Ready, Set, Go! for Independent Living (Breakthrough Strategies to Teach and Counsel Troubled Youth)

The lessons in this book convince youth and young adults that they need training before striking out on their own, then provides that training to them. Especially effective for youth who think they already know it all, this book is full of awesome and unusual strategies to completely prepare even "know-it-all-already" youth for living independently.

Topics include: finding and keeping affordable housing, interacting with property managers, reading classified ads, and following a budget. Many lessons include illustrated handouts that feature Independence Man who teaches about independent living. This book is essential, must-have material is you teach an independent living readiness class to teens, or if you struggle with a child or youth who believes that they could survive on their own right now. These lessons are perfect for the classroom, group room, home or office, and can be used in a group or one-to-one setting. The information in this book is so important that you can't let your kids leave home without it.

If you are a teacher, counselor, juvenile court worker, social worker or foster parent, this book can impact youth that have been unresponsive to conventional approached. Developed to impact even the most difficult youth, this book can succeed with youth who are particularly resistant to changing their behavior or learning positive new skills. This book is especially designed to work with delinquents, alternative ed students, special ed students, independent living program participants and nearly any older adolescent