*Thrive In The Hive (working with adolescent girls)*

By Stephanie Jensen, M.S.

Surviving the Girl's World of Good and Bad Relationship Bee-haviors

Being a teenage girl in todays world can be tough! While girls and boys deal with many of the same issues; some growing-up struggles are unique to the experience of being a girl in our society. This resource can help provide a foundation for girls to navigate together through many of these issues and relate them to their own personal experiences. Using this curriculum, girls gain a stronger sense of selfworth and belonging in their families, with their peers, and in their communities.

Thrive in the Hive provides you with a curriculum of lessons, activities and reproducible pages to be used with individuals, or for an eight-week small group with girls.

The girls will explore different roles that girls assume within the structure of social cliques. It also includes interactive lessons to guide girls on a journey to explore the keys to building healthy friendships. The sessions include an introduction and activity for personal refection. In these sessions girls will learn how to:

Explore their role in the relationship hierarchy

Identify strengths and potential difficulties for each role

Avoid peer pressure to behave a certain way

Develop strong, healthy relationships with others

Explore their self-identity in social groups

Be aware of the power behind words in conversations

Practice positive self-thought with positive words

Additional activities include:

How perceptions impact relationships

Valuing similarities and differences

Exploring cliques and stereotypes

Jealousy and how it can harm friendships

Role Play scenarios on relational aggression

Grades 6-12

54 Pages, Black/White Illustrations, Paperback, 8.5 inches X 11 inches