What is Empowerment?
Empowerment is a social skills curriculum developed for use with students with Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities in St. Paul Public Schools.
It is an approach to people and behavior that is founded on the belief that each person has core value - a universal birthright meaning that every person is lovable, important, and valuable regardless of a their behavior or any other personal characteristics.
Read more about Empowerment.
Use & Copyright
Many of the posts on this website are intended for use in Empowerment groups in Saint Paul Public Schools. Therefore access is limited.
All lessons are under copyright by Saint Paul Public Schools' Empowerment. Unauthorized use is prohibited.
Year 2 Archive
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Lesson #1 Introduction to Year 2 Pre-Test
Introduction to Empowerment Year 2 and Pre-Test -
Lesson #2- Core Value (Benjamin Button)
Film clip from "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is used to illustrated the concept of Core Value. -
Lesson #3 Core Hurts (Part #1)
Introduction to core hurts. Asking students to reflect on their own core hurts. -
Lesson #4 Core Hurts (Part 2)
Newspaper article about Ambrose Achua is used to discuss Core Hurts. -
Lesson #5 State of Mind
Using a video of a graduation ceremony, key components of State of Mind are introduced and discussed. -
Lesson #6 Cognitive Distortions
Introduction to cognitive distortions. -
Lesson #7: Cognitive Distortions, Part 2 (Now What?)
Students learn a technique to re-frame their thoughts. -
Lesson #8- Is Your Life Filled With Anger?
Activity in which students reflect on the amount of time/energy is consumed by being angry. -
Lesson #9 Life Is A Theater
Review from Year 1: moving people in your audience. -
Lesson #10 Moving People In Your Audience
Returning to the story of Ambrose Achua, "moving people in your audience" is taught.