Level: Intermediate
Skill: Predict Consequences
Goal: Improve decision-making and problem solving skills
Objective(s): Given a situation, students will be able to list possible outcomes of various behaviors.
Process Steps:
1. Stop and think .
2. Ask yourself, "What will happen if I...?"
3. Ask, "Is that what I want?"
4. If "yes", do it.
5. If "no", go back to step #2.
Advance Organizer
Review:
"We have talked about consequences and learned steps to help us predict consequences. How does predicting consequences help us?" (elicit student responses)
Application:
"Remember that problem situations have more than one solution. For instance, if I forget my homework I can tell the teacher, I can say nothing, or I can lie about it. You can see that the outcome might be different, depending on my choice." Teacher charts on board:
"What are some consequences you can think for each
case?"
Teacher adds to chart, below solutions.
Teacher leads some group activity using other situations: bus
driver tells you to settle down, you are called out unfairly in a
ballgame, you lie to your girlfriend.
Post Organizer
Personalize/Preview:
Each of you may well have different consequences at home. Tomorrow we're going to discuss how our consequences at home - like for breaking curfew or skipping school - may vary.
Social Skills Curriculum Guide, 1992
Special School District of St. Louis County
