4 Week Class/2 days wk/1 hr Wk

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For 1 hour 2 days a week for 4 weeks, this positively, encouraging, enthusiastic, and interactive program is created to enhance communication skills in a unique way. It teaches children from ages 8-16 to build comfort in effectively communicating out loud, answering specific daily questions, as they identify positive qualities within themselves and their peers, they'll engage in collaborative group and team discussions and interactive activities, build on the thoughts of their peers by linking their comments; while actively listening, they will learn about and recite positive statements about themselves and peers, and lastly, verbalize and demonstrate creative thinking as they create & deliver a short story to class in order to strengthen their identity, enhance self-esteem, self-worth and confidence, in a very fun way...using Psychologically proven techniques.

The children will:

1.  Enhance, practice & demonstrate communication skills
2.  Develop assertiveness & assurance 
3.  Develop trust in self & others
4.  Positively utilize the power in their words
5.  Set & accomplish goals 
6.  Develop comfort in discomfort
7.  Embrace & Enhance their positive attributes within themselves and others
8. Create and deliver a short story

Each session is structured the same and each class is built on one another, for intentional wellness developing related purposes.    

OBJECTIVES:

• Identify positive attributes in people and self 
• Develop positive attitude/identity 
• Develop assertiveness 
• Develop assurance 
• Develop trust in self and peers
• Practice and demonstrate communication skills 
• Demonstrate and practice self-expression of feelings, ideas, and knowledge 
• Self-evaluate 
• Recognize self-value 
• Receive and provide positive recognition and 
• MOST IMPORTANTLY Positively utilize the power in their words!

The most prevalent component in this program is the use of the Psychological proven affirmation philosophy. 

*Affirmations are positive statements used to mentally instill positivity into a child, which “manifest into our lives and who we are. What we believe about ourselves at a subconscious level, can have a significant impact on the outcome of events.” (W. Jacobsen, M.D.)   

**New skills learned will require continued action, w/parent encouragement for child to verbalize their affirmation/s of choice in the morning or evening.

**There will be 3 short homework assignments 

This program succeeds in that! You wil NOT be disappointed!

Confidence Speaks program was approved by the State of California, in April 2019 to be a continued education course for Administrators in Group Homes for ages 8-16.

I am incredibly honored to teach this class to you, so you can play it forward and teach the program to your children.

For best retaining results: Class should be taught 1 hr/2 days a wk/4 weeks.

 
This positively, encouraging program was created to enhance audible expression to identify, embrace and maximize a child's positive thoughts and feelings, in themselves and others in order to strengthen their identity, through 3 Psychologically proven techniques  

• Affirmation Philosophy,
• Restorative approach 
• Interactive engaging activities 

The children will develop and/or enhance confidence and/or self-esteem and/or self worth by:

1. Individually and in a team, learn and recite positive statements about themselves and peers (with my special technique), 
2. Verbal expression, creative thinking, and self-examination through answering relevant questions to help them identify with positive characteristics with themselves and others, 
3. Engage in interactive activities,
4. Exercise trust in self and peers, 
5. Develop comfort in discomfort with speaking out, and setting and accomplishing goals. 

Each session is structured the same and each class is built on one another, for intentional wellness developing related purposes.    

OBJECTIVES:

• Identify positive attributes in people and self 
• Develop positive attitude/identity 
• Develop assertiveness 
• Develop assurance 
• Develop trust in self and peers
• Practice and demonstrate communication skills 
• Demonstrate and practice self-expression of feelings, ideas, and knowledge 
• Self-evaluate 
• Recognize self-value 
• Receive and provide positive recognition and 
• MOST IMPORTANTLY Positively utilize the power in their words! 

The most prevalent component in this program is the use of the Psychological proven affirmation philosophy.  

*Affirmations are positive statements used to mentally instill positivity into a child, which “manifest into our lives and who we are. What we believe about ourselves at a subconscious level, can have a significant impact on the outcome of events.” (W. Jacobsen, M.D.)    

As a child, my parents were physically and emotionally unattached, I was humiliated by my 4th grade teacher, bullied by upper classmates, and raised by my caring but strict grandparents. Verbal communication wasn't encouraged in my household, so instead of speaking up, I remained silent. As a result, my identity, self-esteem, self-worth and confidence were effected for almost 20 years of my life. Consequently, after a life changing event, I began counseling, completed many years of self-healing programs, and developed solid Faith in God; which resulted in identifying, embracing, and accepting the unknown/known hurts, and forgiving myself and others, in order to finally heal...emotionally, physically and mentally. I became passionate about the self-healing and reflection process and began to study more. Now, I am COMMITTED to share my experiences, education, and research on the importance of self reflection, positive self encouragement, and learning to utilize the power we have within ourselves through our words. 

I am an enthusiastic instructor who knows how to positively engage children. My greatest passion is sharing my skills and joy with children and seeing the results. 

For the last 24 years (off and on) I've worked with children; teaching, mentoring, counseling, and volunteering with children from public, private, and Sunday Schools.    

I created this program (Confidence Speaks) in 2018 after seeing the results from some of my students in a Sunday School class I was teaching. 

In April 2019 - Confidence Speaks was accepted by the State of California as a continued education course for Administrators working with children in Group Homes. 

> B.A. in Communications, 

> Minor in Child Development, 

> PCIT (Parent/Child Interaction Therapy) Certified

> Child Counselor Certified

> Congitive Behavioral Therapist (August 20, 2020)

I have two children; one 25 and one 9. I love photography, traveling, siteseeing, horseback riding, bike riding, hiking, reading, helping others, and learning about self improvement.