Participant’s Manual
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Collective Group Activity:
Responsibility Group Definition Consideration:
Issues to Consider: Sum up all of the above by giving a simple definition of responsibility. How do you feel about yourselves when you are responsible? How do you feel about others when they are responsible with their obligations that have to do with you? What do you think this quote means?
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Did you know that researchers have often described truancy as a “stepping stone” to more serious delinquent activities? Collaborative Group Activity: Participants are to stay in their same groups and close their course guides. They are to work together to come up with a list of what they think could happen to them if they continue to be truant. Students are to have an open discussion with the collective group after their mini-group discussions to share their answers. We did some research and we found these immediate repercussions of truancy for both youth and their parents. How did your lists compare with the one below? Teen’s driver’s license suspended. Teen having to appear in juvenile court and being placed on probation; thus establishing a juvenile record. Teen being suspended or expelled from school—which would make missing school not a choice, but a mandate. Parents getting huge fines or even going to jail Here's part of how each state around the U.S.A. have dealt with truancy: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/23/-sp-school-truancyfines-jail-parents-punishment-children published June 2014 Alabama, truant 1-7 days. Maximum fine and jail time not defined Alaska, truant 1-5 days. Max fine and jail time left up to local districts Arizona, truant 1-5 days. Max fine and jail time not defined. Arkansas, # of days truant left up to local districts. Max fine $500. Jail time not defined. California, truant 3 days or 10% of school year chronic truant. Max fine $100 (1st offense); $250 (2nd offense); $500 (3rd offense); $2000 for “chronic truancy”. Max jail time 1 year for “chronic truancy.” You might have to check in on a GPS-enabled device 5 times daily. Colorado, truant if 4 days in one month or 10 days in one school year. Max fine $25 per day truant. Max jail time not defined. Connecticut, truant if 4 days in one month or 10 days in one school year. Max fine $25 per day truant. Max jail time not defined. Delaware, truant 3 days, Max fine $300 (1st offense); $500 (2nd offense); $1,150 (3rd offense). Max jail time: 10 days (1st offense); 20 days (2nd offense); 30 days (3rd offense.) © 1999, 2016 by Carrie Marchant & FLP. All Rights Reserved.
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TIP:
Don’t forget humor! Everyone likes a good joke, and laughter does a body good! Have fun! You are a teen. Don’t get so serious that you can’t have fun. Fun is the best stress reliever ever. You’re still a teen---not an adult yet--so act like one, and have some good clean fun!
Individual Activity: Participants will each be given a sentence strip.
You will take some time to reflect on the thoughts in group memory, the quotes, the sayings and the things learned while participating in the group. You are to choose your “Most significant Insight” and place it on a sentence strip. The sentence strip will be placed in group memory. The group will end with a discussion on what the following quotes mean to you.
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