For example, how to transform people-pleasing into the ability to negotiate and to compromise or how to transform blaming and aggression into the ability to take leadership with personal and social responsibility, and with caring. Participants create movies portraying difficult interpersonal situations of interest to them, such as ATOD, violence, dating behavior, setting limits, cheating, stealing, in which they take parts. They use disempowering and empowering behaviors to discover how they feel, the consequences of their behaviors and get feedback on the effect they have on others as they behave in different ways. Exploring sameness, differentness and uniqueness, first in small groups and then generalizing by guided visualizations to include all people everywhere. Exploring how feeling good and being cool are different.
Participants alternate taking both the part of giving and receiving positive support.
It also gives them the clear message that they have the resources needed for change and that they are trusted to connect to and use their wisdom. Choosing behaviors congruent with one s deepest wish, one s voice of wisdom. Implementing the new choices. Juvenile criminal police offenses such as assaults, vandalism, burglary, etc. Straight Foundation has analyzed data from many more teachers, counselors and nurses whose results have been consistent with published results.