A24: You Don’t Have To Shout To Be Heard: Assertive Communication -  3 units
Mona Orange                                 
Wed. 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. - Sept. 17, 24, Oct. 1, 8
Senior Center - Limit: 25

Mona Orange has taught Assertive Communication, Leadership Development, Parenting Education, and Public Speaking Skills for the past 30 years.  She was a frequent cablevision news guest while serving as Director of the Office for Women in Suffolk County, NY, and currently serves as one of the regular television hosts on an interview show at Lake Monticello. She is a frequently requested motivational speaker and lecturer on women’s health issues.

This course will demystify the differences among assertive, nonassertive and aggressive behavior and demonstrate nonverbal and language techniques for improving communication; provide practice to improve listening skills; examine roadblocks to assertive behavior and how to break them down; and clarify specific techniques to use with family, friends and co-workers. Additional techniques for becoming an assertive consumer (including medical consumer) will be demonstrated and practiced. Practice and participation in group exercises create a lively and fun atmosphere for learning new skills. There will be many opportunities to experience success through practice and sharing personal stories of achievement at each session.