Simplified DIGNITY PEACE STEPS With Motions For non-readers or to translate into your language in easy-to-remember words with motions. RELAX: Put hands out in front of you with palms down and thumbs touching. Move your hands apart as if smoothing something flat. WHAT IS GOING ON?: Leave your hands where they are and turn the …
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Using the Dignity Peace Steps
The Dignity Peace Steps are a flexible method for individuals or groups to find hope. They can be useful in making decisions, facing challenges, working out disagreements or finding options. Goal: To make a decision or find an option for a peaceful outcome Objective: Participants will practice using the Dignity Peace Steps Needed: A copy …
Listening Effectively
Listening is a key factor in showing respect to a person. Ignoring or “not really listening” is a quick way to show a person that you do not consider them worthwhile. Whether you are meeting a person for the first time, know a person well or are a leader of a group, you can practice …
Multi-Purpose Certificate
This certificate can be adapted for many uses. For example, it can be a CONGRATULATIONS for success in completing a project or the completion of a program. It could be a final page of a journal. It could be adapted to become a thank you note. You can make it black and white or in …
What are Some of My Strengths ?
Sometimes I put myself down. I tell myself, “I never get things right” or “I’m so stupid.” It is hard not to put ourselves down when we hear others putting us down. I can choose to tell myself positive things:“Sometimes I get things right.”“No one is born knowing everything.”“I can learn many things.” Strengths are not …
Talking Stick
Goal: To help people listen to each other with respect Objectives: Each participant will experience using a talking stick held by the person speaking, to help others focus on what the person is saying. It will help the speaker to feel respect. Needed: A stick (or any common object) One creative group uses a toy naked …
Choice Challenge
Goal: To provide many choices to participants Objectives: Each participant will experience making choices, and that will tend to increase the ability to make choices. GIVING CHOICES IS IMPORTANT IN TREATING A PERSON AS VALUABLE. LACK OF CHOICES CAN FEEL DEMEANING. Needed: A creative mind to think of possibilities! Challenge: Plan Choices for almost every activity …
Dignity Peace Steps
To Make DECISIONS or Resolve Conflicts PEACEFULLY CHOOSE TO BE CALM Stop and think Don’t interrupt WHAT IS GOING ON? From your point of view Without blaming HOW DO I FEEL ABOUT IT? Tell how you feel about what’s going on Listen carefully and respectfully to each other WHAT DO I WANT? Tell what you …
A Safe Happy Place
Goal: To create a safe, happy environment. Objectives: Every participant will experience choosing the rules for an environment that will be safe and happy so they will not worry about coming. Needed: A volunteer or the leader to write the rules or to help the group recall the suggestions for rules. A seating arrangement where all …
“I LIKE” game
Goal: To provide healthy food and drinks for focus and energy Objectives: Each participant will experience choosing healthy foods Criteria for a Healthy Snack: To provide focus: It is important that the food does not have high sugar, caffeine, such as chocolate, or any ingredient that would “wind up a person” so it is difficult …
Pursuing Dignity & Peace 