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YOUTH
CURRICULUM

MENTAL WELLNESS

STORYTELLING MISSION

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Soul Stories facilitates a Mental Wellness Storytelling Workshop for middle and high school students utilizing the principals of social emotional learning. Our mission is to teach students how to develop personal tools and build meaningful community that supports their social, emotional and mental wellbeing. We do this by providing students a safe structured space to engage in intentional play-based activities, personal story writing, facilitated sharing and creative expression.

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WE OFFER:​

One-off workshops

Up to twelve weeks of reoccurring workshops

Teacher & organizational trainings

Customized packages to suit the needs of your community

We approach mental health from an unique angle.  Instead of a clinical approach, Soul Stories targets social isolation by increasing young people’s feelings of connectedness, and providing transferable tools for youth to build those connections beyond the workshop.​

Youth Curriculum

Youth Curriculum
Soul Stories: Mental Health Storytelling Workshop

Soul Stories: Mental Health Storytelling Workshop

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Workshop Intro

Workshop Intro

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Teacher / Organizational Training Intro

Teacher / Organizational Training Intro

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OF THE DPS STUDENTS WE HAVE WORKED WITH...

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97% SAY OUR
SESSION WAS VALUABLE TO THEM

94% SAY IT TAUGHT THEM SKILLS THEY CAN USE TO SUPPORT THEIR FRIENDS

99% WOULD RECOMMEND US TO OTHER SCHOOLS

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SOUL STORIES 
HELPED ME...

“WITH FINDING OTHER PEOPLE WHO GO THROUGH THE SAME THINGS AS I"

“FIND ME, FEEL MY EMOTIONS & BOND WITH MY PEERS"

"THINK DEEPER ABOUT THE STORY I WANTED TO TELL & GET THE COURAGE TO SAY IT IN FRONT OF PEERS"

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PILLARS OF THE CURRICULUM

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Play

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Coping
Strategies

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Storytelling

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Performance

Soul Stories created a space for our students to take risks and be vulnerable by creating genuine and compassionate peer relationships. Their magic is in their ability to model and relate to students by sharing their own successes and challenges in order to demonstrate the courage they hoped each student would work towards. Danny and Noah balance a room full of grace, liveliness, community, collaboration, and fun. It was a place our students embraced and looked forward to being a part of.

 

- Chelseas Audin, Assistant Principal of William Smith High School

Interested in supporting our youth curriculum? Start a conversation with us!

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