MOTIVATIONAL SESSIONS

Objectives
Proposed outline

Objectives

Motivational sessions allow trainees to meet one another and to prepare for their “community life” during training. It is a moment of relaxation, reflection and contemplation.

The main objectives of these sessions can be summarized as follows:

Trainees,

• Learn more about themselves
• Learn about others and their disabilities
• Learn to accept what they are and how they are
• Learn about positive thinking
• Have to be convinced that they “CAN DO” what they want if they set their mind to it.
• Learn about food and dining habits
• Learn to pray, to meditate, and to exercise their body and mind through songs, plays and creative games
• Learn to love
• Learn to resolve problems

Trainees must set their own limits and not let other people determine what they can and cannot do.

These sessions should make trainees feel like they are part of a large family.

The following pages propose and outline, which has been successful with groups of trainees. It should serve as a reference and be adapted according to local customs and traditions.

Proposed outline

First series of motivational sessions
Second series of motivational sessions

First series of motivational sessions

WEEK No.	DAYS No.	TOPIC/TRAINING DETAILS	PERIOD
1	2-4	Motivational sessions. Development for a better quality of life (by special trainers)
	1	On the first day
		-Welcome to the “New Family”	Morning
		-Learn about table manners	Morning
		-Learn about yourself	Morning
		-Talk, Play game and sing songs	Afternoon
		-How about “Love”	Afternoon
		-Divide group to learn about love and anger	Afternoon
		-Arrange a show with the group	Evening
		-Play the drama of life (emphasize to learn more about yourself)	Evening
		-Pray - Meditate - Reflect on - Contemplate -
	2	On the second day
		-Learn to concentrate and maintain concentration	Morning
		-Exercise body	Morning
		-Learn to love your family and peers	Morning
		-Play games and music	Morning
		-Learn to accept others as they are	Morning
		-Learn to accept things and events that you cannot change	Morning
		-Build strength and courage to change what you can change	Morning
		-Learn to know the difference between what you can and cannot change	Morning
		-Play games and music	Afternoon
		-Divide into sub-groups and discuss family relations, problems and solutions.	Afternoon
		-Prepare a show	Evening
		-Play the drama of life “the family”	Evening
		-Pray - Meditate - Reflect on - Contemplate	Evening
	3	On the third day
		-Pray - Meditate - Reflect on - Contemplate -	Morning
		-Exercise body	Morning
		-The importance of work in life. Relationships with family and society and relevance to work.	Morning
		-Play games and music	Morning
		-Farewell celebration “Till we meet again”	Morning

Second series of motivational sessions

WEEK No.	DAYS No.	TOPIC/TRAINING DETAILS	PERIOD
5	2-3	Motivational sessions. Development for a better quality of life (by special trainers)
		On the first day
	1	Give gratefulness and respect to teachers and elders	Morning
		Cherish the moment	Morning
		Open your mind to be able to solve individual problems	Morning
		Sort problems, understand them in order to solve them together with your peers	Afternoon
		Offer ways and solutions to solve problems to your peers	Afternoon
		Camp fire evening while learning about people and life	Evening
	2	On the second day
		-The group’s mission: to continue to help and support each other, their family and friends. To maintain self-control, self discipline. To always be active, patient, respectful of others. To always try to help those who need help.	Morning
		-Farewell activity	Morning