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ABBREVIATED VERSION - 52 LESSONS (Grades 6-12)   
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Teaching students how to get what they want in ways that maintain dignity and respect for themselves and others. Curriculum for Grades 6-12 - Revised and Edited by Constance H. Dembrowsky |
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uses role plays, games, and small group activities to help students internalize critical concepts and behavioral skills in the areas of: Self-Esteem, Responsibility, Relating Effectively, Conflict Resolution, and Problem Solving. |
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| Introduction | ||
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Curriculum Overview | These lessons acquaint students with the program content and create interest and commitment by identifying the specific benefits they can expect from completing the course. |
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Discussion Skills | |
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A Graduate's Perspective | |
| Self-Esteem I | ||
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Basic Human Needs | This unit introduces the five building blocks for self-esteem. Students learn that basing self-esteem on external factors like good looks, popularity, etc., creates a powerless, dependent person. |
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Understanding Self-Esteem | |
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Self-Esteem: Internal Source | |
| 7. | Self-Esteem: Unique Talents | |
| 8. | Self-Esteem: Positive Focus | |
| 9. | Self-Esteem: Integrity | |
| 10. | Self-Esteem: Humanness | |
| Responsibility I | ||
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What You Do Makes a Difference | This unit introduces the basic principle of self-responsibility -- that it is your own behavior (rather than luck, circumstances, others' actions) that determines what you get in life. |
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Personal Power | |
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Behavior Loops | |
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You Always Have a Choice | |
| 15. | The Vocabulary of Personal Power | |
| 16. | Gaining Control | |
| 17. | Control: The Basis of Personal Power | |
| 18. | Responsible and Non-Responsible Statements | |
| Relating Effectively I | ||
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Listening Skills | This unit develops the foundation for healthy relationships and effective conflict resolution by developing the skills to see things from the other person's point of view. |
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Listening for Understanding: Content | |
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Listening for Understanding: Feelings I | |
| 22. | Listening for Understanding: Feelings II | |
| 23. | Non-Verbal Communication | |
| 24. | Responding to Indicate Understanding | |
| 25. | Behavior Loops: Sending | |
| Problem-Solving | ||
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The Power of Role Models | This unit begins to directly address one of the most critical problems for adolescents today--peer pressure. Students learn how to determine their own responsibility for the problems they encounter in life and a method for tackling those problems. |
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Internal Motivation | |
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The Motivational Continuum | |
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Resolving Group Problems | |
| 30. | Empowering Others to Resolve Problems | |
| Self-Esteem II | ||
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Self-Esteem: What Your Actions Say | Students learn that every action a person takes indicates whether their self-esteem is externally based or internally based and thus, they begin to examine their own behavior in a new way. |
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Creating Positive Self-Talk | |
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Using Positive Self-Talk | |
| 34. | Expectations of Yourself | |
| 35. | Expectations of Others | |
| Responsibility II | ||
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Winners and Losers | In this unit students learn to be proactive rather than reactive in their daily lives. They learn to exercise control over themselves and thus avoid being controlled by the people and events surrounding them. |
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Choosing Feelings | |
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Winners' and Losers' Choices | |
| 39. | A Loser's Defenses | |
| 40. | Responsibility TO Others | |
| 41. | Responsibility FOR Yourself | |
| Relating Effectively II | ||
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Praise and Encouragement | In this unit students learn the skills to operate with a much higher degree of responsibility FOR themselves. They learn how to deal with refusals, say NO in the face of peer pressure, and handle put-downs. |
| 43. | Feedback That Empowers | |
| 44. | Asking for What You Want | |
| 45. | Handling Refusals | |
| 46. | Saying No | |
| 47. | Positive Strokes | |
| 48. | Handling Put-Downs | |
| Self-Esteem III | ||
| 49. | Identifying Success | Students focus on their positive internal qualities, identify the skills they have developed, and assume responsibility for evaluating their growth from the beginning of the class. |
| 50. | Evaluating Growth | |
| 51. | Sending Positive Invitations | |
| Conclusion | ||
| 52. | Closure | The last unit helps students address and deal positively with the dissolution of the strong, supportive environment they have created in this class. They realize this is not the end, but rather the beginning. |
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References for Personal and Social Responsibility Curriculum
References for Self-Esteem Curriculum