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PATH: decision-making and justice deflection
One-on-one coaching, ages 14 and up, often alongside a school or a juvenile-diversion partner. Eight sessions build a decision filter, a pause skill, and a practiced refusal, then walk through a guided repair conversation in place of a punishment.
Pause, Aim, Think, Hold
The eight sessions
- Week 1
Choices & Consequences
Every choice leaves a trail. You map how one small choice you made led somewhere bigger.
They keepThe choice trail
- Week 2
The Decision Filter
A tool for thinking before acting. You practice it on real scenarios, under real time pressure.
They keepThe Decision Filter
- Week 3
Triggers & Impulse Control
You name your own triggers and practice a pause skill for riding out the impulse instead of acting on it.
They keepPause skill
- Week 4
Peer Pressure & Refusal
You practice saying no in a way that actually holds up in the moment, and keeps your standing with the people around you.
They keepThe refusal script
- Week 5
How the System Really Works
A straight look at how the justice process actually runs, and what it actually costs.
They keepKnow the stakes
- Week 6
Harm & Repair
In place of a punishment, you and your coach walk through what repairing the harm would actually look like.
They keepThe repair conversation
- Week 7
Who I Want to Be
You picture the person your choices are building, and put a name to who that is.
They keepFuture-self anchor
- Week 8
My Off-Ramp Plan
You name your own high-risk moments in advance and build the plan for how you get out of them.
They keepMy Off-Ramp Plan
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