ORIENTATION--

What is it?

Needs assessment

GETTING ORGANIZED

--time management (making a schedule-using Dreamweaver)

GOAL SETTING--When you fail to plan, you plan to fail!!

value clarification

overcoming obstacles

transforming complaints to goals

long term vs short term goals

FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS

--giving directions

--test taking techniques

GETTING ALONG WITH OTHERS

--problem solving

-----on the job (supervisors/co-workers)

-------in school (teachers/classmates)

PARENTING

--single parents (problems/solutions)

--parent/teacher (relationships/school system)

--selecting day/child care(make a collage of how you & your children spent a weekend--using Quark or Photoshop)

VALUE CLARIFICATION

What is important to you?

PROBLEM SOLVING

--Use Internet to search for help agencies/information

--self-sufficiency

--helping vs empowering

IT'S ABOUT CHANGE

--motivation and change

--motivation to change

--overcoming resistance

--dress for success

--computer make-over (make before & after photos using Photoshop. Go to LANDSEND.COM on the internet)