Expected and Unexpected Reactions

Behaviors at school can be expected or ______________.

• unexpected

• unexpected

• unexpected

• unexpected

When you show expected behavior, people around you feel happy and _______.

• uncomfortable

• safe

• unhappy

• weird

Which of these shows expected behaviors?

• quitting a game because you were not winning

• telling someone you don't want to be their friend in a mean way

• asking to take a break when you are frustrated

• yelling because you don't want a teacher near you

A teacher offers you help and you don't want the help. What would be an expected response to say to the teacher?

• Why are you always asking me if I need help?????

• Leave me alone - you're annoying me!!!

• I don't need any help. Thank you.

• I didn't ask for your help so get away from me

Someone runs into you by accident and it bothers you. What would be an expected reaction?

• Tell them to watch where they are going

• Run into them to get them back

• Tell them they are losers and you hate them

• Tell them that it is ok and accidents happen

You feel like a teacher isn't helping you in class when you need help. What would be an expected reaction?

• Wait pateintly for the teacher to finish with the other student(s)

• Tell the teacher they are being mean to you

• Tell the teacher they don't care about you

• Tell the teacher they aren't doing their job

It is expected behavior to push a teacher's hand away if you do not want their help.

• Yes (true)

• No (false)

What coping strategies could you use to deal with frustrating situations at school?

• Write in a journal

• Ask for help from a friend or teacher

• Take a break away from the situation

• Draw or doodle

What is an unexpected reaction when your friend is playing with someone else at recess and you feel left out?

• Tell them you don't want to be their friend anymore

• Find someone else or something else to do. Sometimes your friends want to do something else and that's OK

• Feel sorry for yourself

• Write them a mean not and tell them you don't want to be their friend anymore