When Time is Not On Your Side

As requested by several program staff, we have a list of ideas about which activities can be omitted if the facilitator is running out of time on that session.

FOR THE FAMILY GROUPS:

Session 1:.
Parents and Youth: WE portion of the ME/WE activity can be sent home as homework and shared in the next session.

Session 2:
Parents: Shorten or omit Poker Chip Self-Concept Model.
Youth: Shorten Wish Upon a Star activity.

Session 3:
Parent and Youth: Send home Wounding Message Contracts as homework and review the next time.

Session 4:
Parents and Youth: Send home sharing of My Page activity and review next time.

Session 5:
Parents and Youth: Omit PO Box Happenings.

Session 6:
Parents and Youth: Try not to omit anything from this session.

Session 7:
Parents and Youth: Favorite Memory

Session 8:
Parents and Youth: Do not omit anything from this session.

Session 9:
Parents and Youth: Design Your Avatar can be omitted.

Session 10 and 11:
Parents and Youth: Try not to omit any activities from these session. You can shorten time for graduation if needed.

FOR THE YOUTH ONLY GROUPS:

Session 1: Poetry in Notion
Session 2: Positive Switches
Session 3: Try not to delete any activities.
Session 4: My Page (if you do Design your Avatar in session 9, because they are both positive self-concept building activities)
Session 5: Get Up! And P.O Box Happenings
Session 6: Group Juggle
Session 7: Toys R Us
Session 9: Design you Avatar (if you did My Page in session 4)
Session 10 & 11: Try not to delete any activities.