Youth Leadership Academy: Essential Life & Social Skills

YLA offers a multimedia online program to teach Essential Life & Social Skills. Choose from 12 innovative and easy to use online courses aligned with Common Core Standards. Education through the power of technology.

How it Works

YLA Series Bundle - ages 8+

The YLA Series Bundle includes nine (9) theme-based social and emotional competencies that use story-telling, reading and writing comprehension, discussion groups, situation analysis and contemporary music and games to help students succeed.

Team Building

Appreciate diverse and unique backgrounds of team members and the importance of uniting around a common goal.

Conflict Resolution

Build skills in anger management, perspective-taking, and problem-solving strategies.

Financial Literacy

Learn the benefits of saving money, investing, and making smart financial decisions.

Healthy Habits

Develop goal-setting skills, identify learning preferences, and build confidence, resilience and perseverance in ability to succeed.

Community Building

Learn to build a vision for a community that will improve education and quality of life for its residents.

Personal Appearance

Learn that dress and presentation convey a message about self-concept.

Self Discovery

Develop goal-setting skills, identify learning preferences, and build confidence, resilience and perseverance in ability to succeed.

Educational Planning

Recognize the relationship between education, careers and lifestyle.

YLA Series Bundle

The YLA Series Bundle is intended for students in third grade and above. The program empowers young people by opening doors to education and career options and raises their self-esteem so that they become comfortable pursuing new opportunities.

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Teen Health Bundle - ages 13+

The Teen Health Bundle expands the curriculum for students in eighth grade and above to cover topics surrounding intimate relationships and substance abuse. The primary goal of these three (3) curriculum modules is to keep students healthy and safe by removing the stigma attached to these conversations. The Teen Health Bundle includes many of the tools required to make healthy lifestyle choices to prevent drug and alcohol abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, and resolve personal conflicts in a positive way.

Personal Relationships

Integrating academic and service opportunities that lead to improved student performance and healthier communities.

Substance Abuse Prevention

Build skills in anger management, perspective-taking, and problem-solving strategies.

STD/AIDS Awareness

Learn the benefits of saving money, investing, and making smart financial decisions.

Promote Prosocial Behavior

Develop character-based values and skills for goal-setting, collaboration, and building supportive and caring relationships.

Improve Attitiudes

Greater motivation to learn and commitment to school and classroom behavior.

Enhance Academics

Increased attendance, homework preparedness, and graduation rates over students who did not receive YLA in a contained NY/NJ study.

Decrease Negative Behaviors

Improve self awareness and self-management; decrease disruptive behavior, noncompliance, and aggression in the classroom.

Enhance Academics

Increased attendance, homework preparedness, and graduation rates over students who did not receive YLA in a contained NY/NJ study.

Decrease Negative Behaviors

Improve self awareness and self-management; decrease disruptive behavior, noncompliance, and aggression in the classroom.

Our Track Record & Success

Evaluators have said that Teachers, Principals and Parents are excited about how quickly they see results when using our technology to awaken students and inspire them to become lifeling learners and leaders in their communities.

YLA Outcomes

Teaching consequences of at-risk behavior
Improving communication & tolerance across cultures
Using technology as a tool to motivate & improve learning
Increasing grades & graduation rates