LESSONS

SECTION ONE: FRIENDSHIP

• 7 WHO NEEDS FRIENDS? Students will understand the importance and value of friendship.
• 9 MAKING FRIENDS The lesson will help students to understand the process of making friends.
• 11 MY TWO SIDES Students will discover that the way they see themselves often differs from the way their friends see them.
• 13 ALL FRIENDS TOGETHER Students will understand that friends can be of either sex. They will decide whether or not mixed-sex friendships have different expectations to same-sex friendships.
• 15 WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? Students will understand the differences between an acquaintance, a friend and a partner.
• 17 WHEN FRIENDS FALL OUT Students will explore the reasons why friendships break up.

SECTION TWO: FAMILY

• 19 WHO NEEDS FAMILIES? Students will understand the purpose of families and explore how opinions about that purpose may change as people grow older.
• 21 GETTING ON WITH FAMILY Students will learn how to get on with other people in a family environment and acquire skills for handling family disputes.
• 23 BROTHERS AND SISTERS Students will examine the relationships which develop between siblings - both positive and negative!
• 25 PROBLEMS IN THE FAMILY Students will understand some of the problems that arise in families and look at strategies for handling those problems.
• 27 CHOOSE YOUR OWN FAMILY! Students will evaluate the problems and possibilities involved in a reconstituted family setting.
• 29 FAMILY TIES Students will understand the close ties that can exist within a family even when the 'children' grow up and move away.

SECTION THREE: ASSERTIVENESS

• 31 STICK UP FOR YOURSELF Students will evaluate how assertive they are, and learn how this can affect the success of various social situations.
• 33 HOW TO BE ASSERTIVE Students will acquire practical skills to help them to become more assertive.

SECTION FOUR: ANGER MANAGEMENT

• 35 MANAGING YOUR ANGER Students will learn and practise techniques for anger management.
• 37 KEEPING THE PEACE Students will develop skills to protect themselves by using body language as well as words.

SECTION FIVE: GIVE AND TAKE

• 39 A LITTLE BIT OF GIVE AND TAKE Students will appreciate the need for negotiation and compromise in relationships.
• 41 IF ONLY… Students will understand some of the personal consequences of not negotiating or compromising.

SECTION SIX: SOCIAL SKILLS

• 43 WHO AM I? Students will decide how a young person should 'present' themselves to the outside world and how that presentation can affect attitudes towards them.
• 45 ALL ALONE Students will understand the effects of loneliness and explore ways in which a lonely person can be helped.
• 47 SAME BUT DIFFERENT Students will understand that differences need not - and should not - hinder social relationships.
• 49 GOOD MANNERS Students will appreciate what is meant by good and bad manners and understand how they can affect relationships.
• 51 ME, SHY? Students will find out about shyness and learn how to become more confident and proactive in social situations.
• 53 LISTEN TO ME! Students will develop skills for making conversation in a variety of social settings.
• 55 RULES TO BE SOCIABLE BY Students will understand the need for social rules and politeness in a variety of settings.
• 57 TALK, TALK Students will discover some of the mistakes that can be made in conversations and social situations.
• 59 INTERPERSONAL SKILLS Students will understand the skills needed in both group and paired social situations.
• SECTION SEVEN: PROBLEM SOLVING
• 61 PROBLEM SOLVED! Students will understand how to help friends, family and acquaintances to find their own solutions to problems.

APPENDICES

• 62 SEEING ME, SEEING YOU
• 63 LETTER TO A FRIEND
• 64 DIFFERENT FEELINGS
• 65 A FAMILY SHOULD…
• 66 WHAT SHOULD BE DONE?
• 67 HOW DO I LOOK?