Teen PROGRAMS & RESOURCES

Under The Teen Compass are two different resources, both designed for use in schools and nonprofits The Teen Compass Wellness Notebook and materials to help you facilitate Teen Compass Wellness Circles. Both materials provide a private place for teens to assess their wellness in eight, interconnected areas, and to think about how they can make positive changes to create greater wellness in their lives. 

Both resources help teens determine what they can do in each area to create more health and wellness in their lives, decide what changes they would like to make, answer reflective questions, and have a place to examine their own choices. When either is used in a group setting, opportunities become available for teens to discuss challenges to being well, and to brainstorm ways to overcome those obstacles. Stresses are normalized, and community is created.

 

Teen WELLNESS RESOURCES

 

Teen Self Assessment

The Teen Self Assessment consists of eighty statements, ten for each of the eight different areas of wellness: care for the body, spirituality, relationships, stress resilience, organization, rest and play, work/school, and handling emotions.

The intent is to help teens observe where things stand for them now, and help them determine if there is an area of wellness to which they would like to pay more attention. We also offer digital versions our self assessment tools.

 

COMING SUMMER 2024: The Wellness Compass Notebook for Teens

Created by two experienced marriage and family therapists, this interactive notebook is designed to offer support and guidance as teens seek greater wellness and balance in all areas of life.

Inside this 130-page, 8.5 x 11-inch notebook, you’ll find key concepts, helpful resources, and practical tools for each of the eight dimensions of well-being on our Wellness Compass for Teens. These areas include: Relationships, Emotions, Spirituality, Rest & Play, Care for the Body, Resilience, Organization, and School/Work.

 

The Teen Compass Wellness Notebook

The Teen Compass Wellness Notebook, a colorful, 114-page consumable notebook, is designed for use classrooms or in other places where teens are gathered.

Teens will learn about and discuss what wellness looks like in each of the eight areas of wellness, create SMART goals, and have a place to journal for self reflection.

 

The Teen Compass Wellness Notebook Leader Guide

The Teen Compass Wellness Notebook Leader Guide is a 74-page guide containing everything a leader or teacher needs in order to facilitate a group using The Teen Compass Wellness Notebook.

The curriculum is organized into eight units, each unit taking an in-depth look at one of eight areas of wellness in a teen’s life.

 

SMART Goals Worksheet

Our SMART Goals Worksheet will help teens identify the small actions they are ready to take towards personal wellness.

SMART goals stands for:

  • S - Specific

  • M - Measurable and observable

  • A - Achievable

  • R - Relevant

  • T - Time Sensitive

 

Teen Wellness Circle Program Workbook

The Teen Wellness Circle Program Workbook is used by teens in a Teen Wellness Circle, a 6-week wellness program that helps teens design the changes they are ready to make to enhance their own well-being.

In a Teen Wellness Circle, participants gather with a facilitator to: assess their own wellness, discuss important wellness lessons, support each other as they work on NEXT Steps, share the challenges of being a teen today, and build community.

 

Teen Wellness Circle Facilitator Guide

The Teen Wellness Circle Facilitator Guide is a guide for running the 6 sessions that make up a Teen Wellness Circle.

The facilitator will find guidelines for leading the group as well as tips for group discussions based on Motivational Interviewing.

A Teen Wellness Circle Program Workbook is needed by all group members and is recommenced to the facilitator as a companion to the facilitator guide.

 Teen WELLNESS CIRCLE PROGRAM TUTORIALS

We have put together a series of tutorial videos for “How to Facilitate the Teen Wellness Circle Program” that will help you prepare for facilitating wellness circles using our resources. Click the button below to view our series of video tutorials.

Teen Wellness Circle Program Tutorials:

  1. Welcome and Introduction From Your Co-Trainers

  2. What Exactly Is A Teen Wellness Circle?

  3. Comparing the Teen Wellness Circle Program with the Teen Compass Wellness Notebook

  4. Overview of the Facilitator Guide and the Participant/Program Workbook

  5. How To Facilitate Session One of the Teen Wellness Circle Program

  6. How To Facilitate Session Two of the Teen Wellness Circle Program

  7. How To Facilitate Session Three of the Teen Wellness Circle Program

  8. How To Facilitate Session Four of the Teen Wellness Circle Program

  9. How To Facilitate Session Five of the Teen Wellness Circle Program

  10. How To Facilitate Session Six of the Teen Wellness Circle Program

WHAT TEEN WELLNESS CIRCLE PARTICIPANTS ARE SAYING

“The teachers at MPS (Milwaukee Public Schools) love The Teen Compass Wellness materials!”
— Brett Fuller, Curriculum Specialist: Health, Physical Education, Safe and Supportive Schools, Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), Wisconsin
“I have found that once we look at the eight important areas of wellness in The Teen Compass Wellness Notebook, meaningful, thought-provoking discussions take place. Teens are talking and listening to their classmates and come to the conclusion they are not alone in this world. They realize that other students have the same anxieties and frustrations in trying to gain independence. Ultimately, their wellness improves on the journey to adulthood.”
— Lisa Bromley, Health teacher, Shorewood High School, Wisconsin
“Our Next Generation is pleased to use The Teen Compass materials as a premiere tool in our suicide prevention efforts as we help our teens achieve good mental health and strengthen their ability to build meaningful social connections.”
— Our Next Generation, Inc., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
“We have discovered that The Teen Compass Wellness resource helps teens in many ways, including helping them to: set personal goals, practice healthy decision-making, become self-advocates, analyze influences, practice positive interpersonal communication, practice self management, and take personal responsibility.”
— Charlie Uihlein, Founder and teacher, We Grow Greens Non-Profit, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 WELLNESS PROGRAMS & RESOURCES

 At The Wellness Circle Initiative, we have created a variety of wellness programs & resources. Click the photos below to learn more.

 WELLNESS RELATED LEARNING

 Education is a priority for us at The Wellness Circle Initiative. See below to learn about our educational wellness offerings.

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