Students learn practical skills for verbal self defense. Support - Giving and Getting expresses the necessity of support in relationships and friendships. Students discuss how support can best be offered, as well as how to receive healthy support and advice. Apologies examines what lashing out is, when a person might do it, and how it feels to be the object of someone's lashing out. The class helps students own up to mistakes they've made, own up to negative behavior like gossiping and exclusivity, and raises their awareness of when they have let someone down.
Students actively apologize to friends.
Self Acceptance creates an opportunity for students to reflect on the insecurities and strengths they reviewed during the course. Students learn that they are responsible for their actions and that they are their own best protector.