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The Healthy Transitions for Girls Workbook is the essential prevention tool for girls 8 to 14. It builds strengths that help girls resist:
• Bullying and girl drama
• Depression and self-harm
• Eating disorders
• Substance abuse
• Unhealthy dating relationships
• Low self-esteem
Healthy Transitions for Girls helps girls to develop positive body image. You bet! Developing positive body image duri
ng a girl's transition through puberty is a CRITICAL FACTOR in preventing substance abuse, eating disorders, unhealthy dating relationships, low self-esteem, and mood disorders. Yet sadly, studies indicate that as many as 80 percent of girls have negative body image. At a time when they are most vulnerable, today’s girls face an epidemic of unrealistic, destructive, and sexualized messages about appearance, identity, and relationships. Without intervention from informed parents, mentors, counselors, and educators, girls will not be able to navigate the minefield of media messages that destroy identity, self-worth, and moral boundaries essential for long-term, healthy relationships. The Healthy Transitions for Girls Workbook addresses ALL factors shown by research to promote positive body image:
• Identifies negative belief systems and creates positive belief systems
• Supports holistic wellness
• Supports healthy parent relationships
• Builds peer relationship skills
• Teaches media literacy and critical thinking.
• Encourages healthy concepts of femininity (gender role)
• Supports global and physical self-esteem
• Teaches coping skills and positive values
The Healthy Transition for Girls Workbook offers:
• Activities, role plays, art projects
• Detailed workshop plans for schools and agencies
• Parenting resources that are can be used daily
• School-based intervention tools
• Therapy aids for individual, family, and group counseling
Healthy Transitions for Girls is the ESSENTIAL prevention tool for Parents, Grandparents, Mentors, Counselors, Educators, and the girls they love.
