Independence Skills

Below is a list of maturity and independence skills we will be working on all year.

Responsibility: Realizing that your actions always have consequences and making yourself accountable for what they are (positive and negative!)

Self-Control: Stopping to think what is a useful and appropriate reaction to a given situation, instead of just "popping off".

Looking Ahead: Planning ahead, not just around today's pleasure, but in terms of next week, next month, or even next year.

Understanding: Learning what others are thinking and feeling and having concern for their welfare.

Motivation: Developing goals in your life and the desire to work hard for them.

Decision-Making: Learning to judge a situation and make an intelligent and appropriate choice by evaluating the pluses and minuses, including your own values.

Good Health: Wanting to take good care of your body, so it will serve you well the rest of your life.

Love: Learning to give as well as receive love and to share closeness with truth and tenderness and loyalty.