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Programs
& Services
(Typical
school day with Susie)
Legacy of Hope®
- Theatrical
School Assemblies and Conference Keynotes
"Legacy
of Hope® and your workshop literally
transformed my life
and
probably have saved many lives.." High School Student
"You opened my
eyes in a way that changed my life!"
Middle School Student
"Two
of my (Hispanic) students understood very
little English, but were awed
by your talk and barely moved during the
presentation." Secondary
School Teacher
For more feedback on Outcomes
of a Legacy of Hope®
Day
Schedule LEGACY OF HOPE®
for
- School assemblies - Grades 5 thru 12
- Effective across culture, ethnicity,
gender,
age and economic boundaries.
Appropriate
for reaching at-risk youth,
high-achievers, leaders, peer educators;
rural, urban, inner-city, Indian
reservations,
public and parochial schools.
Particularly
appealing to Hispanic youth.
- Catholic and other Parochial School
assemblies with follow-up classroom
discussions
where emphasis is placed on spiritual
values in the development of the whole
person;
- Teacher-in-service or staff development;
- Conference keynote for both youth and
adult associations;
- Community/Parenting programs;
- Church youth group, seminar or service;
- Healthcare professional education seminar
(orthodontists,
pediatricians, family practitioners);
- Juvenile justice education and Crime
Prevention;
- Substance abuse/coalition prevention
events and substance abuse
professional education;
- Recovery events and more
Contact us for a LEGACY OF HOPE Assembly
Dav
De-Stress for
Success®
- Workshop
aka Thrive, Don't Just Survive -
Workshop
"Susie was the
best staff development
speaker we have ever had! She kept us on the
edge of our seats; she was great!"
Secondary School Teacher
70%
of High School students tell us they are
excessively stressed, anxious
and worry all the time
...
Give them the essential tools for teens to
make the most of their high school
experience.
Help teens handle peer
pressure, parental and school expectations,
numerous demanding
school and extra
curricular activities, all the while keeping
a positive, peaceful and hopeful
attitude!
These are THE KEY TOOLS
for life success! Instead of escaping life
pressures with alcohol, drugs,
irresponsible sexuality,
dangerous and potentially destructive
choices, give them the insights NOW!
More
Information at Workshop
Information Here
Schedule
Workshops
for
- Classroom Activity after School
Assemblies - For leadership groups,
Advanced Placement Students and other
select groups in Grades 5 thru 12.
- Effective across culture, ethnicity,
gender,age and economic boundaries;
- Teacher-in-service or staff
development - Teachers are equally
stressed and eagerly devour this
material
- Conference Workshop after LEGACY OF
HOPE Keynote - GREAT opportunity to
continue the learning after the
emotionally moving keynote. Teens are
open and eager to glean insights from
Susie. They perceive her as an honest
and direct adult role model and, as a
result,
readily relate and respond to ways to
de-stress their lives, become more
productive, and
get the joy out of sober and drug free
living!
Contact
us to schedule workshops
Youth and Family
Coaching
"You
really made a difference in my life. I never
thought in a million years that I
would open up like I did. Thank you
for helping me face the challenge." High
School Student
One-on-One in-depth
coaching with Susie. iAddress
the serious concerns of teens and famlies
dealing with alcoholism; drug
addiction; grief and loss; bitterness, rage
and resentments; self-harm
and violent attitudes; and
problem communication between parents and
teen.
Schedule COACHING for
- Individual students and/or small
groups who request to speak with Susie
after assemblies.
Pick a classroom, the counselors office,
the auditorium or other safe space on
campus
where students whose lives have been
affected by other people's drinking,
drug use, or
abusive behaviors can come share their
long-held secrets, find HOPE, and be
directed to the appropriate resources.
Teens find Susie to be a non-judgmental,
impartial, unconditionally aware adult
they can talk to.
- Schedule Parent-Teen Coaching Sessions
with Susie as follow-up to her
visit.
Susie's
Four Straight A's APPROACH
Awareness
Susie's one-woman theatrical
LEGACY OF HOPE® program for
school assemblies and
teen conferences delivers
an unparalleled message about motives,
choices, consequences and emotional issues
that interfere with healthy and successful
lives. Susie Vanderlip has an excptional
ability to understand and communicate about
emotions and the part they play in
adolescente decision-making. She conveys
insights and revelations to every audience
through the perceptive and unprecedented
entertainment in LEGACY OF HOPE®.
Susie has the ability to create an
immediate and deep bond with youth through
her sincerity, honesty, and openness. Teens
laugh, cry and identify with her characters,
seeing their friends, families and even
themselves in their heartfelt stories.
You are guaranteed to be able
to "hear a pin drop"
in this program. Teens and adults
grasp critical messages about healthy choice,
character, values, emotional wisdom,
empowered leadership, successful living
and profound insights into the dangerous
obstacles in today's world...
- How damaging alcohol and drug abuse
is on the user's friends and family as
well as
themselves.
- How to reach out for help for depression
and suicidal thoughts.
- How addictive and dangerous self-harm/cutting
are and how to get help.
- How freedom from gang life is possible.
- How teen pregnancy and AIDS can stem
from loneliness, low self- esteem.
- How grief can look like anger and an
'attitude'; and that healing and hope
are possible.
- How effective leadership and high achievement
require empathy, service to others,
and life balance.
Plus more reality messages critical to
adult productivity and teen academic achievement.
In addition, Susie’s new book,
52 Ways
to Protect Your Teen - Guiding Teens to
Good Choices and Success
continues the learning long after she leaves.
This book is an easy-to-read guide for parents,
grandparents, educators, therapists, caring
adults and teen's themselves.
Assessment
After school assemblies, many
schools administer Survey of Hope to students.
Find out the what are the REAL needs of
your teens. National statistics are great,
but what about the students in your school
--
Who really does need a support group to
tackle a drug or alcohol problem? Reach
the many teens that are ravaged by depression,
excess stress, even suicidal thoughts from
family problems to too much pressure to
achieve. Discover which teens) harbor such
Hopelessness that they are enraged and ready
to explode in violence towards a friend,
a sibling or a rampage at school. Reach
the suffering youth who feel such worthlessness
because a parent has abandoned them, is
a drunk, abusive, unbearably critical, that
a teen cannot focus in class and learning
is irrelevant in the midst of mere survival.
Find out WHO WANTS TO BE PART OF
THE SOLUTION!
From peer helping, to service clubs, sober
and drug free programs and more.
Agreement
"My
daughter, a freshman, retold your stories to
me in amazing detail.
She was deeply moved
... it made these issues real to her, it's
not just
an adult saying 'Don't do this.' "
Grateful Parent
"Thank you for your gift to our
community and to my family. How blessed I
felt to sit next to my daughter and listen
to her as she shared your truths. That's
pretty wonderful."
Delighted Parent
Share the message of Legacy Of
Hope® in an evening program
for parents and community.
Invite community leaders, school superintendents,
mental health professionals, faith-based
groups, law enforcement, juvenile justice,
PTOs, school administrators and parents.
This is a powerful opportunity to build
consensus within your community.
Legacy Of Hope®
has the extraordinary capacity to create
a common understanding and mutual empathy
across cultural, gender, age, religious,
and economic boundaries.
Create a moment in time when everyone
will together choose not to deny, ignore
or minimize serious teen social and emotional
issues and, instead, create mutual buy-in
to implement solutions.
Survey of Hope
statistics drive the point home that today's
teens live in a different, more-complex,
ruthless world and need adults toprovide
protection and solutions with Straight A
awareness, accuracy and application.
Action
"Susie was the best staff development
speaker we have ever had! She kept us on the
edge of our seats; she was great!"
Secondary School Teacher
"Susie is really motivated and
speaks to the heart! The best speaker I have
ever seen! I've never related like that
before. Relaxed me in a way I've never felt."
Student
Opportunity for practical
help and concrete change
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Workshops for At-Risk Teens through Teen
LEADERS and Teachers
De-Stress for Success® (DSFS) aka Thrive, Don't Just Survive Workshops
Everyone is under excess stress today
and it influences so many choices. Stress
too often leads to reliance upon alcohol,
drugs, irresponsible sexuality, self-harm,
eating disorders and more for both youth as
well as adults. Advanced Placement
teens are overwhelmed by expectations from school, parents, college entrance
requirements, SAT's, and a myriad of athletic,
volunteer and social commitments. Many
youth are secretly paralyzed by stress from
trauma at home or on the streets, with no
capacity to be mentally present in the
classroom. And teachers have no
time to explore options with the pressures
of 'No Child Left Behind' and national
testing pressures.
In Susie's Workshops, teens are utterly amazed
to experience a "quiet mind" and
awed by relief from performance anxiety,
peer and parent pressures. At-Risk teens
awaken to a new reality - "I am not a
victim. I have choices. Might does not make right'. Parents, employees,
healthcare professionals all find this participatory
workshop a tremendous boost to morale, hope
and personal ability to address their stress.
Programs include:
Yoga for the
Classroom
Positive Self-Talk
Taming the Worry
Wart
Guided Lighted
Meditation
Reframe to Be Sane
Tips and Techniques
Hip Hop Dance for
Drug Free Fun ... and more!
The results from Susie's workshop include:
- Improved attitude - from victimization
to empowerment
- Empathetic listening
- Respectful communication
- Ability to handle difficult people
- Relief from the anxiety and stress
that destroy the kindness and patience
in relationships
- Resilience to the unexpected twists
and turns of life
- Defuses burnout
- Engages our creative, joyful side
- Results in achieving our potential
while keeping our sanity!
Legacy of Hope®
gets results.
- IDENTIFIES teens or adults with need
for emotional support;
- RECRUITS them into support groups as
they reach out and ask for help;
- GENERATES parent and community agreement
that emotional problems interfere with
academic achievement. Create mutual commitment
to provide mental health resources and
address family and youth alcohol, drugs,
abuse and neglect impact on students;
- IMPROVES parent-teen communication,
a goal of No Child Left Behind
- PROVIDES statistics for use in getting
future grant funding.
To
book Susie's programs and services,
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