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Core Course #lU: YOUI' Pel'sOI;ol G/'Owtlt PIIIII: Devcloninl!: Intra-ncrsonal Skills 1. COURSE Ih:sCRIPTlON One arca of emotional growth that lags in at-risk youth is the area of intra-personal skills. Unemployed persons olten anger quickly. Thcy also exhibit impatience and other traits that reduce intra-personal effectiveness. This unit is designed to allow the youth to improve his/her relationship with himself or herself. II. COURSE OIl.JECTIVES After completing this session, each participant will be ablc to: o Assess and improve their degrce of sell~discipline; o Assess and improve their degree of self-control; o Engage in regular and continuing self-assessment; o Adopt and embrace the value of honesty; and o Elevate their ability to cope with stress. III. COURSE ACTIVITIES This session will consist of all role-plays. Role-plays will be used to allow the youth to explore their intra-personal skills in each area listed in below. . SELF-DISCIPLINE - Self-discipline involves the applying of skills to get things done which need to be done and done in a timely manner. Get the youth to role-playa situation involving procrastination. Then teach them to write daily TO-DO lists. . SELF-CONTROL - Self-control involves the youth's ability to personally manage different aspects of his/her life including language, dress, appearance, sexual behavior, and abstinence from criminal behavior. Self-control also references the youth's ability to display appropriate behavior in relationships. . SELF-ASSESSMENT - The youth must learn to introspect, identify their personal feelings in each situation, and learn to manage them. Self-assessment also involves the youth learning about their own personal talents and strengths, and verbally recognizing their weaknesses and mistakes. Only then can the youth define realistic goals and objectives. This unit will allow the youth to revisit their Asset and Liability plans from the unit on self-esteem and to begin to engage in sell~assessment as a routine component of their lives. . HONESTY - Honesty is critical. The youth must be trained to be totally and brutally honest with themselves first and with others second. A workable activity that can be used is a board game such as Scruplcs. Coping with stress is so broad that it will be covered in the next unit. Again, this is a session that will include parents, siblings, and friends so that the youth's social circle is included. T:lsk 8: Parcnting Skills Development for Parcnts of thc Youth Independently of family structure, parenting styles that are supportive of the positive development of youth can be adopted. Oekovic and Janssens (1992) found that youth who were reared by parents who offer a controlled environment, engage in clear CHCADA's Response to RFP# PY2002 Page 28