Objectives

This program enables participants to:

• discover unique personal skills and talents with respect to life/work roles and interact positively and effectively with others;
• build, reinforce and maintain a positive self-concept;
• see how knowledge and skills already gained are directly related to future life and work roles, and how expanding these in purposeful ways opens doors to new opportunities;
• explore financial management and budgeting, and realize there is a link between education and training, income and such lifestyle aspects as time available for family, community and leisure;
• explore a range of teamwork, problem-solving, decision-making and communication skills, and develop effective work habits in multiple life/work roles;
• explore diverse work and community roles and discover what aspects of these roles bring most satisfaction;
• explore links and balance between work and broader life roles, including the dynamics of building, living in and contributing to a family and community;
• explore the impact of chance events and how to convert adversity to opportunity;
• explore work search and creation skills, and effective personal marketing and time management skills;
• make judicious choices regarding work and other aspects of life, assume greater control over events they can affect and move forward in a positive and determined way.