Voices: A Program of Self-Discovery and Empowerment

$80.00     (Facilitator's Guide)	$9.15       (Journal)

Voices consists of a Facilitator's Guide and a Participant's Journal. It was created to address the unique needs of adolescent girls and young women. Voices encourages girls to seek and celebrate their "true selves" by giving them a safe space, encouragement, structure, and support to embrace their important journey of self-discovery. The program advocates a strength-based approach that helps girls to identify and apply their power and voices as individuals and as a group. The focus is on issues that are important in the lives of adolescent girls, from modules about self and connecting with others to exploring healthy living and the journey ahead. It can be used in many settings (e.g., outpatient and residential substance-abuse treatment, schools, juvenile justice, and private practice).

Voices is based on the realities of girls' lives and the principles of gender responsivity; it is also grounded in theory, research, and clinical experience. The Voices curriculum uses a variety of therapeutic approaches, including psycho-educational, cognitive-behavioral, expressive arts, and relational theory.

The facilitator's guide provides background information about young women, gender-responsive principles, and the theoretical foundation of the program. It also includes information about running the program (program overview, materials needed, and facilitation information). The core of the facilitator's guide consists of Modules A-D which contain 18 group sessions. Each session is written similar to a lesson plan. It gives you the structure and content for each topic and activity.

The Voices Journal utilizes a process called Interactive Journaling ®. In the context of girls' lives, structured journaling provides an outlet for creativity, personal expression, exploration, and application of new concepts and skills.