Girls in the Lead is a theatre therapy and arts activity-based program designed to help girls navigate their adolescent years and become strong smart and confident adult women. It is the first program of its kind to use fun interactive and engaging exercises to effectively combat relational aggression and teach healthy conflict resolution skills. This book's unique curriculum mixes theatre performing arts improvisation and creative writing and discussion to help girls understand the dynamics of relational aggression decrease instances of gossip and rumor-spreading gain healthy conflict resolution skills learn how to deal with friend fights effectively increase self-esteem and overall self-image develop a sense of empathy and understanding for one another and acquire leadership skills

Girls in the Lead consists of fourteen sessions and thirty games and exercises that were developed in classroom and small group settings making the program well-fitted for any school or small counseling group. The curriculum also provides pre- and post- program surveys a group evaluation form easy and detailed instruction discussion questions for each activity journal topics an encyclopedia of additional and alternate activities and reproducible handouts.