Self-Guided Creative Workshop-Empowerment Video
This Self-Guided Creative Workshop will guide you through the steps for creating your own Empowerment Video. Creating videos can be a wonderful wellness tool. Wings would love to add your video to our Peer Empowerment Video Library so that others may benefit from hearing your story.
Learning Objectives:
- Develop a clear and concise narrative of individual Empowerment recovery tools that assist with ending the cycle of relapse and support recovery and healing of self and others;
- Develop deeper awareness and mindfulness to better understand triggers, awareness, and the use of recovery tools to maintain recovery and to define strengths; and
- Cultivate writing, storyboarding, drawing and spoken word and storytelling as a recovery tool through self-expression, reflection, growth and healing for self and others.
These learning modules were adapted from the SHARE YOUR STORY: A How-To Guide for Digital Storytelling published by SAMHSA. You can download a free copy here.
Learning Modules
MODULE 1: The Beginning-Developing Your Idea
In this module you will explore possible topics and resources to support telling your Empowerment story. By the end of this video you will have established which resources you’d like to include in your video, such as personal photographs or videos, as well as the focus of your Empowerment Video.
MODULE 2: The Middle-Developing a Plan
MODULE 3: The End-Putting It All Together
This module will guide you through putting the pieces of your presentation together, including creating an outline for your video and recording it.
Here are some resources that you can access for free:
When you have finished creating your video, please consider adding it to the Wings Across Alabama Peer Empowerment Video Library by emailing it to peers@wingsacrossal.org.
This project made possible through funding received from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.