My Journey Journal
Resources you will need:
Click on the Journey Journal below to open and print
Print double sided and fold in half
Aim
To enable young people to map their own progress and reflect on their journey.
Overview
This exercise is for individuals to use on their own. Young people should be given 5 minutes at the end of each session to add to it and reflect. The journal is a visual way for the young people to see their progress and they should be able to take it home each week or leave it at the sessions but on the understanding that it is their private journal.
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Instructions
Give each young person a journey journal template that will become their ‘Personal Journey Journal’.
Get the young person to write their name on the cover and 3 things about themselves (this can be anything and should be kept light-hearted: use examples that include hobbies or talents/skills that people have).
Throughout future sessions, young people will add to their journals information they have learnt about themselves or the coping mechanisms they have gained.