The creative reproducible handouts, exercises and activities in this workbook will help teens reach several goals, including bringing out the best from within and building new strengths. Teens – Discovering Identity and Moving Toward Independence will greatly enhance your work with teens by engaging them in creative writing and journaling, introspective exercises, and constructive feedback.
Key Features
- Bring out the best from within
- Build new strengths
- Emulate positive role models
- Reinforce each other’s individualism
- Demonstrate age-appropriate autonomy
- Develop independent living skills
Additional Information
To peak the teens’ interest, every handout has an interesting fact at the top, introducing the concept of that page. Example: Page named WHAT INFLUENCES TEENS? FAMOUS PEOPLE.
FACT: Celebrity-ism is a multi-million dollar pastime. Every time you turn on the TV, listen to music, surf the internet or read the news, you see superstars. Media often treats them like royalty, and they are often imitated. The workbook is filled with creative ways to get teens interested and involved.
The eight chapters include the following:
- Personal Identity
- Physical Identity
- Emotional Identity
- Cognitive Identity
- Social Identity
- Spiritual Identity
- Identity and Independence
- Daily Skills Matter
Teens – Discovering Identity & Moving Towards Independence Card Deck
Use the open-ended questions with groups or individuals to kick-start a session. Each question corresponds to a specific page in the book.
Sample Questions:
- Think of the person in your life with whom you feel the closest. How are you alike? How are you different?
- In what types of situations do you like to socialize? Explain.
- What aspect of your life is most important to you right now? How important do you think it will be ten years from now? Explain.
