Purpose: To help participants take the steps to assertiveness image
Time Forty-five minutes
Materials: See attached - Steps to Assertiveness
                     -Listening

Method:
  1. Review the sheet "Steps to Assertiveness."

  2. Allow the participants to complete the exercise. Allow 25 minutes for this activity.

  3. Encourage participants to share their experiences, review the responses, i.e., give the group the opportunity to draw out from their own experiences what assertive behaviour is.

Characteristics of Assertive behaviour include:

  • "I" statements only
  • Be honest, open and direct
  • Avoid excuses and apologies
  • Respect of self and others

Allow 15 minutes for this activity.

4. The poems "Listening" and "Autobiography in Five Short Chapters" support the concept of assertiveness. Briefly review and encourage the participants to review the poems on a regular basis before the next session.

Source of Information:
  • Beth Verry, Employment Counsellor, Women's Employment Counselling Services, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Twelve hour workshop on Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence, 1998.

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