In Class
Your partner in math was absent yesterday and doesn't know how to do the math. You could help them but you could finish the homework instead.
What do you do?
You could encourage your partner to ask the staff for help on the parts they missed.
You have a big science project to finish tonight but your parents say you need to go out for a family dinner with them. You didn't know about the dinner until last minute.
What do you do?
Explain to them the project and see if they will let you stay home, ask for help on the project when you get done with dinner.
You get invited to someone's party. They ask if you will come. You don't want to go but you feel bad telling them.
What do you do?
Tell them you are unable to make it.
While messing around with a friend, you end up spilling his milk and it goes everywhere.
What do you do?
Ask a staff if you can grab some napkins to wipe it up.
Someone messages you and asks you to post the science homework online so they can copy it.
What do you do?
Tell them that you aren't going to post the science homework online.
Your teacher calls your name to answer a question but you weren't paying attention and didn't hear the question.
What do you do?
Apologize for missing the question and ask the teacher to repeat the question.
You had plans to hang out with your friend tonight but your parents say that you can't go.
What do you do?
Tell your friend that your parents said that you couldn't go.
You are angry about something that happened at home but end up taking it out on your friend and telling him to shut up. Now, he's annoyed with you.
What do you do?
Apologize and explain that is wasn't your friend's fault.
A friend tells you that you can't sit at the lunch table anymore. You don't know why.
What do you do?
Ask you friend why you can't sit there or ask if there is another time you can talk about this?
A friend tells you to accept their event invite on social media if you plan on going to their party. You don't want to go to the party.
What do you do?
You are really bored during a class lecture and ask to go to the bathroom. Your teacher says no.
What do you do?
You need to stay focused on the lecture. Ask the teacher if you could take notes, utilize a fidget or other coping skill.
Your siblings gets you in trouble for inviting friends over when your parents were away and you were not supposed to have people over.
What do you do?
Take responsibility for your choice to have friends over without permission.
You know your friend's birthday is coming up in a few days.
What do you do?
Figure out a way to let them know what they mean to you. (small present, make a card, bake a treat, etc.)
Someone at your lunch table keeps talking loudly with food in their mouth. It is grossing you out.
What do you do?
Ask them politely to not talk with food in their mouth
Someone texts you an inappropriate picture of a person in school and asks you to send it along.
What do you do?
Do not send it along, tell an adult.
When you walk into class, your teacher tells you to spit out your gum or you have detention/IBI. You don't want to spit out your gum.
What do you do?
You spit out the gum and apologize for having gum on campus.
What do you do?
You love your new haircut and you were excited to go to school to show it off. When you get to school, someone says it looks horrible.
The person next to you at lunch says you are eating like a pig.
What do you do?
Tell them that wasn't nice and tell them that it hurt your feelings.
A friend keeps texting you at midnight telling you about a party they will be having this weekend.
What do you do?
Tell them that you need to get to bed.
What do you do?
Ask the person behind you to stop OR raise your hand to tell the teacher.
There is a dance on Friday night that you really want to go to but you are grounded for talking back.
What do you do?
After a vacation, a friend gives you a souvenir they got on their trip.
What do you do?
Thank them, consider making them a thank you card.
The person next to you at lunch is making a mess. It is annoying you and grossing you out.
What do you do?
You can politely ask them to keep their belongings in their own personal space.
Someone that has been mean to you in the past message you and asks you for your best friend's phone number.
What do you do?
You can ignore their text or you can ask your friend if it is ok to give them their phone number.