PEOPLE SKILLS FOR YOUNG ADULTS Book

	About The Course	8
	Leader's Notes	9
Part 1	Introduction	12
Session 1	What are Friends?	13
	Leader Sheet: What are friends?	16
Session 2	Influences on Relationships	19
	Leader Sheet: Influences on relationships	22
Session 3	Personal Development	26
	Leader Sheet: Personal development	29
Session 4	Social Networks	32
	Leader Sheet: Social networks	36
Session 5	Making New Friends	39
	Leader Sheet: Making new friends	42
Session 6	Loneliness	46
	Leader Sheet: Loneliness	49
Session 7	Barriers in Friendships	52
	Leader Sheet: Barriers in friendships	58
	Conclusion	60
Part 2	Introduction: Social Skills Training	62
Session 8	Social and Relationship Codes of Behaviour	63
	Leader Sheet: Social and relationship codes of behaviour	65
Session 9	Loneliness and Poor Social Skills	69
	Leader Sheet: Loneliness and poor social skills	71
Session 10	Speech and Body Messages	74
	Leader Sheet: Speech and body messages	77
Session 11	Role Play: Social No-Nos (Preparation and Practice)	81
	Student Sheet: Frank's descriptions	82
Student Help Sheet 1	Setting for the role play	85
Student Help Sheet 2	Scene for confident person (know-all)	86
Student Help Sheet 3	Scene for confident person 2 (I've-got-to-be-right)	89
Student Help Sheet 4	Scene for confident person 3 (I'm-better-than-anyone)	91
Student Help Sheet 5	Scene for confident person 4: (I-wan't-to-know-all-about-you)	92
Student Help Sheet 6	Scene for timid person (I'd-prefer-not-to-be-noticed)	95
Session 12	Role Plays in Action	97
	Leader Sheet: Role plays in action	99
Student Help Sheet 7	Possible scene for the socially adept	103
Session 13	Self-Disclosure	106
	Leader Sheet: Self-disclosure	109
Session 14	Listening Skills	111
	Leader Sheet: Listening Skills	113
Session 15	Self-Confidence and Shyness	116
	Student Sheet: Use at home	118
	Information Sheet: Self-confidence	120
	Leader Sheet: Shyness	122
Session 16	Making Conversation	124
	Leader Sheet: Making conversation	126
	Advice Sheet: Making conversation with people you know	128
	Conclusion	129
Part 3	Introduction	132
Session 17	Assertiveness	133
	Leader Sheet: Assertiveness	136
Session 18	Protecting Yourself	138
	Leader Sheet: Protecting Yourself	141
Session 19	Feelings and Complaints	143
	Leader Sheet: Feelings and Complaints	147
Session 20	Saying No, Compliments and Asking for What You Want	149
	Leader Sheet: Saying no, compliments and asking for what you want	152
	Information Sheet: My Rights	154
	Concluding assertiveness	155
Session 21	Counselling	156
	Leader Sheet: Counselling	158
	Leader Information Sheet: Essentials of counselling	160
	Leader Sheet: Preparation and instructions for Session 22	162
	Leader Sheet: Preparation and instructions for Session 23	165
Sessions 24 and 25
	Leader/Information Sheet: Counselling Skills	166
	Counselling in Practice	168
	Problem Bank: Example of Counselling Problems (Ages 15 to 16)	172
	Problem Bank: Example of Counselling Problems (Ages 15 to 17)	177
	Problem Bank: Example of Counselling Problems (Ages 16 to 19)	179
	Conclusion	187
	Information Sheet: National Helplines	188
	Bibliography	191