Youth Effectiveness Training (Y.E.T.)

Being an Adolescent isn’t always easy und as an Adult we often forget what it was it was like. It can sometimes be overwhelming for an Adolescent. Trying to find out who they are, to succeed in school, to make friends, to fit in and to get along with their parents, siblings, teachers, coaches and bosses.

Y.E.T. helps kids by teaching them communication skills to handle these challenges of growing up. They learn how to take more responsibility for their own needs and decisions. And they learn how to develop better relationships with their friends and family. As a result, their self-esteem and self-confidence increases. The purpose of Y.E.T. is to help youth develop themselves socially and emotionally by offering them both basic personal development skills as well as relationship skills. These are skills youth can use in all areas of their lives and for a lifetime!

What Youth Will Learn:

• To communicate open and honest in all relationships
• To become aware of their important needs
• To talk straight about their needs, concerns and problems without blaming others
• To make and keep friends
• To tune in to others and listen with empathy to understand their point of view
• To overcome fears that block them from doing what they want to do
• To resolve conflicts with friends, family and others instead of arguing and fighting
• To relate to people who are different from themselves
• To develop an action plan for their meeting important goals

How They Will Benefit:

• They understand themselves and others better
• They develop communication skills that they can use in all their relationships throughout their lives, whether at home, school or at their workplace
• They can meet their own needs and goals and overcome fears that block them
• They have empathy for and understanding of other people
• They can they get along well with others and can make and keep friends
• They can resolve problems and conflicts peacefully
• They experience less stress and tension in their lives both at home and at school
• They have higher self-esteem and increased self-confidence

Workshop Description:

Youth Effectiveness Training is an 18-hour program, which is divided into 12 90-minutes segments. The workshop includes creative activities, games and skill book exercises that appeal to kids. They also participate in role-playing and other engaging activities that make it fun for them to learn the Y.E.T. skills.
It is designed for youth between the ages of 12 and 18 years, both those who are coping rather well and also those who are having difficulty taking responsibility for their lives or those having problems at school or strained relationships at home.
Y.E.T. provides kids with healthy alternatives to self-destructive methods such as rebellion, retaliation, lying, running away or using drugs.

**This course may also be run within school classes upon request. Contact me for more information.