Overcoming Obstacles prepares students to successfully face the challenges that come with growing up. All too often, students pass through school without learning how to communicate effectively, make sound decisions, and set achievable goals. Without these fundamental skills, young people struggle in their interactions with adults and peers, and fail to realize their potential. Overcoming Obstacles works because it:

Connects with struggling students, high achievers, and everyone in between.

Whether your students excel academically or struggle in their courses, are enthusiastic about school or dread each morning, our life skills curriculum helps students to value education, connects learning to familiar experiences, and shows them how to apply learned life skills to their daily lives. In doing so, our curriculum enhances their education overall.

Develops critical communication, decision making, and goal setting skills, and more.

By focusing on communication, decision making and goal setting skills, other fundamental skill sets are subsequently developed to bolster student achievement. Students at both the middle and high school levels explore problem solving, conflict resolution, study and job search skills, personal management strategies, citizenship and leadership, and community service.

Promotes positive interactions among peers; builds educator-student relationships.

A strong and healthy educator-student relationship makes a difference. Overcoming Obstacles' interactive format helps develop the educator-student connection in a natural way through a broad base of activities that are of interest to students. Teachers can successfully spark student enthusiasm and achievement regardless of the outside environment.