals and a plan

 

1.  The Difference Between Anger & Violence

     When and how to draw the Line. Understanding the difference. Types of violence and

     abuse.  What’s underneath my anger? What’s going on for me? What do others see and

     hear? What is it like for them?

 

2.  Triggers – What Pushes My Buttons?

     Personal triggers – what pushes my buttons? Ways of dealing with triggers in a positive

     way.  Why has a trigger become a trigger? Why is something a trigger for me and not for

     you?

 

3.  Anger & Stress  Management

     Green Light/orange Light/Red Light Zones.  Wind up thinking or calm down thinking?

     Moving from zone to zone - How to choose the direction.  The 4 cornerstones of well-

     being - staying in balance

 

4.  Communication & Listening Skills
     Good and Bad listening habits.  Looking at my styles of Communication.  Understand the
     difference between passive, aggressive and assertive styles of communication.  How to 
     improve your listening habits

5.  Choices and Conflict Resolution
     Good and Bad choices.  The ongoing snow ball effect of these choices. The Path of
     Growth & Change – Staying on Track.  Motivators (what helps me stay on track). 
     Restraints (what doesn’t help me stay on track)
 
6.  Self esteem
     Why is self esteem so important? Positive and negative messages. Building self esteem. 
     What are you good at and what is good for you?  Goals and steps to get there.

7.  Human Development – Growing Up
     What are the different stages of human development? What tasks needs to be achieved
     at each stage. What is the particular behaviour for each stage? What do children need
     from their parents & other adults? Know what to expect at your stage of development.

8. Values and Beliefs
    What are your values and beliefs? Where do our values and beliefs come from? Which
    beliefs wind you up into the red zone/Which beliefs calm you down into the green zone?
    What happens when beliefs clash?

9.  Roles and role Modelling
     What is a role and why are role models important? What are healthy roles and unhealthy
     roles – how do they impact on ourselves and on others?  Where, how and why did we
     learn our roles?  Our peers as role models. How can we develop and grow into new
     healthy roles?
 
10. Safety Plans & Staying on Track
      Developing a Plan & a Support System. Choosing the right people to support me. Useless

      and Useful ways of supporting. What is conflict? Why is it important to ‘resolve’ it? What

      are the steps we need to take? Understand the value of ‘I’ statements

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