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 #11 Looking Within
Mary J. Blige interview is used to highlight concept of "Looking Within." -
Lesson #12 Why Is Taking Responsibility So Hard To Do? (Looking Within, part 2)
Sarina Williams lesson used to continue the concept "looking within." -
Lesson #13 Anger Activity- Volcano
Experiential activity demonstrating additive effects of anger. -
Lesson #14- Looking Within, Power Mode, Weak Mode
"There's a Hole in the Sidewalk Story" used to illuminate power mode/weak mode. -
Lesson #15 Assertiveness vs. Aggressiveness
Experiential activity focusing on different communication styles. -
Lesson #16 Self-Care
Students identify early warning signs of stress. -
Lesson #17 Coping with Stress in Healthy Ways
Lesson in cognitive-behavioral application to coping with stress. -
Lesson #18- Affirmations
Introduction to Affirmations. -
Lesson #19 Failure Messages: The “Anti-Affirmations in Our lives”
Experiential activity demonstrating the negative impact of failure messages. -
Lesson 20- Angry Man in Hotel Lobby
Video highlighting outcome of uncontrolled anger. Link between thoughts and feelings.