Explanation of TEEN TRUTH’s Mission and Objectives

TEEN TRUTH’s primary focus lies in building school culture, fostering student resilience, and amplifying student voice. TEEN TRUTH offers various services, including school assemblies, student leadership summits, and professional development workshops. These initiatives aim to address important social-emotional challenges and to empower students to create a positive impact in their school environment.

Company Programs and Content

TEEN TRUTH: School Assembly: This is a customizable presentation by TEEN TRUTH which offers schools the opportunity to choose from a selection of films and student stories to create a tailored school assembly program. The presentation covers issues such as bullying, drug abuse, self-esteem, and family communication, and is usually delivered by trained motivational speakers to encourage students to find their voice and embrace social-emotional content.

TEEN TRUTH: Leadership Summit: The goal of the Leadership Summit is to empower student leaders with a deeper understanding of school climate issues and to guide them in developing actionable plans. It focuses on brainstorming solutions, developing initiatives, and fostering connections within the student body with an aim to enhance school safety and build positive campus culture.

TEEN TRUTH: SEL Curriculum: This is a peer-to-peer program that is designed to help school counselors extend guidance efforts across campus. This curriculum emphasizes building relationships, decision-making, goal-setting, resilience, and more, targeting the holistic development of students.

TEEN TRUTH: Professional Development Workshops: These workshops are led by JC Pohl, LMFT and focus on enhancing school culture, building student resilience, and improving mental health. Keynote style programs can last as short as 1-hour, while workshop style programs can last as long as 3-hours with ideal audiences being teachers, staff members, and school administrators. Topics include:

School Culture

Building a strong school culture should be the first priority of every school leader. It is proven to decrease bullying, enhance academic performance, and increase student engagement. Based on JC’s popular book, Building School Culture From the Inside Out, this session reveals his framework for giving students a voice and empowering them to take ownership of their school culture.

Resilient Students

Teens die by suicide each week. Students are crushed by bullying every day. Why can some work through adversity while others can’t? JC offers a direct pathway to one singular solution: resiliency. It’s the ability to take the hits and keep moving forward. Based on his thought provoking book, Building Resilient Students From the Inside Out, this program offers a blueprint that is guaranteed to unleash the powers of resilience within your students.

Campus Relationships

Relationships are the key to any successful life experience, but they are often the hardest thing to cultivate. As a licensed marriage and family therapist JC Pohl understands the importance of meeting each other’s needs, yet many of us don’t know how to simply define those needs. Based on Pohl’s Building Campus Relationships From the Inside Out, this interactive program will clearly illustrate the relational needs that we all have, and teach attendees how to use this new vocabulary to build stronger connections at work and in life.

Overall, TEEN TRUTH is committed to empowering students, creating a supportive school culture, and addressing crucial social-emotional issues through a variety of impactful initiatives and resources.