SELF-ESTEEM - Teaching students how to get what they want in ways that maintain dignity and respect for themselves and others. Curriculum for Grades 5-8 - Revised and Edited by Constance H. Dembrowsky   This is an experientially based, scoped and sequenced one semester course in which role plays, games, and small group activities help students internalize critical concepts and behavioral skills in the areas of: Self-Esteem, Responsibility, Relating Effectively,Conflict Resolution, Problem Solving, and Goal Setting.
	1. Introduction to the Curriculum Content		This lesson acquaints students with the program content and provides an explanation of the goals and requirements of the course.
	2. Discussion Skills		A Discussion Model Students are introduced to the principles of effective discussion skills which improves their participation in all classes.
	3. Assuming Responsibility		These lessons help students recognize that they choose to assume responsibility for themselves whether they control a situation or not.
	5. Dealing with Persons in Authority		These lessons create an awareness in the students of different aspects of verbal and nonverbal communication and allow them to experience sending and receiving messages in a variety of settings.
	6 Growth Goals Inventory		8 Verbal Communication
	7. Two-Way Communication		9. Nonverbal Communication
	10. Nonverbal Communication
	13 Aggressive Behavior 14. Passive Behavior 15. Assertive Behavior		Assertive behavior is the middle ground between aggressive and passive behavior that can help students pursue their goals in ways that do not offend or reject other people. These lessons help students identify which of their behaviors are passive, aggressive, or assertive and establish positive assertive behaviors
	16. Positive Strokes 17. Negative Strokes		These lessons create student awareness of getting attention in positive and negative ways. In their longing for attention, many students experience inadequate positive attention and end up using negative input to satisfy their need for attention. These lessons teach students how to get attention in a positive way.
	18. Compliments and Conversations   Making Requests   Refusing Requests   Coping with Anger		These lessons are designed to show students constructive ways to interact with others in situations involving making requests, expressing points of view, and dealing with anger. Knowing how to express negative feelings appropriately helps students modify their behavior and achieve harmonious relationships.
	19. Expressing Anger		The purpose of these lessons is to help students learn that they are in charge of their feelings and that they can make positive emotional choices in response to any situation. They also learn how to assume responsibility for their physical and emotional health.
	20. Winners and Non-Winners		21. Feelings are a Choice
			These lessons are designed to allow the students to experience the risk-taking and stressful situations while teaching ways to positively cope with mental and physical stress. Being able to choose your actions rather than reacting to others is not a skill that students are aware they have. After completing this unit, students learn how to control their behavior and actions.
	22. Coping with stress
	23. You and Group Pressure   Friends and Trust   Trust Walk		These lessons help students evaluate their feelings about trust. They also teach students how groups function, how to positively resist peer pressure, and how to assume active or leadership roles in groups.
	24. Using a Problem Solving Model		Positive problem-solving is an essential skill for maintaining a constructive and productive life. These lessons establish a process through which students can learn to solve their problems by providing a logical sequence to follow in seeking constructive solutions to the difficult situations they encounter.

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