Middle Schools

Comparing Your Self to Others – It’s All in Your Head
Are you constantly comparing yourself to others and thinking you don’t measure up? Are you depressed over what you don’t have? Are you angry a lot of the time? Katie Rodriguez Banister used to answer “Yes” to those questions. Now she answers, "No” and her life as a woman on wheels has gotten much better.

Disabilities and Success
Katie Rodriguez Banister has learning disabilities and was often teased about them. But that didn’t stop her from becoming an author. An auto accident left her paralyzed from the chest down at the age of twenty-five. But life goes on. All of her, life Katie has had to learn how to ask for help and ask in a way she was going to get it. She will share her personal journey using her sense of humor as a survival technique.

A Process for Change – A 4-Point Coping Strategy for Anything
Katie shares her life’s journey in an entertaining and personal way. Katie has a disability and her paralysis has given her many gifts, including a great job educating her community and it brought true love into her life. Not everyday is wonderful but Katie has developed coping mechanisms to see her through the days that challenge her.

Other 6th – 8th Grades Topics
Depression
Body Image
Everyone has a challenge
Healthy friendships
Assistive technology

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