ASSERTIVENESS

1. ASSERTIVE TRAINING
PRESENTED BY:
V. BOOMINATHAN
M.SC (N) 1ST YEAR
MTPG & RIHS

2. OBJECTIVES
◦ Define assertive behaviour
◦ Discuss basic human needs

3. ◦ Assertive communication/behaviour
is when someone expresses what
they are thinking in a calm and
respectful way.
Assertive
communicators
think about other
people’s opinions,
needs, and feelings.

4. INTRODUCTION
Assertiveness is communicating and
expressing your thoughts, feelings, and
opinions in a way that makes your views and
needs clearly understood by others, without
putting down their thoughts, feelings, or
opinions
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5. Assertive body language
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7. HISTORY OF ASSERITVENESS
TRAINING
Let’s start of Assertiveness training has a decades-
long history in mental health and personal growth
groups, going back to the women's movement of the
1970s.
The approach was introduced to encourage women
to stand up for themselves appropriately in their
interactions with others, particularly as they moved
into graduate education and the workplace in greater
numbers.

8. “
DEFINITION
Assertiveness training is a form of behaviour
therapy designed to help people stand up for
themselves—to empower themselves, in more
contemporary terms. Assertiveness is a response that
seeks to maintain an appropriate balance between
passivity and aggression. Assertive responses
promote fairness and equality in human
interactions, based on a positive sense of respect for
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9. BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS
◦ The right to be treated with respect
◦ The right to express feelings, opinions, and beliefs
◦ the right to say “no” without feeling guilty
◦ The right to make mistakes and accept the
responsibility for them.
◦ The right to be listened to and taken seriously
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10. BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS
◦ The right to change your mind
◦ The right to ask for what you want
◦ The right to put yourself first, sometimes
◦ The right to set our own priorities
◦ The right to refuse justification for your feelings of
behaviour
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11. THANK YOU
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