Description

☆★ This product is for teaching assertive communication to middle and high school students that have problems expressing opinions and collaborating with others. It focuses on 3 communication styles (passive, assertive, aggressive) and teaches students ways to communicate with others in an assertive manner. It is a complete lesson on assertive communication- concepts & skills are taught and vocabulary & knowledge checks, practice situations & review are built into the lessons. There is content here for multiple sessions or pick and choose what you’d like to teach.

☛Here is what is included for teaching assertive communication:☚

self rating (scale 1-10) of assertiveness skills,
knowledge check about assertive communication (true/false).
Mini lessons on the following are provided:
Passive, assertive or aggressive. Students learn to differentiate through matching and open-ended tasks. Students give synonyms and use the words in a sentence.
How to decline with the “nice no,”
Setting boundaries,
Speaking your needs,
I messages, and
The 3 C’s of assertive communication (confidence, clarity, control),
also contains a diploma, mini posters and a template for individualizing I messages.

☀️Within each mini lesson, there is an explanation of the skill, multiple choice responses, open-ended responses and scenarios providing a deeper dive into the skill.

☀️Towards the end, social scenarios are given where students choose which of the assertiveness skills to use & type what they’d say. A review is at the end.

☀️Students are given multiple response modes to demonstrate their knowledge including: yes/no, multiple choice, and open-ended where students type their responses.

☀️Real photographs of middle school, high school and young adults are used and mutiple skin tones are represented.

☀️The social scenarios cover peer influence, friendship issues, bullying, dating, declining, disagreements and more.

This product is a printable pdf designed for middle and high school students. Practice activities include multiple choice and open-ended response options.

Learn more about teaching assertive communication with this blog post!

Do you prefer digital BOOM cards with audio directions? The Boom Card version is available in my BOOM Learning store. There is a print/no print in EASEL version available in my Teachers Pay Teachers store.