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The Strong Families Institute
Curriculum
The First Quarter is Survival Skills for Women™,
a nationally known pro-gram designed to teach women basic day-to-day
life skills. This self discovery program, built on adult learner
principles, is a “jump start” to help single mothers better manage
their household, money, health and the behavior and education of
their children. Its primary goal is to help women gain the confidence
needed to take charge of their lives and families and move toward
a healthy life style and stable family. It is a 10-week program
that includes these topics:
Assertiveness
Personal Health
Nutrition
Money Management
Child Management
Self Advocacy
Legal Rights
Coping With Crisis
Community Resources
Job Re-entry
The Second Quarter is devoted to Personal Development and
includes another nationally known program: The Strength Deployment
Inventory™. This assessment tool covers:
Understanding Personal Motivation
Relationship Awareness Theory
Conflict Management
Also included in this quarter are comprehensive sessions on:
Spiritual Formation
Reality Therapy/Choice Theory
Building Self Esteem and Confidence
Making a Personal Plan
The Third Quarter is devoted to Family Development with significant
sessions in:
Spiritual Formation
Effective Parenting
Helping Your Children Succeed
Home Management
Budgeting and Financial Planning
The Fourth Quarter is devoted to Job Skill Development,
Further Education and Long Range Planning. The sessions in this
quarter include:
A Variety of Technical/Job Skills
Being a Life-Long Learner
Making Your Dreams Reality
Personal Mentoring & Field Work
At the successful completion of the First Quarter, each woman is
assigned a trained and dedicated Mentor to help her walk the path
through the rest of this journey. Mentors will aid in assignments,
offer support and model personal accountability and healthy relationship
building. Life Coaches will also guide each woman through a custom
“field work” experience to reveal opportunities and resources, determine
suitability and realistic plans for building her future
Foundational Resources
Dr. William Glasser,
Reality Therapy
Search
Institute, Building Assets
Dr.Ruby
Payne, A Framework for Understanding Poverty
Strength
Deployment Inventory™
Survival
Skills for Women™
The
Parent Institute©
Thomas
W. Phelan, PhD, 1-2-3 Magic/Effective Parenting™
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