A FACILITATOR'S GUIDE FOR "SELF-ESTEEM"

Activity

EMPATHIC LISTENING SKILLS ROLE PLAY
Duration 20-25 minutes
Materials Handout #7; Overhead #11; pens for participants
Purpose To provide participants with hands-on communication skills practice.

Directions:

  • Ask two participants to role play "The Hockey bag" scenario using empathic listening skills.

  • Ask participants to turn to Handout #6; pair participants and prepare them for skills practice as indicated.

Role Play

Your child comes into the house, throws down her hockey bag and says,

"I can't believe it. We lost another game. We're no good. We're never going to make it to the playoffs."

Parent: You sound really disappointed about losing the game.
Child: Yeah, I really thought we could win this time. We spent so much time practising.
Parent: Yes, you did.
Child: Oh well, I guess this means more practice. We have a lot of fun at practice, and this is only our 4th game anyway. It takes time to get used to working as a team.

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