Target Group

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Target Group

• The target group for this presentation is for
  teenagers between the age of 13-19

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Group 9

• Fabiola Morales
• Laura Martens
• Jenny Hernandez
• Meagan Sheppard
• Roger Kennnedy

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Peer Relationships

• Lesson 1 Developing responsible relationships
• Lesson 2 Peer Pressure and Refusal Skills

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Abusive Peer Relationships

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Categories of Peer Relationships

• 1. Friendships
• a. Casual Friendships
• b. Close Friendships
• c. Platonic Friendships
• 2. Cliques
• 3. Responsible Relationships
• a. Dating relationships
• b. Choosing not to date

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Attitudes Towards Dating

• Feeling comfortable with significant others
• Practice decision-making
• Communication skills
• Time commitments
• Not emotionally ready

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Reasons Teens Choose Not to Date
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Three Responses to Peer Pressure

• The Passive Way
• The Aggressive Way
• The Assertive Way

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Advantages of Different Friendships

• Share confidences, and interests
• Meeting a variety of people
• Part of social health

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Three Steps of Assertive Refusal

• State your position simply, but firmly
• Suggest alternatives to the behavior being
  proposed
• Back up your words with actions

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Effective Refusal Situations

• Example Tony at the high school party

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Effective Refusal Situations

• Example Kathy shopping with friends

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It's Bingo Time!

• Get Ready

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How to Scale Friendship and Dating

• Please chose 6 activities that friends and
  couples engage in

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The Wheel of Peer Pressure

• Please check under you seats

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Discussion

• Were the learning activities a useful tool in
  learning lessons?
• Were the games used interactive and informative?

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Peer Pressure Experience

• Create or recall a peer pressure experience

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Discussion

• What types of peer relationships do you engage
  in? How are they beneficial or detrimental?
• Think about all of your friends. Do you consider
  them casual, close or platonic friends?
• Do you believe peer pressure has a large impact
  on your behaviors and feelings?

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Discussion

• How do you respond to negative peer pressure?
• Do you practice assertive refusal?

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Conflict Scenario

• Please fill out sheet completely

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Assignments

• Group Assignment Popular Magazine articles
  regarding peer pressure.
• Self Assignment Self-Test Do you engage in
  healthy friendships?

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Vocabulary List of Key Words

• Casual friendships
• Close friendships
• Platonic friendships
• Cliques
• Peer Pressure
• Assertive refusal