Lesson

Topic

Description

1

Getting Acquainted

- getting to know names
- sharing background
- structure of lessons

2

Nonverbal attending

- questioning each other
- attending skills
- FELORI concepts

3

Roadblocks

- ineffective communication styles
- roadblock role plays

4

Listening skills

- concept of listening
- recognizing feelings
- empathic listening

5

Empathic Listening

- Rogerian listening
- review empathic listening
- listening dyads

6

Empathic Listening (con’t)

- listening dyads
- review empathic listening
- natural listening

7

Helping relationships

- Questioning skills
- Open ended questions
- role situations

8

You & I messages

- self disclosing messages
- “You” messages
- “I” messages

9

Feedback

- facilitative feedback model
- positive feedback

10

Values clarifications

- concept of values
- Fallout shelter

11

Decision making

- five step decision making model
- decision making dyads
- decision making scenarios

12

Ethics, Issues & Referral

- ethics
- confidentiality
- developing a code of ethics
- a discussion of issues in their communities
- review of available community resources
- methods of referring