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Life Skills & Leadership: Unit 1, Session 3: Building Self-Confidence | Page 27 of 93

Session 3: Building Self-Confidence

Date: Time: 120 minutes Facilitator(s):

Facilitator preparation:

1. Make slips of paper (one sheet cut into eighths) for each participant


2. Research agencies and organizations that can help address adolescent physical, mental, emotional, and
   social issues. Be prepared to share several to indicate that participants have resources to help them
   handle the challenges of adolescence.
   (Note: Some organizations may be local or accessible in-country. Other organizations might only be accessible via
   information through websites.)


3. If possible, collect magazines and newspapers. Bring to the session with scissors and tape or glue.
   Multiple items of all would be most helpful. These will be used for the “Graffiti Wall Chart.”


4. Label sections of large paper for the graffiti wall with headings “My strengths ...” “People I can go to for
   help ...” “Things I have accomplished ...” “I help others by ...” “Things that make me laugh ...”


5. Personal posters from the Assessment section (“My Life as Art”) of Session 2: Stages of Adolescence.
   Note: The personal posters made by participants in the Assessment section should be saved by the facilitator. Participants
   will add to them in the Application section of Session 4, the Application section of Session 5, and in the Assessment section
   of Session 7.

Materials:

Equipment

1. Slips of paper; pens or pencils


2. Name badges for characters in skit


3. Magazines, newspapers, glue and/or tape, and scissors


4. Several large papers for a graffiti wall; markers or crayons


5. Index cards – one for each person
   Prepared flip charts
   Flip chart 1: Development During Adolescence
   (Note: If you think participants need a better reminder of the stages of development, use the handout from last session,
   Development During Adolescence, to make the flip chart even more detailed.)
   Flip chart 2: Resources: Skills/Assets, Agencies/Organizations, and People
   (Note: You might want to have Handout 1: Becoming Resilient from Session 1 handy to help guide participants in recalling assets.)
   Flip chart 3: Graffiti Wall (see item No. 3 under preparation).
   Handouts
   Handout 1: Put-Down, Turn Around
   Trainer materials
   Trainer material 1: Script for skit: Sammy and Samantha Plan a Party (two copies)

Learning Objective(s):

1. After considering their own strengths, stage of development, and personal concerns anonymously,
   participants will identify at least two strategies for learning, building skills, or identifying resources to
   address those concerns.


2. After watching a brief skit, participants will describe characteristics of self-confidence, and at least two
   examples of language and behaviors that “build up” confidence or “put-down” confidence.


3. After making a graffiti wall and having a discussion, participants will create at least three “affirmations” for
   themselves that they can use to build their self-confidence and that can be added to their personal poster.