SLDS Categories

  • Ethics and Values

    These workshops foster a sense of engagement and promote community service. They help students develop integrity and understand the values of fairness, responsibility for their self and others. Ethics and values workshops provide a framework for evaluating the effects of one's own behavior on the family, workplace, and community. These workshops instill a sense of civic responsibility and an ethic of service. (Corresponds to SLDS Ethic of Service and Personal Integrity)

  • Communication, Interpersonal Relationships, and Group Dynamics

    These workshops build effective communication skills, enhance students' understanding of and sensitivity to others, promote awareness of group dynamics, and foster small group leadership skills. Workshops are designed to help students develop problem-solving skills and attain excellence in interpersonal communication, writing, and public speaking. (Corresponds to SLDS Effective Communication Skills and Self-Awareness)

  • Organizational Structures and Cultures

    These selections help students gain familiarity with complex organizations and their cultures and help them learn organizational leadership skills. Workshops in this category explore such topics as the individual in the organizational setting, inter-group relationships, the organization in society, stress management, and achieving balance in life. (Corresponds to SLDS Organizational Understanding)

  • Multiculturalism, the Global Community, and Social Change

    Workshops in this area prepare students for a modern and complex world characterized by rapid social change. Students explore the causes and consequences of the population explosion, increasing diversity within the US, multiculturalism, and the emergence of the global community. These workshops increase knowledge of the unfolding nature of history, the importance of social movements, and the sociopolitical forces that lead to large-scale social change. Workshops are intended to equip students to function effectively in world of evolving diversity and interconnectedness. (Corresponds to SLDS Appreciation of Differences)