Develop Confident and Resilient Decision-Makers
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Guide your child in developing the resilience, decision-making skills, and independence they need to navigate life’s challenges with confidence.
Plan Objectives:
Confident Choices: Equip your child to weigh pros and cons and make sound, independent decisions.- Bounce Back Stronger: Teach your child the resilience needed to handle setbacks and manage stress effectively.
- Think Critically: Help your child build problem-solving skills to analyze situations and overcome external influences.
- Discover Personal Values: Support your child in defining who they are and setting meaningful life goals.
- Skills for Success: Foster self-management and decision-making for a brighter, more focused future for your child.
Resilient You: What is Resiliency?
Course Objectives: 
Emotional 
Resilience
- Resilience Building: Enhance resilience through effective goal-setting and learning from setbacks.
- Emotional Regulation: Improve well-being by developing skills for managing stress and emotions.
- Self-Care Practices: Foster resilience by engaging in restful, relaxing, and physical activities.
- Relationships: Develop healthy interpersonal connections using empathy and communication.
- Personal Growth: View challenges and changes as opportunities for personal development and adaptability.
Making Responsible Choices
Course Objectives: 
Social Responsible Decision Making
- Significance: Understand the importance of decisions by evaluating their short and long-term impacts.
- Resistance: Learn to counteract peer pressure and societal expectations with personal strategies.
- Growth Mindset: Embrace mistakes as learning opportunities to enhance decision-making.
- Self-Awareness: Explore how personal beliefs and values influence your choices.
- Ripple Effect: Assess the immediate and extended impacts of your decisions on yourself and others.
MindCraft: Developing Analytical Skills
Course Objectives: 
Intellectual Critical Thinking
- Think Critically: Analyze problems and make informed decisions in any situation.
- Overcome Bias: Recognize biases to embrace diverse perspectives and open-mindedness.
- Communicate Effectively: Express ideas clearly and provide constructive feedback in groups.
- Decide Ethically: Use ethical frameworks to navigate dilemmas with integrity and care.
- Solve Creatively: Enhance problem-solving and collaboration to tackle challenges effectively.
Exploring You: A Journey to Self-Awareness
Course Objectives: Emotional Self-Awareness
- Emotional Intelligence: Recognize and manage emotions to improve mental well-being.
- Self-Awareness: Understand how personal values influence decision-making.
- Boundaries: Set healthy boundaries and practice assertive communication.
- Resilience: Build resilience through coping strategies and self-acceptance.
- Self-Reflection: Enhance skills for positive self-talk and ongoing development.
Dr. Kymberli Barker
Dr. Barker is the mother of two fantastic young men, and they are her priority in life. She holds degrees in biochemistry, math, forensics, and psychology. She is a consultant and a professor at multiple colleges, including the Citadel, and Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. She spent fifteen years in public education, prior. Her personal focus is child advocacy and she developed the Guardian ad Litem/(GAL)/CASA program for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. She is tribally and state sworn as a GAL. Her favorite thing is being a mom.
Dr. Barker created her own or was part of the team that created the course.
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Resilient You: What is Resiliency?
Mandy Mahr
Mandy Mahr is a Masters Level educator who served in public schools in the United States for 15 years before becoming an online tutor to schools with at-risk students, providing social emotional support as well as skill recovery in reading and writing. She is also a consultant for content creation to provide guidance to organizations wanting to engage and employ GenZ. With the technological advances the world has seen in just the last twenty years, it is her goal to train learners to be ready for jobs that don't exist yet. She is passionate about helping learners develop social emotional skills before reaching the workforce.
Mandy created her own or was part of the team that created the course.
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Making Responsible Choices
Dr. Jim Dolson
Dr. Jim Dolson, EdD, is an accomplished business leader deeply devoted to education at all age levels. With extensive experience across diverse industries and unwavering dedication to teaching, he is the ideal person to develop an outstanding curriculum tailored to middle-school students. As a parent himself, Dr. Dolson understands at a personal level the significance of engaging and impactful learning experiences. His expertise as an instructor at multiple universities highlights his ability to inspire minds and bring out their full potential. Driven by a genuine passion for education, Dr. Dolson excels at creating a well-rounded curriculum that challenges and nurtures students' growth. His successful tenure as a K12 Superintendent reflects his commitment to fostering confident and academically empowered individuals. Families can trust Dr. Dolson’s expertise to provide an exceptional educational journey for students, ensuring they receive the best possible learning experience that prepares them for a successful future.
Dr. Dolson created his own or was part of the team that created the course.
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MindCraft: Developing Analytical Skills