Skills for Life
Speaking Up: My Asks
By the end, you can ask for what you need — and make one real ask, for real, in the room.
At a glance
- Pillar
- Skills for Life
- Sessions
- 4 sessions
- Session length
- About 1 hour 30 minutes
- Who leads it
- New Steps facilitator
- Certificate
- New Steps Certificate — competence-based, signed off when the young person has shown the skill on a real task
What they leave with
- Their own keep-it toolkit — a line for asking for an accommodation, a routing table for which free door handles which bill, a question list for before a doctor's appointment, and a contact card of free-help doors
- One real ask, made or booked in the session
How it runs
The connective tissue of the catalogue — the speaking-up skill that every other module leans on.
How it connects
Modules are built to stack. Where one has already taught a skill, the next one recalls it rather than teaching it again.
Is this a fit for someone you work with?
A caseworker reaches out, we book a tour, and we work out together whether New Steps is the right place. When a room is open, a referral can come together in about a week. When we are full, we will say so. New Steps is not an emergency placement service — we do not take same-day or overnight placements.
Or call (431) 444-2114 — Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, urgent calls answered any time.