Personal Empowerment

This theme will assist you in engaging with children, learners, students and young adults on the subject of personal empowerment.

The Courage Personal Empowerment Workbook was developed as part of our founder, Dr Dee Blackie’s PhD research and dissertation into the lived experience of atypical or neurodiverse children. The dissertation can be downloaded below, and you can watch an introductory presentation.

Blackie, D. 2021. “The Lived Experience of Atypical Children”. Presentation at the SA-ACAPAP Virtual Symposium 2021.

Personal empowerment booklet

a This booklet has been developed over the past 7 years using exercises we have run with children in communities around the world focussed on developing their personal understanding and empowerment. Be sure to read the instructions in the notes page of the document to understand how to complete each exercise in the booklet.