Often when organizations design workshops for girls around the risk factors associated with sex the conversation primarily revolves around STD and pregnancy prevention; or scare tactics are used in the hope that girls will abstain. While STD and pregnancy prevention information is vital, the missing element is the emotional and psychological impact that premature and casual sex can have on girls and young women for years to come.  Long term implications need to be addressed as well, such as: depression that comes from feeling discarded after the fact, the sense of unfulfilled longing that comes from trying to meet one's emotional needs through sex, the loss of self-worth and self-value that comes from casual sex with multiple partners, the feelings of disappointment that come from unmet expectations, the inability to create and sustain healthy emotional attachments as a result of buying into the no-strings-attached hook-up trend, the inability to bring closure to toxic relationships because there is a sexual connection and so much more.

Topics covered in this workshop include:

·         What the research says about teens and premature sex with an emphasis on girls;

·         Critical questions that every girl should ask herself before she considers engaging in sexual activity;

·         What girls truly lose out on when they engage in sex prematurely and, or with multiple partners;

·         The psychological and emotional impact of sex;

·         The science of sex...what happens biologically during and after sex and why it is vital that girls and women understand this;

Please note - Copies of Cassandra Mack's books, "Cool, Confident and Strong: 52 Power Moves for Girls," will be on sale at the discounted price of $10.00.   

A Special Bonus for Those Who Register for This Workshop Through Strategies for Empowered Living Inc.

A special report entitled, " Activities and Action Steps To Help Youth Build Positive Self-Esteem" which contains simple activities that you can use to help the youth in your program build self-esteem and personal efficacy. This report is taken straight from Cassandra Mack's nationally recognized fieldguide for youth service providers entitled, Smart Moves That Successful Youth Workers Make. This report will be emailed to you within 5 business days after the workshop.

About Your Seminar Leader, Cassandra Mack

Cassandra Mack, MSW is the founder of Strategies for Empowered Living Inc., a New York based human development company dedicated to helping people succeed and grow. Cassandra Mack is a successful author, a trained social worker, nationally respected consultant and speaker who comes to you with more than a decade of experience working in the nonprofit and business sector. Cassandra’s roster of organizations that her company has worked with include: The Support Center for Nonprofit Management, TIAA-Cref, CSEA, Kean University, Xerox, JP Morgan Chase, NYC Administration for Children’s Services, The Fund for The City of New York, National Resource Center for Youth Services, Urban Leadership Institute, The Day Care Council of New York and the Archdiocese Drug Prevention Program. For more information about Cassandra Mack and her company Strategies for Empowered Living Inc, please visit our company website: www.strategiesforempoweredliving.com

Strategies for Empowered Living Policies

Registration 

Advance registration is required. No on-site, at-the-door registration. If we do not have you on file as registered and paid for in advance, you will not be permitted into the workshop. No exceptions.

Payment

Payment is due by the stated deadline. There will be no on-site registration so please register early.

No Refunds

Refunds will not be given. Transfer to another workshop/seminar will not be given. Substitutions are accepted provided you give us 3 business days written notice via email at: info@strategiesforempoweredliving.com. Please write the words “Workshop Substitution Request” in the subject section of your email. Upon receipt of your request for a substitution we will confirm via email within 1 business day to let you know that we received your request and have put the person you are substituting on our list provided you sent in the request 3 business days in advance of the workshop. If the person’s name who you would like to substitute is not on our list we will not accept the substitution. If you submit your request after the stated deadline, we will not accept your request. No on site substitutions.

Check-in

Check-in begins ½ hour before the program start time.  Coffee/Tea Service is provided.

Certificates of Attendance

Certificates of attendance will be given to each attendee.

In Workshop Conduct

We expect all registrants/participants to behave in a professional manner. We reserve the right to ask a participant/registrant to leave the workshop without a refund if they do not honor our workshop policies or if their behavior is distracting to the class or workshop presenter.

Tax Deduction - All expenses related to maintaining or improving professional skills for employment or business are tax deductible according to Treasury Regulation 1.162-5. Please consult your tax adviser.

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