DEMONT
POPE
MENTORING PROGRAM
P.O.P.E. LEADERSHIP CURRICULUM™
LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
The Leadership Summit is a one-day session with a mission to provide real
life steps for youth/young adults that have been exposed to Adverse
Childhood Experiences (ACEs) toward productive and successful future
leaders using financial literacy, identity recognition, cognitive and business development and more.
PURPOSE
The Purpose Over Pointless Excuses (P.O.P.E.) Leadership Curriculum ™ is an educational resource that combines strategies and methods utilized in Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), and Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) training to provide practical Life Skills and foundational tools that students can immediately apply to their everyday lives. These tools will help our youth/young adults identify, assess, and solve problems and challenges that students face daily, such as retention, bullying, insecurity, low self-worth, poor decision making and emotional instability.
OBJECTIVE
Help youth/young adults identify their true leadership potential and self-worth so that they can walk out of insecurity and into the security of their authentic selves and become productive adults
and confident contributing leaders in society.
What are ACEs?
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are potentially traumatic events that occur before a child reaches the age of 18. Such experiences can interfere with a person’s health, opportunities and stability throughout his or her lifetime-and can even affect future generations.
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What is SEL/PBIS?
The acronym “S.E.L.” refers to Social Emotional Learning and it is an educational method that aims to foster social and emotional skills within youth/young adults. CASEL’S 5 Pillars of Social Emotional Learning are 1.) Self Awareness, 2.) Self-Management, 3.) Responsible Decision Making, 4.) Relationship Building Skills and 5.) Social Awareness. The letters “P.B.I.S.” refers to Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports which are ideas and tools that schools use to improve the behavior of students.
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What are LIFE SKILLS?
Life skills can be defined as skills that give people the ability for adaptive and positive behavior to effectively handle the demands and challenges of life. They may also be referred to as psychosocial skills because they are psychological in nature and include thinking and behavioral processes. Life skills have also been defined as behavioral, cognitive, or interpersonal skills that enable individuals to succeed in various areas of life.
LESSONS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (ACE’s) - OVERCOMING ADVERSITY
POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTIONS & SUPPORT (PBIS) - CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL) - SOCIAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
RESPECT vs DISRESPECT - BENEFITS & CONSEQUENCES
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT - MENTAL HEALTH/SELF-WORTH
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & SKILL BUILDING
FINANCIAL LITERACY
