'The ADULTING Project'
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The ADULTING Project is a Financial Literacy Education program that:
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The program, designed to provide financial literacy skills intervention for motivated, neurodiverse individuals who are aged 15 years or older.
For participants who are enrolled in High School?
For those participants enrolled in high school , it is expected that their parent/caregiver will attend a 45 minute, separate weekly coaching session. The weekly parent/caregiver coaching sessions cover the same critical financial literacy topics and allows the opportunity for sharing their experiences and to explore the weekly program content in a supported and empathetic manner.
Who runs these sessions?
Carolyn Harkness hosts both the participant and the parent/carer coaching sessions.
- During each session, the client is taught valuable financial literacy skills and encouraged to practice them during real-life activities (e.g., shopping, banking, SMART goal setting, etc.).
- be keen and interested in learning ways to learn about, understand and implement essential financial literacy skills, and able to complete the entire program.
- have the necessary communication abilities and disposition for independently engaging in the sessions and homework activities.
For participants who are enrolled in High School?
For those participants enrolled in high school , it is expected that their parent/caregiver will attend a 45 minute, separate weekly coaching session. The weekly parent/caregiver coaching sessions cover the same critical financial literacy topics and allows the opportunity for sharing their experiences and to explore the weekly program content in a supported and empathetic manner.
Who runs these sessions?
Carolyn Harkness hosts both the participant and the parent/carer coaching sessions.
What does the The ADULTING Project cover?
The program consisting of a number of weekly sessions that focus on developing skills related to building and strengthening sound financial literacy skills.
- The Power of One (Understanding personal attitudes to money)
- Earning (Learning about employment, pay, payslips, taxation and superannuation)
- Spending (Exploring the different ways we spend money; needs versus wants)
- Being SMART (Exploring the different ways we can be smart about our money)
- Saving (What happens when we don't spend all our money? Taking a quick look at investing, compound interest and some tips on being the best adult you can be.)
- Budgeting (What being an adult really means)
- Banking (There's a lot of banks out there - all looking for you to become their BFF)
- Credit and other debts (What happens when we spend more than what we have)
- Loans (What happens when we plan to spend more than we have - for a really good reason!)
- Scams (What happens we find out someone else has spent our money!)
- Oops! Now what do I do? (It is either "when even the best plans don't work" or "what can I do if I mess up?")
- Moving Out (The big bright/bad world awaits! Tips on how to make a plan to live independently.)
GROUP SESSIONS.
The ADULTING Project could be run for small groups hosted by a church, community group or school.
For the program to run successfully, the hosting group would be required to provide the following items:
The ADULTING Project could be run for small groups hosted by a church, community group or school.
For the program to run successfully, the hosting group would be required to provide the following items:
- A workshop room that will comfortably seat all of the participants
- The room must facilitate the Socratic methodology, with:
- Furniture arranged for a collaborative, workshop, e.g., seats around a long table,
- Space for role-plays, several break-out groups of 2 or 3 individuals,
- Access to a whiteboard in the room.
What does the The ADULTING Project cost?
Individual Participants
The twelve week program includes:
The indicative* program cost when delivered to one participant at a time:
Groups of Participants
Where the program is hosted by a church, community or school and delivered to a group, the individual delivery cost is divided by the number of participants registered at the commencement of the program. The host is responsible for ensuring that full payment is made, regardless if a registered participant does not attend or complete the program.
* The costings are INDICATIVE ONLY and are subject to change. The final cost will be based on the date of actual program implementation and the relevant NDIS Price Guide.
The twelve week program includes:
- a weekly 90-minute skill development session
- potentially, a weekly 60-minute parent/caregiver coaching session
- program materials
The indicative* program cost when delivered to one participant at a time:
- 12-week program per individual participant (not enrolled in High School) is $1,200. 00 ($100 x 12-weeks - NDIS Item No. 15_035_0106_1_3))
- 12-week program per individual participant enrolled in High School) is $2,124.00 ($177 x 12 weeks)
- a weekly 90-minute participant session ($100.00 per week (NDIS Item No. 15_035_0106_1_3)
- PLUS: a weekly 60-minute parent/caregiver session ($77.00 per week (NDIS Item No. 15_038_0117_1_3)
Groups of Participants
Where the program is hosted by a church, community or school and delivered to a group, the individual delivery cost is divided by the number of participants registered at the commencement of the program. The host is responsible for ensuring that full payment is made, regardless if a registered participant does not attend or complete the program.
* The costings are INDICATIVE ONLY and are subject to change. The final cost will be based on the date of actual program implementation and the relevant NDIS Price Guide.
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