Title: (Optional) Demonstrate strategies for handling peer pressure.
Course: Family and Consumer Sciences - Development (19900) > Section: Demonstrating Positive Interpersonal Relationships

Demonstration of strategies should include

- distinguishing between positive and negative peer pressure
- strategies for saying no/refusal techniques
- accessing support systems
- incorporating positive communication skills
- identifying possible circumstances of peer pressure
- identifying preventive measures
- identifying assertive, aggressive, and passive behaviors/responses
- having positive self-esteem.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What is peer pressure?
- Can peer pressure be positive? How? Why?
- What influences the way you handle peer pressure?
- What or who are your support systems?
- How would poor self-esteem make you more vulnerable to succumbing to peer pressure?

Communication

- What strategies might be used to handle peer pressure?
- What are some similarities and differences in the ways males and females handle peer pressure?
- What resources are available to help you handle peer pressure?

Leadership

- What are some options for helping a friend who is engaged in illegal or destructive behavior?
- What attitudes, beliefs, values, skills, and knowledge can leaders use to help someone deal with negative peer pressure?

Management

- What are some strategies to help you maintain positive peer relationships?
- What are some results of being subjected to negative peer pressure?