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To become a participant in the GABTA YouthBuild program students must participate in a selection process called Mental Toughness. This process tests determination, motivation, and overall demeanor to determine whether our program is right for them. Day 10: For the final day of our Mental Toughness program participants were required to write a speech wherein they described why they deserve to be chosen to participate in the 2020 GABTA YouthBuild program. Our highlights for today consist of these awesome presentations!
Mental Toughness Highlights Day 10 (6/26/2020)
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To become a participant in the GABTA YouthBuild program students must participate in a selection process called Mental Toughness. This process tests determination, motivation, and overall demeanor to determine whether our program is right for them. Day 9: Today our Education Manager Kabir Small and Case Manager Kim Johnson led a discussion on the importance of perception and first impressions. We also emphasized the importance of maintaining a positive outlook and how one's attitude can affect their perception of a situation. We concluded today's highlights with an excerpt from the day's appreciations - an activity we do every day to illustrate the importance of gratitude.
Mental Toughness Highlights Day 9 (6/25/2020)
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To become a participant in the GABTA YouthBuild program students must participate in a selection process called Mental Toughness. This process tests determination, motivation, and overall demeanor to determine whether our program is right for them. Day 8: Our Education Manger Kabir Small started today's video by breaking down what Mental Toughness means and its relationship to being able to overcome obstacles and persevere. Success does not come easy, but it can be achieved with the right mindset! In the next activity, led by Case Manager Kim Johnson, students were asked to identify their VIPs - the people who they could count on to support them through the challenges they will encounter throughout our program and after.
Mental Toughness Highlights Day 8 (6/24/2020)
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To become a participant in the GABTA YouthBuild program students must participate in a selection process called Mental Toughness. This process tests determination, motivation, and overall demeanor to determine whether our program is right for them. Day 7: Today we focused on affirmations and the importance of believing in yourself! Our Case Manager Kim Johnson led an awesome activity where each student had to choose an affirmation and respond with their answers to it!
Mental Toughness Highlights Day 7 (6/23/2020)
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To become a participant in the GABTA YouthBuild program students must participate in a selection process called Mental Toughness. This process tests determination, motivation, and overall demeanor to determine whether our program is right for them. Day 6: We started our second week of Mental Toughness with some in-depth information about the different trades that our participants are able to work with once they complete our program! Our Construction Manager Jeremy Fullbright led them through a matching game where the students had to create the construction process using the different photos. Then our Career Specialists discussed which trades were depicted in each photo so that everyone was able to get an idea of what working in each trade looks like!
Mental Toughness Highlights Day 6 (6/22/2020)
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To become a participant in the GABTA YouthBuild program students must participate in a selection process called Mental Toughness. This process tests determination, motivation, and overall demeanor to determine whether our program is right for them. Day 5: Today we focused on Employability Skills! Our Career Specialists Mr. Louis Partain and Mrs. Kristi Mullins discussed the most important characteristics hiring managers look for in potential employees. Mrs. Kristi also shared a story which highlighted the importance of perspective!
Mental Toughness Highlights Day 5 (6/19/2020)
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To become a participant in the GABTA YouthBuild program students must participate in a selection process called Mental Toughness. This process tests determination, motivation, and overall demeanor to determine whether our program is right for them. Day 4: Today we focused on self-sabotage and discussed how to move past these mental blockades. We also engaged in an exercise where we said statements and had participants either agree or disagree and then explain their reasoning. This helped us to identify and break down perceptions that can hold them back and help them to choose success.
Mental Toughness Highlights Day 4 (6/18/2020)
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To become a participant in the GABTA YouthBuild program students must participate in a selection process called Mental Toughness. This process tests determination, motivation, and overall demeanor to determine whether our program is right for them. Day 3: Today we emphasized accepting each other despite differences and allowed participants to self-identify both harmful behaviors and the type of support they need in order to successfully complete our program. The highlights of this video include some of the most powerful stories our students shared with us in our Diversity Circle exercise.
Mental Toughness Highlights Day 3 (6/17/2020)
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