It's Who You Know

Session Description: 

What you know is important, but who you know can be critical in establishing a path to career success. Join FosterClub in this workshop as we build skills to create and maintain a network, understand the importance of professional boundaries, and identify unique challenges youth in care face.

Learning objectives:

Upon completion of this workshop participants will: 

• Build skills to create and maintain a network of supportive adults (Attachment & Connectedness)
• Identify unique challenges to building and maintaining your network as a foster youth when building social capital (Knowledge of System)

Session outline:

• 5-10m / Introduction & Overview
• 20m / Activity: Go Fish
• 5-10m / Discussion:Knowing your Equipment
• 5-10m / Discussion: Identifying & Strengthening your Fishing Line
• 5-10m / Wrap-up

Slides: Included (optional - not required for presentation)

Reproducible handouts included:

• Social Network Map   

For more information about SPARK curriculum and the evidence behind it, visit www.fosterclub.org/SPARK

Download of this Curriculum provides a license for ONE TRAINER to deliver the training an unlimited amount of times to young people in foster care. See our License Agreement for details.