Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “life skills”
Entering into the Spring season means that it is a time when we can take a step back and focus on various areas of self-care. One of the most powerful outlets for self-care for our HALO youth is through attending trauma informed yoga and meditation classes at the HALO Learning Center. According to healthline.com, a traumatic event is an …
January is goal-setting month at HALO and our youth are already well on their way to getting their goals off the ground and turning them into a reality. The Learning Center has made sure our youth have learned how to set goals that are SMART: (S)pecific, (M)easurable, (A)chievable, (R)ewarding, and (T)imely. Many of our youth set goals that revolve around …
Integrity, noun: 1: Firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values; incorruptibility 2: HALO’s September Life Skill 3: What our kiddos show in spadesThis week, our kiddos created comic strips depicting themselves or others showing integrity. We discussed how having integrity means keeping promises, being honest, and doing the right thing. Some of our characters are standing …
In our workshops this month, we worked to help teach our youth to have healthy confidence in themselves by encouraging positive self-talk and facilitated discussion about the things that make them feel confident. We found ways to help youth rethink negative thoughts about themselves and helped steer conversations toward talk of strengths and talents — we taught them to focus …
The life skill for the month of May was focus! Our art projects this month were centered around this theme. We believe it is important to cover this topic with our youth because focus is the foundation for a solid work ethic, which provides opportunities and success for our kids. Check out what they have been up to below!On the …
Through out the month of April, our kids have been learning about the concept of “Time Management.” To teach this life skill, we did various art projects.
November’s Life Skill is “Health”. HALO invited Kelli Jones to join us to speak at our monthly staff meeting. Kelli took a holistic approach to health, focusing on mind, body, and spirit. Kelli talked about the importance of prioritizing sleep to let your body heal. Creating a bed time routine is helpful to let your body know it is time …
This month we’re focusing on “respect” as our July Life Skill. Three-time All American Pole Vaulter, Vera Schmitz, talks about respect and what that has meant in her own life. Vera began talking respecting others from her experiences as a member of a team. She stressed the importance of respecting the group’s energy. At a particularly difficult practice, those who …
