This program is designed for students who do not need long term mentorship and do not
have immediate graduation challenges. It is for teens who need to learn and understand the basic life skills they will
need to successfully transition out to society upon graduation. This ten week program has been taught as a certificate
or credit program based on the needs of the students. These teens are also given the opportunity to extend their program beyond
the 10 weeks to extended mentorship if desired. This program covers:
Week 1
Making
Decisions (critical thinking skills)
Making Money
Week 2
The Art of Budgeting
Week 3
Living on Your
Own
Week 4
Buying a Home
Banking Services
Week 5
Credit
Credit Cards
Week 6
Cars and Loans
Consumer Awareness
Week 7
Saving and Investing
Week 8
Personality Testing
and Job Fit
Confidence Testing and Assessment
Resume Basics
Week 9
Resume Creation
Interview
Skills
Week 10
Education Research
Education Plan and Career Portfolio
Smooth Transition has creataed a Pre-Employment Job Readiness, Financial
Literacy, and Life Skills 10 week intensive program for students who need less one on one mentoring and want to attain
the skills they need faster. We offer this program as a credit program as well for schools and programs who qualify.
Statistically our students come away from our program with much higher levels of confidence across the board. When completing
our 10 week intensive program, students tested showed a 26% increase in overall career development confidence levels and a
26% increase in career problem solving confidence, a 22% increase in career planning confidence, a 22% increase in career
goal setting confidence, a 27% increase in occupational information confidence and a 26% increase in career self-assessment
confidence levels. Program participants also saw an average 13.32% increase in overall perceived self-worth and value
upon completion of the program. In addition, program participants saw an average 37.5% decrease in perceived achievement
barriers. These barriers include age, physical, self-confidence, education and training, financial, time, family concerns,
fear of failure, fear of success, fear of the unknown, lack of focus and fear of making the wrong decision (see graphs
below).
Overall Career Development Confidence
Scores After Completion Of 10 Week Program
5 Subscales of Career Development Confidence Scores After Completion Of 10 Week
Program
Perceived Achievement Barrier Scores After Completion Of 10 Week Program
Perceived Self-Value and Self-Worth Scores After Completion Of 10 Week Program
