Independent Living- Life Skills Series
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These ethnically diverse programs offer young adults a realistic guide to the challenges they'll face after graduation, whether from High School or College. Each focused topic offers sound advice on important elements for entering the world of adult responsibility. The four essential programs provide solid assistance for dealing with job expectations and job interviews, from living at home to life on their own and finally, to enjoying basic needs or establishing a new personal lifestyle. See also: Financial Fitness for Young Adults and Working World for Young Adults. You’re Graduating: Now What? Graduation, whether from high school or college is usually the last step taken before officially joining the adult world. Leaving behind the hallowed grounds of education generates a sense of excitement yet ahead is uncertainty. Young adults will be faced with new situations, most of which have little to do with what they learned in school. This feeling of starting over and becoming self-reliant can be frightening & for some immobilizing. “So you’re graduating, now what”? Will you jump in feet first or will you drag your feet hoping to delay those steps that lead to independent living? Succeeding On Your Own Now that you’ve decided it’s t
