A Body Image Program for Girls The Robert Crown Center has
developed the innovative program Express Yourself! to help girls
overcome concerns about their body image. The proactive approach
teaches young girls how to adjust to changes in a positive way
and feel good about their own bodies as they mature, despite the
barrage of the media’s unhealthy messages and role models. The
program helps youth develop an individual positive sense of self
and learn effective strategies to respond to peer and media
pressures. Through this program, RCC is adding an affirming
voice into the mix of input that young people receive regarding
their bodies. About Express Yourself! The program is facilitated
by an RCC Health Educator to an audience of primarily sixth
grade girls, but can be adapted to fifth or seventh grade.
Express Yourself! is based upon Illinois State health learning
standards, and address the topics of body image and self-esteem.
RCC Educators engage students in discussion and creative
activities to help constru