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Life Shills Taller San Jose (TSJ) believes in supporting individuals through professional and personal growth. Through life skills workshops, trainees develop their ability to enhance their personal and professional lives. The Support Services Specialists are responsible for coordinating weekly life skills workshops throughout the duration of the skills training academy and documenting the workshops in the data management system. Workshops not only reinforce the Steps to Success goals, but also cover a range of topics that meet the needs of students in each cohort. Enriching Your Relationship with Yourself and Others, a curriculum based on the work of world famous psychotherapist Virginia Satir, forms the basis of the Life Skills program. Enriching was selected because of its alignment to Taller San Jose's Social and Emotional Wellness goals: Resourcefulness, Self- Awareness, Social Awareness, Self- Management, and Healthy Relationships. The philosophy of this program is based upon some of the following assumptions: • All people have internal resources that can be used for coping and growing. • Change is possible. • Hope is a significant component of change. • Past learning that is unhelpful can be replaced with new learning. • We have choices, especially in terms of responding to events rather than reacting to them. • We cannot change past events, only the effects they have on us. • Feelings belong to us, we all have them. • Enhancing self- esteem is primary. • Awareness is the first step toward change. • Acceptance of oneself and others is critical to the process of healing. • When we get new information, we have new possibilities. The curriculum offers the following evidence - supported components: practicing mindfulness, self- efficacy, nurturing the spirit, and making heart connections. Through hands -on, interactive activities and discussions, participants learn six skill sets outlined below. Instructors should allow sufficient time for participants to practice the skill sets while using real -life work, classroom and personal examples. Trainees learn how to apply these skill sets to all areas of their lives. Skill 1: Making Contact with Self and Others Objective: To introduce participants to mindfulness and building positive connections Skill 2: Validating (Valuing Oneself and Others) Objective: To help participants develop positive communication skills, i.e. listening appreciatively, and teaching to value self Page 8 Taller San Jose, Support Services Manual EXHIBIT A