Title: Create strategies for handling peer and outside influences.
Course: Family and Consumer Sciences Exploratory II (19904-12) > Section: Demonstrating Interpersonal Relationships

Creation of strategies should include online and in-person influences and may include

- distinguishing between positive and negative peer influences
- developing refusal skills
- accessing support systems
- incorporating positive communication skills
- identifying possible circumstances of peer influences
- identifying preventive measures
- identifying assertive, aggressive, and passive behaviors and responses
- having positive self-esteem.

Teacher Resources:

- Sample Contest Info, Wyoming FCCLA
- 2015 – Interpersonal Communications
- 2016 – Interpersonal Communications

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What is peer pressure? How can it be positive?
- 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 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?