Introduction The growing numbers of lone-parent families is drastically increasing year-by-year, according to statistics Canada, especially, single mothers, as they make up the highest percentage of single parents in Canada. Single parents experience poverty more than male parents because of the income inequality. This facilitator toolkit will focus on single mothers living in the Dixie-Bloor nieghbourhood by developing a plan of action.
Goal Setting
1. One Individual Goal: by attending this session, I want to cook healthy meals and to minimize buying fast food.
2. Two Group Goals:
• We all want to be able to practice extreme self-care and follow-through with it in order to reduce social stress.
• We all want to be educated about the community …show more content…
For example, “What is not started today,” on one piece of paper and “is never finished tomorrow” on another paper till the sentence/s from the quote is completed. The co-facilitator will ensure that the number of piece of paper should match the number of participants in the group, and should be folded.) The folded pieces of paper should be put in a hat or a bag. Each participant should take a piece of paper from the hat/bag and come together has a group to match up the words to make sense, then one member in the group will read out loud the quote (Vickthorr, 2011, p. 5). After this, one of the co-facilitators will ask this question: spend a few moments to think about the quote, and say what it means to you today, at this point in your life? In order to do this activity, poster boards/blank papers; markers; and a hat/bag are needed. This activity will be 5 minutes at maximum, including the debriefing of …show more content…
The “primary focus is for group members to develop new skills to cope with specific challenges of daily living” (Brodreau, 2015, p. 8); coupled with Educational/Psycho-educational, which the “primary purpose is educating/sharing information” (Brodreau, 2015, p. 7). The group activities are comprised with 8 skill sessions; each session has a specific topic or skill to empower single moms with some specific skills. The purpose of this group is through our 8 skill sessions members gain some useful skills to help them cope better with challenges, and become more confident and resilient and even can empower their beloved ones and people around
Goal Setting
1. One Individual Goal: by attending this session, I want to cook healthy meals and to minimize buying fast food.
2. Two Group Goals:
• We all want to be able to practice extreme self-care and follow-through with it in order to reduce social stress.
• We all want to be educated about the community …show more content…
For example, “What is not started today,” on one piece of paper and “is never finished tomorrow” on another paper till the sentence/s from the quote is completed. The co-facilitator will ensure that the number of piece of paper should match the number of participants in the group, and should be folded.) The folded pieces of paper should be put in a hat or a bag. Each participant should take a piece of paper from the hat/bag and come together has a group to match up the words to make sense, then one member in the group will read out loud the quote (Vickthorr, 2011, p. 5). After this, one of the co-facilitators will ask this question: spend a few moments to think about the quote, and say what it means to you today, at this point in your life? In order to do this activity, poster boards/blank papers; markers; and a hat/bag are needed. This activity will be 5 minutes at maximum, including the debriefing of …show more content…
The “primary focus is for group members to develop new skills to cope with specific challenges of daily living” (Brodreau, 2015, p. 8); coupled with Educational/Psycho-educational, which the “primary purpose is educating/sharing information” (Brodreau, 2015, p. 7). The group activities are comprised with 8 skill sessions; each session has a specific topic or skill to empower single moms with some specific skills. The purpose of this group is through our 8 skill sessions members gain some useful skills to help them cope better with challenges, and become more confident and resilient and even can empower their beloved ones and people around