Getting a Job | Interviewing | Keeping a Job | Communicating | Non-Verbal Communication | Active Listening | Problem Solving | Life Skills | Help students on their path to adulthood with these essential life-skills lessons & activities!

EASY-READING LESSONS:

These easy-reading activities feature dialogue between teens as they experience job searches, interviewing, employment, communicating, and problem-solving situations. Following each scenario, insightful lessons discuss the possible reactions someone might have, and what the likely outcomes would be, based on whether their reaction was positive or negative. Helpful tips, strategies and advice are included to help students learn to make good choices in the future...

PURPOSEFUL ACTIVITIES:

A variety of exercises follow the reading passages and guide students along their path to self discovery, while also helping them to solve problems and make good choices. Exercises include true/false, matching, fill-in-the-blanks, multiple choice, sentence completion, crossword puzzles and subjective opinion.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

GETTING A JOB:

• Self Knowledge
• What Type of Job is Right For You?
• Finding a Job
• Interviewing
• Grooming & What to Wear to an Interview
• Interviewing- What to Do
• Interviewing- What NOT to Do

KEEPING A JOB:

• Traits of a Good Employee
• Behaviors of a Bad Employee
• Having a Good Attitude
• Following Directions
• Being Valuable

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:

• Active Listening
• Non-Verbal Communication
• Body Language
• Tone of Voice

PROBLEM SOLVING:

• Identifying the Problem
• Determining Facts from Opinions
• Researching the Problem
• Evaluating the Consequences
• Establishing Solutions
• Initiating Action Plans
• Solving the Problem

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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR SUCCESS 10-BOOK SERIES:

Provide students with the basic skills needed to attain success in school and in life! This series helps develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become a healthy, productive adult. Topics are discussed in a non-threatening conversational manner, and are designed to guide students and help them see alternatives to the various choices they might make...

TITLES IN THIS SERIES:

Anger Management

Peer Pressure

Communicating Effectively

Improving Self Concept

How to Handle Stress

Learning How to Study

Learning How to Take a Test

How to Get Good Grades

Succeeding in the Classroom

Succeeding Outside the Classroom

Dropping Out of School

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Recognizing Depression

Career Choices

Choosing a College

Peer Pressure

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Page Count: 55 pages

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