Mindfulness - 10 deep breaths and saying to ourselves "I'm okay"

Week 9- Setting Boundaries

Mindfulness - Listening to classical music - notice your breathing and how it begins to match the pace of the music and slow down

Gratitude Logs

Guiding question: What works to set a boundary? What doesn’t work?

Activity: emotional boundaries (circle of relations), Review and practice setting a boundary

Closing: Who is an example of someone who has good boundaries?

SEL: Self management

Week 10- Friendships and Healthy Friendships

Mindfulness - mindful coloring

Gratitude Logs

Guiding question: How do you know if you are in a good friendship? What are some warning signs of unhealthy friendships?

Activity: what makes a good friend, friendship form, evaluating your own behavior

Closing: favorite activity to do with friends?

SEL: Relationship Skills

Mindfulness- guided meditation around thoughts and perspectives

Gratitude Logs

Guiding questions: What is normal? Who defines normal? Have you ever seen the same situation very different than a sibling or friend?

Activity- hearing a different word, cutting picture into 5 perspectives, 7 blind mice story (drawing perspective)

Closing activity: A time you thought you were so right but heard a new perspective that changed everything

SEL: Social Awareness

Mindfulness- self compassion - guided meditation about stress and challenges

Gratitude Logs

Guiding questions: What is your responsibility to help build and keep our community safe?

Activity: Definitions, Pay it forward (stickers), Erase Meanness, Prep for Poster Activity

Closing activity: favorite tv show with a positive community

SEL: Social Awareness

Week 13- Inclusion and Advocacy

Mindfulness- Affirmations - journal and say to yourself

Gratitude Logs

Guiding questions: Was there a time when you were teased about your identity? Was there a time that someone reached out to you?

Activity: Here’s What I say - Action Poster - hand activity poster

Closing: pair/share - what would your perfect community look like?

SEL: Social Awareness/Relationship Skills

Mindfulness - ANTs- Automatic Negative thoughts - journaling

Gratitude Logs

Questions: How is the online world different from reality? What is different about your friendships online?

Activity - Netsmartz PP, telephone, spelling bee video, once you post video

Closing - Favorite App

SEL: Responsible Decision Making

Mindfulness - Positive Psychology Cards

Gratitude Logs

Questions: How do you apologize? Why is it so hard?

Activity: A day without tech video, Gchat, Identifying adults, Jeopardy (password protection)

Closing: do a practice apology

SEL: Responsible Decision Making

Part 1 - Interview of someone with a different identity than yours

Part 2 - Self Reflection of Interview and reactions

Part 3 - Practice in Empathy - Walking in someone else's shoes - Two daily journals imagining yourself with a different identity

Week 16 - Tobacco Education

Mindfulness - Work out

Gratitude Logs

Questions: Talk about a recent tobacco ad you have seen and where?

Activity: Tobacco Powerpoint, Orange youtube station, red vine activity

Closing: What’s a response to someone that ask you to smoke

SEL: Responsible Decision Making

Week 17- Gender

Mindfulness - Body Scan for Tension and Stress

Gratitude Logs

Question: How early do you remember learning a gender role?

Activity: Gender presentation, Genderbread person, introduction of gender spectrum, Gender Roles and Society

Closing: Favorite toy as a child?

SEL: Social Awareness

Week 18- Human Sexuality

Mindfulness - Just dance and dancing

Gratitude Logs

Intro: Mixed Gender, Do not get in the way of others getting information they need, anonymous questions on notecards

Activity: Dr. D’s Birds and the Bees(10 minutes), Puberty Workshop (80 minutes)

SEL: Self Management/Responsible Decision Making

Week 19- Emotions/Emotional Intelligence and Self Talk

Mindfulness - Aromatherapy and different scents

Gratitude Logs

Question: What is emotional intelligence and why is it important?

Activity: Inside out film, My emotions, Facial recognition activity, Emotional Pie Chart, Things that I enjoy

Closing: What emotion is easy for you to show? What emotion is harder for you to show?

SEL: Self Management

Week 20- Self Talk and Self Compassion

Mindfulness - Bells and Bowl sounds -

Gratitude Logs

Question: What is self talk and why is it important?

Activity: Self-Compassion Sheet, Summer Checklist, Self-Care Sheet

Closing activity- Celebrity

SEL: Self Management/Self Awareness