Achieving Real-Life Skills

3 credits · Undergraduate

(3 hrs Lecture) This course is designed to prepare educators to work more effectively with at-risk youth. Using a variety of practical resources, students learn how to help adolescents develop transferable, personal skills in a variety of domains. Students are introduced to the STARS (Steps to Achieving Real-life Skills) Program, a middle years guidance curriculum for at-risk young people that can be implemented on an individual, small group, or total classroom basis. Components of the program include self-reflection, relationship-building, anger management, values clarification, drug and alcohol awareness, family dynamics, and listening and communication skills.