Explore PowerUp Girls for Life with 2 FREE lessons!
Are you a parent or professional looking for ways to support tween and teen girls’ mental and social health and self-esteem in these stressful times?
The plug-and-play PowerUp Girls for Life educational program may be just what you’re looking for! View the curriculum here.
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An Important Message for Parents
Although they may not show it, girls are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress and mental health issues.
Doing these educational lessons, activities, and games with your daughters can spur crucial future conversations, fortify your relationship, and show that you want to hear about their lives—all foundations for mental health, safety, and success needed by girls today.
Consider gathering other parents and families to do joint lessons at PowerUp Girls parties, or asking folks at schools, sports clubs, community and youth organizations, or women’s groups about running a PowerUp Girls for LIfe program in your area. Your female school counselor and gym or health class teachers may also be interested.
Learn about available program sections and discounted bundle here
About the free sessions
Welcome Session for Students and Leaders
Girls having fun getting to know each other with a mixer game
Builds confidence, respectful communication, connection, positive culture, and teamwork while explaining mental health and life skills and how these can make the difference between difficult and empowered lives. The fun game allows students to practice following directions and having positive, affirming interactions with other girls they may not know in a group setting and/or with their instructor(s). Outlines session flow and life skill benefits of feeling prepared, optimistic, worthy, empowered to be equal, and resilient under pressures girls face growing up today (the PowerUp acronym).
Session 1: Self Esteem and How to Build It
Explores what good, healthy self-esteem looks and feels like, where it comes from, how it is very different from harmful entitlement, and how girls can start or continue building it. Explains how things such as empathy for others, self-compassion, recognizing strengths, valuing diversity, social engagement, optimism, and standing up for oneself and others feed self-esteem.
Laughter during the game in Session 1
Designed by professionals to be easy, engaging, and effective
Based on research and pilot tested by the all-volunteer nonprofit Youth Empowerment Group of mental health, education, and medical professionals, this innovative mental and social health life skill program provides 4th through 12th-grade girls with practical information and tools for:
mental health and coping
safety around people and on social media
healthy relationships
equality
academic success
all CASEL competencies and much more
in fun, active learning experiences that require minimal prep and supplies!
Although designed for school counselors, social workers, teachers, and youth-serving organizations, these plug-and-play video-led lessons are appropriate for use by parents with their daughters and groups of parents and women in:
sports leagues
faith-based groups
community centers
homeschools
summer camps, and
parent or mentor groups.
Female instructors are highly recommended for effectiveness and the safety and comfort of students.
However, program use may be appropriate for legal guardian fathers and their daughters who are in a safe, stable relationship and by male professionals who implement this program in accordance with their organizational guidelines and have women helpers present.