AIS™: Confidence, Boundaries & Leadership for Teens
A facilitated program built from Actually, I Slay! — now available to license for your school, district, or organization.
The Story
From Book to Movement
Actually, I Slay! started as a book — a confidence, boundaries, and leadership guide for teen girls, written from 15+ years of frontline experience in criminal justice, law enforcement, and social services. It hit the top 10 in multiple teen nonfiction categories within its first weeks. But a book was never the finish line.
Angela Rosko built the book into AIS™: Confidence, Boundaries & Leadership for Teens — a fully facilitated, group-based program any trained educator, counselor, or mentor can deliver with fidelity, no clinical background required. It's been reviewed by three high school counselors and a licensed clinical counselor to ensure the material is sound and safe for group delivery. AIS is available in a girls-only track and a co-ed adaptation, so it can reach mixed-gender classrooms and youth groups too.
The Gap We Close
Most SEL Programs Stop Short. AIS Doesn't.
Most social-emotional learning curricula touch on confidence without ever going deep on the two things teens say no one ever taught them: how to set a boundary, and how to talk to themselves when no one's watching.
AIS is built around four core pillars:
Confidence
Practical, repeatable tools for showing up and speaking up
Healthy Inner Dialogue
Replacing self-criticism with a voice teens can trust
Boundary-Setting
Saying no without guilt, and meaning it.
Leadership Readiness
Recognizing and using one's own influence
The framework draws on CASEL's SEL competencies, CBT, ACT, and Nonviolent Communication — translated into language and activities built for teens, not clinicians.
Who It's For
One Program, Built for Every Room
Girls-Only Track
The original AIS program, designed for single-gender groups
Co-Ed Adaptation
The same four pillars, adapted for mixed-gender classrooms and youth organizations
Built to Run With Fidelity — Without You Reinventing It
Session-by-session facilitator guide
Participant materials
Training on how to deliver the program as designed
Ongoing support for licensed partners
No clinical background required. If you can run a classroom or a small group, you can run AIS.
Outcomes
What Changes for Participants
Teens who complete AIS report:
Increased comfort expressing their own opinions
Increased ease saying no without guilt
Increased recognition of their own influence and leadership capacity
Bring AIS to Your School or Organization
AIS is available to license for classrooms, schools, districts, and youth-serving organizations — with tiers scaled from a single classroom to an entire district.