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Steps to Success

Steps to Success. A Road Map to College and Career Readiness. Steps to Success. Module 1 Who Is This Person?. From This…. … To This. From This…. … To This. From This…. … To This. From This…. … To This.

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Steps to Success

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  1. Steps to Success A Road Map to College and Career Readiness

  2. Steps to Success Module 1 Who Is This Person?

  3. From This…..

  4. … To This

  5. From This…..

  6. … To This

  7. From This…..

  8. … To This

  9. From This…..

  10. … To This

  11. When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. - Mark Twain "Mothers of teenagers know why animals eat their young“ "A teenager is always too tired to hold a dishcloth, but never too tired to hold a phone." "Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree"

  12. Steps to Success The teen years are a period of intense growth, not only physically but emotionally, socially and intellectually. It's understandable that it is a time of confusion and upheaval for many families

  13. Steps to Success The goal of parenting teens is to successfully launch them into adulthood

  14. Steps to Success Typical Characteristics Of Teenagers* • Emotional • Physical • Social • Intellectual * Compiled by Bob Stahn. www.wellspringcounselingllc.com

  15. Physical • Awkward • Experimenting • Energetic • Hormone Driven • Out of control • Mobile / free • Rarely likes own appearance • Gawky (as is anything in its • adolescence) • In transition from child to adult • Growing (out of clothes) • Often hungry or • eating • Adult body but not • maturity * Compiled by Bob Stahn. www.wellspringcounselingllc.com

  16. Emotional • Near sighted • Invincible, risk taker • Self conscious • Doesn’t know self • Defensive often • Curious • Moody, chaotic internally • Awkward • In transition from child to adult • Confused/confusing • New and wonderful experiences • Sensitive about self • Insensitive about others • Volatile • Know-it-all • Disconnected with others • Experimenting • Enmeshed with peers • Unstable • Dependent • Independent (second • toddlerhood) • Narrow minded • Does not know self • Inadequate • Insecure

  17. Social • Peer oriented/pressure • Self conscious • In transition • Unskilled/Awkward • Manipulative • Without a niche • Liberated from “kid” status • “Pairing up” interests • Acceptance-focused behavior • Individual identity • Being seen/recognized • (on stage) • Mobility • Freedom • Experimental • Insensitive about others • Sensitive about self • Clothes status • Manipulative • Alone/misfit • Want distance from parents * Compiled by Bob Stahn. www.wellspringcounselingllc.com

  18. Intellectual • Black and white thinking • Abstract thinking • Idealistic thinking • Here-and-now thinking only (no future) • Pseudo-stupidity (due to little experience) • Experimentation with boundaries • Experimentation with values • Question “Who am I?” • Question “Am I normal?” • Question “Who and what should I believe” * Compiled by Bob Stahn. www.wellspringcounselingllc.com

  19. Steps to Success The Influence of Society on Teens

  20. Society Says... The world revolves around you!

  21. Society Says... You Need Stuff!

  22. Society Says... You Must Be Constantly Entertained!

  23. Society Says... The Virtual World is a Great Place to Live!

  24. Society Says You Must Stay Connected

  25. Technology • Online Usage: 12 – 17 yo • 95% regularly use the internet • 69% have own their computer • 37% have smart phones • 24% use game console to get • online (Pew Research 2012)

  26. Technology • Social Media Sites • 73% of teens have a social media profile • Avg. teen has 201 FB friends • 18% of teens create private email or social network profile

  27. Technology • Cell Phones • 78% of teens have a cell phone • The avg. teen sends 60 texts/day • 40% of teens plan to buy an iphone in the next 6 months

  28. Technology The typical teen logs more than seven hours a day and more than 50 hours a week in front of a TV, computer, or cell phone screen (Kaiser Family Foundation 2012)

  29. Technology Today’s teens are the most connected generation in history.

  30. Technology That connectedness will influence their development.

  31. Parenting Make Your Voice Heard !

  32. The goal of parenting teens is to successfully launch them into adulthood

  33. Parenting Be a Tugboat

  34. Parenting • Tugboats are: • tenacious • powerful • influential

  35. Parenting The function of the tugboat is to guide ships

  36. Parenting • Assist ships leaving & entering the harbor • Move ships to a desired direction • Tow ships who cannot move under their own power

  37. Parenting Top 5 Tug Boat Tips

  38. Parenting Set clear boundaries and discuss consequences

  39. Parenting Learn to let go

  40. Parenting Expect the best

  41. Parenting Listen more….

  42. Parenting Be observant and involved

  43. Steps to Success “If we treat people as who they can become, they will be inspired to rise to the level of our expectations.” ~ John Maxwell

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