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Show Assertiveness training for children 9-12 offered by Mental Health Davis County Mental Health is offering a new course in Assertiveness Assertive-ness Training for pre-junior high children, ages nine through twelve. Never before offered to this age group, this course is being made available in response to the recognized recog-nized need for these young people to acquire skills for resistance to peer pressure, coping with criticism, critic-ism, and increasing self-esteem. The purpose is to prepare them for the added stresses they will encou-ter encou-ter as they enter junior high school and in the years following. Young people, as they enter adolescence, involve themselves more and more outside the home with friends. Peer groups are functional func-tional at this stage because they allow the development of social skills necessary in adulthood, but they also are a source of stress as group members pressure each other to conform to group norms. One of the primary goals of this assertiveness training course is to teach class members how to balance ba-lance the need for being themselves them-selves with the need to be accepted by a group. Emphasis will also be placed on the development of a healthy self-esteem-a quality which builds on itself as young people learn that they are able to achieve realistic goals and make effective and wise decisions for themselves. Assertiveness Training for pre-junior pre-junior high youth will be offered at Davis County Mental Health in Bountiful (470 East Medical Drive) beginning Feb. 17. The class will meet on Tuesday evenings from 5-6:30 5-6:30 p.m. The cost is $32, half of which will be refunded for full attendance. Those interested in obtaining more information or registering for the course should contact Peggy Whitehead, instructor, or Bill Pate-naude, Pate-naude, Prevention specialist at 298-3446. |