EMERGING LEADERS

SUMMER DAY ACADEMY

DATE:

JUNE 1-19

LOCATION:

LDI CAMPUS

GLENDALE, ARIZONA

AGES:

14-18

DAYS:

MONDAY-THURSDAY

HOURS:

9:00AM – 3:00PM

LDI’s 3 week Emerging Leaders Summer Day Academy on campus in Glendale, Arizona provides a creative and practical bridge to finding meaningful work and developing courageous self-expression for bright students with learning disabilities (LD), ADHD, and high functioning autism.

Kindness
Compassion
Empathy

Developing Self-Awareness

  • Emotional self-awareness- ability to read/understand your emotions and recognize their impact on work performance and relationships.
  • Accurate self-assessment-ability to give realistic evaluations of personal strengths/limitations
  • Self-confidence- ability to have a positive, strong sense of one’s self-worth.

Developing Self-Management

  • Self-control-ability to keep disruptive emotions/impulses under control
  • Transparency-maintaining standards of personal honesty and integrity
  • Managing self/responsibilities
  • Adaptability- flexibility in adapting to changing situations, overcoming obstacles.

Social Awareness

  • Empathy-ability to understand others/take active interest in their concerns.
  • Organizational awareness- ability to read the hidden message of work life, build networks, and navigate social/workplace politics
  • Service orientation- ability to recognize and meet Customer or peers needs through trusting in the Multiple talents and perspectives of others
Employability

Develop Personal Profile

  • Careerscope vocational assessment
  • What are hard/soft and transferable skills
  • Writing and producing 30 second elevator speech video
  • Rehearsing and producing social etiquette video

Job Preparation

How to navigate online job search engines

  • Establish boundaries of search, previous experience required, location, work environment, compensation
  • Conducting employer research
  • Workplace observations

Job Exploration

Using information from personal profile and community experiences to identify a possible job that aligns with personal profile values, beliefs and skills with employer wants/needs

  • Introduce and practice common interview questions and answers
  • How to use relevant transferable skills to answer interviewer questions that are almost always asked
  • Rehearse with peers
  • Video with staff
  • Use interview rubric for feedback

Special Events on Fridays!

Depart: 8:00am return 4:00pm

First Friday: Kartchner Caverns
Second Friday: Bearizona
Third Friday: Celebration, lunch, certificates 9:00am – 12:00pm

The Mission of the Life Development Institute is to
Develop, Mentor, and Empower Individuals to Cultivate a Life Worth Living

Limited scholarships available. Deadline to apply is April 1.

1.5

Elective Credits Available

Tuition:

$4,500

EMERGING LEADERS

SUMMER DAY ACADEMY

This is going to be a great Arizona summer experience for helping bright students with LD, ADHD and high functioning autism create bridge to finding meaningful work and developing courageous self-expression. Please fill out our online form and we will be in touch.

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