Take control of your mind. Your choices. Your future.
An 8 week youth development program for schools, churches, youth organizations, nonprofits, and community organizations. One 90-minute session a week, one real practical tool at a time. Organizational contract only.
Why this program exists
Every kind of teenager has potential worth building.
The athlete, the artist, the gamer, the quiet one, the loud one, the teen working a job after school, the one headed to college, the one headed to a trade. No style of teenager is the problem. Teen Takeover gives all of them the same thing: one practical tool a week, taught the same way, until it becomes part of how they move through their own life.
The journey
One road. Eight stops.
Week 1
Who Am I?
Who am I becoming?
Week 2
What Am I Feeling?
What is this feeling telling me?
Week 3
What Am I Thinking?
Is this thought true?
Week 4
Why Do I Do What I Do?
What is driving this choice?
Week 5
Healthy Relationships
What does respect look like?
Week 6
Social Media and Mental Health
Who am I online?
Week 7
Build Your System
What keeps me on track?
Week 8
Take Over Your Future
Where am I headed?
What they leave with
A Wellness Toolbox that goes home with them.
01
Box Breathing
A steady four count breath to use the moment things start to feel like too much.
02
Name It to Tame It
Naming a feeling specifically turns down its intensity. A real skill, not a saying.
03
Catch, Check, Change
Catch an automatic thought, check whether it is true, change it to something accurate.
04
The Pause Button
A physical cue that buys three seconds before a rushed decision.
05
The Boundary Script
I feel ___ when ___. I need ___ going forward. One line, every relationship.
06
Screen Time Check In
A daily honest check on how a scroll actually left them feeling.
Program details for decision makers
Everything you need to evaluate it.
- Who is it for?
- Schools, churches, youth organizations, nonprofits, and community organizations serving teens in a group setting.
- Age and grade range
- Designed for teens, typically middle and high school age. Groups are placed by age and maturity with your staff during planning.
- Length
- 8 weeks, one 90-minute session per week.
- Session format
- One 90-minute facilitated group session each week: a check in, one taught tool, guided practice, discussion, and a takeaway to use during the week.
- Curriculum
- Eight core weeks moving from identity and emotion, through thinking and behavior, to relationships, digital pressure, personal systems, and future direction.
- Skills
- Six Wellness Toolbox skills: Box Breathing, Name It to Tame It, Catch Check Change, the Pause Button, the Boundary Script, and the Screen Time Check In.
- Materials
- Facilitator manual, participant workbook, slides, journal, parent materials, assessments, certificates, and the safeguarding protocol.
- Implementation
- Direction3021 can facilitate on site, co facilitate with your staff, or train your team to deliver it. Scheduling, room setup, and group size are confirmed in planning.
- Safety
- Every facilitator trains on the safeguarding and crisis protocol before leading a session: risk recognition, mandated reporting guidance, and a same day incident process. Teen Takeover is not therapy, counseling, diagnosis, or crisis intervention.
- Evaluation
- Pre and post assessments, attendance and completion tracking, and participant, parent, and facilitator feedback are collected for each cohort. We publish results only once verified.
- Licensing
- Single site, multi site, and train the trainer licensing are available where appropriate.
- Pricing and proposal
- Organizational contract only; teens and parents do not book individually. Up to 15 participants is $3,000. 16 to 20 participants is $3,500. 21 to 25 participants is quoted by custom proposal. Nothing is charged for requesting the packet.
- Next step
- Request the Teen Takeover program packet, then a short planning call to confirm fit, dates, and format.
Materials
Built once, ready for your facilitators.
- Facilitator manual for all 8 core weeks
- Participant workbook
- Session slide decks
- Teen journal for daily reflection
- Parent materials
- Pre and post assessments
- Completion certificates
- Facilitator safeguarding and crisis protocol
Final materials for your site are confirmed in writing during planning.
Built with care
Safety was not a chapter we added. It is where we started.
Before a single lesson was written, we built a full facilitator safeguarding and crisis protocol: risk recognition, mandated reporting guidance, and a same day incident process. Teen Takeover is a non clinical youth development program. It is not therapy, counseling, diagnosis, or crisis intervention.
Who we built this for
Schools. Churches. Communities.
Evaluation
Measured, then published. In that order.
Every cohort is set up to collect the measures below. We do not publish statistics until a full cohort completes the program and the data is verified.
Bring it to your organization
Three ways to license Teen Takeover.
Single Site License
Deliver Teen Takeover at one location for an agreed term. The most common starting point for a first cohort.
Multi Site License
For districts, multi campus organizations, or regional nonprofits delivering across several locations under one agreement.
Train the Trainer
Train your own internal facilitators directly, reducing ongoing dependency on outside delivery.
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