Subject
Grade
Curricular Competency Group
Curricular Competency
Identify and describe avoidance or assertiveness strategies to use in unsafe and/or uncomfortable situations
Elaboration
- What can you do to stand up for yourself in an unsafe and/or uncomfortable situation?
- developing strategies for establishing boundaries in unsafe or uncomfortable situations:
- saying how you feel
- asking for what you need
- disagreeing respectfully
- saying no without guilt
- speaking up for yourself and others when safe to do so
- removing yourself from an unsafe or uncomfortable situation
- recognizing behaviours used by abusers or groomers (e.g., giving gifts, isolating a victim from their family, using guilt or blackmail to control)
- cultivating an awareness of power imbalances and how they can impact issues of consent and boundaries
keywords
Identify and describe avoidance or assertiveness strategies to use in unsafe and/or uncomfortable situations