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| About this Book | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Preface | |
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| Learning Basic Social Skills. | |
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| Skills to Make a Good Impression. | |
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| Making a First Impression | |
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| What Is a Good Impression? | |
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| Your Appearance | |
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| Your Attitude | |
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| Getting Prepared | |
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| Asking Appropriate Questions | |
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| Thinking About My Behavior | |
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| Picked out of a Crowd | |
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| Ways to Blend In | |
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| Unusual Behaviors | |
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| Behaviors That You Can�t Help | |
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| Neutral Behavior | |
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| Getting Rid of Annoying Tendencies | |
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| Invading Personal Space | |
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| Interrupting | |
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| Repeating Yourself | |
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| Bodily Noises | |
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| Being Bossy | |
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| Having a Pleasant Voice and Breath | |
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| Voice Volume | |
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| Voice Tone | |
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| Using Appropriate Language | |
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| Just Answer the Question! | |
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| Bad Breath | |
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| Being a Good Listener | |
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| Identifying a Good Listener | |
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| How to Be a Good Listener | |
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| Important Listening Situations | |
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| What Problems Do You See? | |
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| Skit Revisited: Identifying the Listening Skills | |
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| Sharpening My Communication Skills | |
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| What Is Communication? | |
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| Communication Through Behavior | |
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| Communication Through Expressions | |
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| Messages | |
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| Practice Your Communication Skills | |
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| Sizing Up My Reputation | |
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| What Others Say About You | |
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| Developing a Reputation | |
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| Misjudging Others | |
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| What Kind of Reputation Do You Want? | |
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| Changing Your Reputation | |
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| Skills for Self-Improvement. | |
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| Having a Good Sense of Humor | |
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| Benefi ts of a Sense of Humor | |
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| Creating Humor Appropriately | |
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| Easing Tension with Humor | |
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| Laughing WITH, not Laughing AT | |
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| Using Humor to Include Others | |
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| Expressing Myself Appropriately | |
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| Expressing Myself with Words | |
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| Waiting Before Responding | |
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| Avoiding Getting Upset | |
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| Public vs. Private Conversations | |
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| Communicating via E-Mail | |
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| Viewing Things Realistically | |
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| Making Realistic Changes | |
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| Improbable or Impossible? | |
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| Making Changes for the Better: Habits and Friends | |
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| Making Changes for the Better: Attitudes and Actions | |
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| It Could Happen . . | |
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| Standing Up for Myself | |
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| That�s Not Right! | |
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| What Do I Believe? | |
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| Why Do I Think That Way? | |
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| Beliefs and Behavior | |
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| What�s the Problem? | |
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| Making Good Decisions | |
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| Questions to Ask Yourself | |
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| A Decision-Making Chart | |
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| What Decision Need to Be Made? | |
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| When You Need More Information | |
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| Head vs. Heart Decisions | |
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| Controlling My Emotions | |
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| Why Should We Control Our Emotions? | |
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| First Reaction | |
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| What Triggers Your Emotions? | |
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| Controlling What You Show | |
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| Alternative Reactions | |
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| Making Good Friends | |
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| Is This a Good Friend? | |
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| Ways to Make Friends | |
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| Are You a Good Friend? | |
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| Friends Aff ect Us | |
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| Why We Want Friends | |
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| Using Common Sense | |
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| What�s Common About Common Sense? | |
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| Looking for Clues | |
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| Thinking Harder | |
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| Thinking Smarter | |
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| Using Your Common Sense | |
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| Having a Good Work Ethic | |
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| Understanding the Job | |
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| Staying on Task | |
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| Knowing When to Ask for Help | |
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| Making a Quick Decision | |
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| Job Completion | |
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| Skills for Being Around Others. | |
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| �Reading� Other People | |
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| A New Kind of Reading | |
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| Facial Expressions | |
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| Tone of Voice | |
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| Body Language | |
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| Sincerity | |
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| Knowing Expectations | |
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| Knowing What to Expect: People | |
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| Knowing What to Expect: Situations | |
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| Knowing What Is Expected: Tasks | |
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| Knowing What to Expect: Past Experiences | |
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| Knowing What Is Expected: Commonsense Clues | |
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| Negotiating or Compromising | |
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| Negotiation as a Social Skill | |
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| Why You Can�t Always Have Your Own Way | |
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| Situations to Negotiate | |
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| Things That Aren�t Negotiable | |
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| Practice Negotiating | |
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| Understanding Another�s Point of View | |
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| Introduction to a Diff erent Viewpoint | |
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| Identifying Diff erent Points of View | |
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| What�s the Basis for This Point of View? | |
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| Changing Your Situation, Changing Your Opinion | |
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| What Are Your Opinions? | |
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| Being Flexible | |
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| Handling Changes | |
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| Changing Your Plans | |
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| Changing Your Mind | |
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| Being Open to New Things | |
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| Reflecting | |
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| Respecting Authority | |
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| Interacting with Your Supervisor | |
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| When Your Boss Is Wrong | |
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| Other Authority Figures | |
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| Other Types of Authority | |
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| What Would You Do? | |
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| Making Others Feel Comfortable | |
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| The Play | |
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| Embarrassing Moments for Others | |
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| Helping Others Through Stressful or Uncomfortable Situations | |
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| Ordinary Times to Be Outgoing | |
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| Things to Beware Of! | |
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| Working with Others | |
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| Sharing a Job | |
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| Working as a Team | |
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| Cooperating with Authority | |
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| Brainstorming | |
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| Carrying Out Your Responsibilities | |
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| Dealing with Strangers | |
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| Being Overly Friendly to Strangers | |
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| Strangers Who Ask Too Much | |
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| When You Want Something | |
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| Rude Behavior of Others | |
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| From Stranger to Friend | |
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| Reacting Appropriately to Peer Pressure | |
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| Feeling the Pressure | |
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| Everybody�s Doing It | |
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| Positive and Negative Peer Pressure | |
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| When There�s a Conflict | |
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| Resisting Negative Pressure | |
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| Revealing Yourself to Others | |
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| Mysterious or Just Plain Quiet? | |
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| Why Tell About Yourself? | |
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| Revealing Things to Be Polite | |
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| Revealing Things to Make Conversation | |
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| Take a Risk, Open Up | |
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| Using Social Skills. | |
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| Using Social Skills at Home | |
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| Getting Along with Parents | |
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| Getting Along with Siblings | |
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| Balancing Responsibilities and Desires | |
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| Intrusions on Privacy | |
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| Handling a Divorce or Family Split | |
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| Living with Abusive or Dysfunctional Family Members | |
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| Spending Quality Time with My Family | |
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| Learning About My Family | |
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| Becoming Independent | |
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| Forgiving Others | |
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| I�m Embarrassed About My Family | |
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| Being Proud of My Family | |
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| Using Social Skills at School | |
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| Getting Along with Teachers or Authority Figures | |
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| Managing a Social Life | |
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| Asking for Help | |
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| Failing Classes | |
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| Discipline Problems | |
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| Intimidation from Other Students | |
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| Developing a Bad Attitude Toward School | |
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| Getting Involved in Extracurricular Activities | |
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| Giving Extra Eff ort Toward Excellence | |
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| School Goals | |
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| Work-Study Options | |
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| School Safety | |
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| Using Social Skills at Work | |
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| Getting Along with Your Supervisor | |
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| Getting Along with Coworkers | |
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| Understanding the Skills Required for the Job | |
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| Developing Good Work Habits | |
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| Following Instructions | |
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| Dealing with Complaining Customers | |
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| Being Resourceful | |
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| Taking Initiative for Promotion | |
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| Sick Days | |
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| Cell Phones at Work | |
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| What Not to Wear, Say, Do | |
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| Workplace Work Space | |
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| Using Social Skills with Peers | |
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| Respecting Others as Individuals | |
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| Developing Healthy Relationships with the Opposite Sex | |
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| Taking Advantage of Social Opportunities | |
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| Deciding How Much Infl uence Others Will Have over You | |
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| Getting Involved with People with Problems | |
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| Feeling Outcast | |
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| When a Friend Is in Trouble | |
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| Choosing to Befriend Someone | |
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| Becoming a Good Conversationalist | |
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| Being a Peer Role Model | |
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| Misunderstandings | |
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| Taking and Giving | |
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| Using Social Skills in the Community | |
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| Having Respect for the Property of Others | |
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| Demonstrating Good Manners Toward Others | |
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| Respecting Community Authority Figures | |
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| Being Aware of Local Issues | |
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| Supporting Eff orts to Improve the Community | |
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| Dealing with Unhelpful People | |
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| Volunteering at Agencies | |
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| Your Local Newspaper | |
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| Helping Each Other | |
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| Promoting Your Community | |
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| Getting to Know People in Your Community | |
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| Participating in Community Events | |