A group of kids at school telling someone not to be your friend is an example of _________ getting in the way of you achieving an interpersonal effectiveness goal.

OR

Being too angry at your landlord to ask for a window to be fixed is an example of _________ getting in the way of you achieving an interpersonal effectiveness goal.

What does it mean to negotiate as part of DEAR MAN?

What do the four letters of the GIVE skill stand for?

Name what each letter stands for in the FAST skills?

Give an example of a worry thought (or myth about emotions) that might stop you from achieving an interpersonal effectiveness goal.

Name two things that are important to keep in mind about the DESCRIBE part of DEAR MAN?

What does it mean to be GENTLE when you are using the GIVE skill in a tense interpersonal situation?

What does being Truthful have to do with keeping your self-respect?

What are the three goals of interpersonal effectiveness?

Role play: You want your teacher to change one of your grades from a C to an A.

OR

You want to ask your boss for a raise.

Give an example from your own life of how you have VALIDATED someone in an important relationship.

What is a situation where you might decide to use the FAST skill?

For two team members: Name a situation in which you might want to use interpersonal effectiveness skills.

Role Play: Ask a coworker for a ride home for the 4th time this week OR You've been working on a school project with your best friend and feel like you've been doing all the work. Ask your friend to pitch in more by doing something specific.

Give an example of a time when you healed a tension or a friction with another person using the GIVE skills.

1) What does it mean to stick to your values?
2) Name 2 values that are important to you.

Name the five things that DBT says can get in the way of staying balanced in your interpersonal relationships.

A teenager wants her parents to let her stay over at a friend's house on Friday night, so she decides to use DEAR MAN to ask for this effectively. How might she assert herself and then reward her parents if they say yes?

OR

You want to stay over at a friend's apartment when you are visiting them in another city. How might you effectively Assert yourself and then Reward your friend if they say yes?

Your friend keeps interrupting you at work or school. Role play a DEAR MAN and GIVE to ask them to stop interrupting you.

Your good friend starts telling jokes that are offensive to you. Role play a DEAR MAN and FAST where you ask them to stop.