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Planned Teaching Boys Town Social Skill Lesson Plan |
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Accepting 'No' for an Answer |
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| Introduce Skill | Why do people sometimes need to say "no" to your requests? | |
| What? | Explain what we mean by "accepting 'no' for an answer." | |
| When? | Tell a time when you were told "no." What did you do? | |
| Who? | Who says "no" to you? How did you feel? | |
| Describe Skill Steps | 1. Look at the person. | |
| 2. Say "Okay." | ||
| 3. Stay calm. | ||
| 4. If you disagree, ask later. | ||
| Rationale | When you accept "no" gracefully, the person may be more | |
| Benefit | willing to listen to your disagreement(s) this time or next time. | |
| Neg. Consequence | When you don't accept "no" in a calm manner, people may not | |
| Concern | listen to you at all. OR Often, people cannot have everything | |
| they want. | ||
| Request for | Repeat the steps. Does this make sense? | |
| Acknowledgment | ||
| Practice | Role play that the class has lost a certain privilege because of | |
| inappropriate behavior during the lesson. Talk about and role | ||
| play the specific steps to accept "no." Include specific steps on | ||
| how to discuss the matter later if they disagree. | ||
| Feedback | You did a great job of practicing "Accepting 'No' for an answer!" | |
| (Praise specific steps followed and give specific feedback for | ||
| areas of improvement.) | ||
| Positive | Because you practiced so well, you have earned 10 minutes of | |
| Consequence | extra free time. (or other positive consequences that are | |
| appropriate for the time like penny candy or playing a game.) | ||
| Follow-Up Practice | Let the class know that you will be observing the class to "catch | |
| them" using the skill "Accepting 'No' for an Answer." Continue to | ||
| praise correct use of the skill and re-teach as needed. | ||