Final Capstone

Lesson Plan
Communication between Family, Lovers, and Friends

Creating a safe place for students
Ashley Brown
Plan:
Considering I am going to graduate school for Marriage and Family Therapy
this upcoming fall, I really wanted to get the most out of this class and focus on
something that would be meaningful to me. I decided I wanted to focus on
communication and hard to talk about subjects between family, lovers, and
friends. After reading numerous articles, I found a new path that fit best with
my goals and what is close to my heart.
I used the articles to help me further understand subjects that are tough to talk
about, things people wish they could have done differently when it comes to
communication, and to give me ideas on how I would like to run a class
involved lecture.
Objective:
I would like to take a standard class length (1 hour and 15 minutes) and have a
safe room for students to discuss certain concerns and to be able to hear other
students that might be going through the same thing as them. I don’t want a
standard class where I am lecturing and teaching necessarily but listening and
interacting.
Introduction:
Explain to class the above plan and give further information on what exactly
will be done in class today.
 Considering certain topics can be hard for certain students to hear or talk
about, make this an open-ended session and give students 2 options for
class today.
o Option 1: Stay in class and be active in the discussion. This
discussion will include polls from the class, discussing touchy
subjects (sex, abuse, disappointment, etc), and creating a plan to
improve the communication between the individual.
o Option 2: Go to the library at the beginning of class and research
college stressors according to the internet. Once you have found
and recorded those, also list the advice/tips that are given to help
deal with those stressors. Then answer if you have had the same
stressors and if so, did you use the tips given and if not, how did
you go about it. If you haven’t had any of the stressors listed,
explain if you believe the tips are useful, why or why not. This will
be turned in at the end of class to count as the discussion.
Option 1 exercise:
 Poll
o To start class off, I will ask several questions to make sure the
discussion is geared towards the students in class. Make it personal.
 Have you ever had a problem communicating with a family
member, loved one, and or friend?
 Tally up how many people say yes or no. Also tally
how many people say they have had a communication
problem with 1,2, or 3 of the listed groups of people.
 If multiple people of the following groups, which is tougher
to communicate to? (Family, Loved one, and or Friend?)
 Why do you believe it is tougher to talk to this person?
 Open-ended question. Ask for an example of a topic
that is hard to discuss with this person (This will later
be used for discussion. All students will remain
anonymous. Have them mark if it is okay to share the
anonymous scenario).
 After the poll, tally all of the answers and put them on the board for the
class.
o Once this information is present, ask the class some questions
regarding this information.
o Is this shocking to them?
 Open for discussion and allow class to explain why or why
not.
o As conversation flows with the class, make sure to stay engaged
and ask further questions as they seem fit.
 Take some of the scenarios and examples given of topics that are hard for
people to discuss with the people in their life and open them from class
discussion. People can say if they have been through the same thing and
what advice they would give the other person.
o Make sure to write down the suggestions and the type of situation
it is. This will later be used for when Option 2 students come back
into the class.
 Open up the class for discussion regarding other situations that are
stressful for them such as work, doctor offices, etc.
 End this portion of the class with final remarks regarding how the
discussion went and do a survey that ask the students if they feel like the
class was beneficial, would they like to see it more, and what would they
change.
All students are back in class
Option 1 and 2 students together
For this final portion of class, I will ask the option 2 students for their
assignments and briefly go over the stressors and solutions they found. I will go
over this with the class and we will see if it matches anything they said in the
discussion and if the solutions for the problems are the same.
The purpose:
The purpose of this format was to create a space, even if its just once for
students to feel heard and like they aren’t alone. I am very passionate about
communication and the importance of healthy communication. I believe many
people have stressors in their lives and all deal with them separately and
differently. I would like for everyone to feel like they got something out of the
discussion and possibly for it to be something done more often. I would also
like to end the class with outside sources and options such as clubs and
counseling groups students can use if they ever feel need.
Have the class sit in a circle with their chairs all facing inwards.

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