With your mentor, fill out the action plan below Know your rights!!I have the right to feel angry if someone treats me badlyI have the right to express my opinionI have the right to disagree with other peopleI have the right to say ‘no’I have the right to feel angryI have the right to ask for what I wantI have the right to be treated with respectI have the right to fair and just treatmentI have the right to make mistakesI have the right not to be taken for grantedI have the right to think of myself sometimesI have the right not to be put uponI have the right to a fair workloadI have the right to protest against unfair criticism.I have the right not to be shouted at2. Build your self-esteem and self-worthSo that you do not feel so sensitive to criticism or to injustice. Use the following template to help you:a. What things do you do well?a.1 a.2 a.3 a.4 a.5 b. What achievements have you had?b.1 b.2 b.3 b.4 b.5 c. What have you done that was hard to do?c.1 c.2 c.3 c.4 c.5 d. What things can you do easily?d.1 d.2 d.3 d.4 d.5 e. What evidence is there that people like you?e.1 e.2 e.3 e.4 e.5 f. What compliments have you been given?f.1 f.2 f.3 f.4 f.5 g. What good things have happened to you?g.1 g.2 g.3 g.4 g.5 3. Express your anger assertively!Verbal LanguageBody LanguageAggressiveSpeaks too loudly/shoutsUses insults or personalise the issues.May swearConstantly interruptsLays blame easilyUses degrading languageWaves fistsPoints with fingerHas hands on hipsBangs fists on tableJabs at other person with fingerGlaresLeans head forwardLeans upper body forwardMay invade personal space (gets too close to the other person)PassiveSpeaks too quietlyAdopts an apologetic toneHesitant voiceAvoids eye contactAdopts a stooped postureBows headHas ‘closed’ posture e.g. with arms folded across chest and/or legs crossedAssertiveSpeaks clearlySpeaks audiblyMay repeat requestsMaintains direct eye contactMaintains an upright postureHas ‘open’ posture e.g. with arms by side and legs uncrossedKeeps distance so as to respect personal spaceSubmit and continueReset
