1. Welcome to the Problem-Solving Group

2. Expectations Problem-Solving
Show Respect- listening, raising your hand, taking turns speaking, sitting up
Show Responsibility- coming on time, having your DPR card ready.
Be Safe – staying seated, placing books/materials on the side.
Remember: Confidentiality!! What is said in the room stays in the room!

3. Dpr cARD S/AIG Goal is 80% NAME: I followed the classroom expectations
44 pts
S/AIG
-Problem Solving DPR
NAME:
DATE:____/___/______
Period 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Totals
Goal 1
I followed the classroom expectations
(3 B’s).
Goal 2
I responded to others appropriately
(respectful, volume, body lang., words, facial exp, etc)
Goal 3
I used my resources appropriately today
(sought out support for: understanding, directions, clarification, conflicts, concerns, etc.) /6
/54
Teacher Initials
PARENT SIGNATURE:______________________________ To be returned daily.

4. What do I need to do with the DPR Card?
AM: Check in with your Homeroom Teacher
Get your DPR Card
Hand in your signed DPR from the night before
Bring DPR Card to each period
Give to teacher as you enter class
Discuss your progress at the end of the class with the teacher
PM: Check out at 2:10 in the LMC
Bell rings at 2:10 to leave class
Go to LMC to YOUR Advisor
Bring DPR Card home to share with parents & get signed
Goal is 80% average for 4 weeks

5. You will get a pass Period: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Problem Solving Group
Show this pass to your teacher BEFORE leaving class
Come to: Room Room:________________
If this period is your lunch time please bring your lunch/drink
Problem Solving Group
Students Name-### Students Name-### Students Name-###

6. Problem-Solving Session 1
Problem Solving a Task
What is a Problem/Conflict?
Interpreting a Problem
Responding to Problems
Benefits of Problem Solving
Wrap Up!

7. Activity Time Tower Build Purpose:
To have students work together to problem solve a task.
Materials:
Index cards
Directions:
Break students into equal groups.
Give each group a stack of index cards
Tell the groups that they are working together to
“problem solve” how to build the tallest tower out of index
cards.
THE GREAT EGG DROP
The goal is to build a structure that will prevent an egg from breaking when it is dropped from a height of 8 feet.
The only materials allowed are 20 straws and
30 inches of 1⁄2-inch masking tape. Try to do it with as few materials as possible.

8. Discussion How did you get started?
What strategy did you use to build your tower?
How did you decide on the design?
Was it easy to get started?
Did your team agree right away on the plan?
Notes: Facilitator should look for the following:
Observe group dynamics – Who takes charge? Is there discussion or does one person take over? Any positive or negative comments being said? **You may want to take some notes on your observations so that you can refer back to what you saw.

9. Problem-Solving Session 2
Problem Solving a Task
What is a Problem/Conflict?
Interpreting a Problem
Responding to Problems
Benefits of Problem Solving
Wrap Up!

10. Expectations Problem-Solving
Show Respect- listening, raising your hand, taking turns speaking, sitting up
Show Responsibility- coming on time, having your DPR card ready.
Be Safe – staying seated, placing books/materials on the side.
Remember: Confidentiality!! What is said in the room stays in the room!

11. Come up with your own definition.
What is a problem?
Come up with your own definition.

12. What Is a problem?
When someone is dealing with a difficult situation, or when something/someone makes one feel uncomfortable.

13. What Causes a Problem? Where do problems happen?
Home School
Illness Loss
Community Life Changes
Be aware of the responses that are shown in the video.
Conflict Resolution - The Waterboy

14. What Causes a Problem cont’d…
When you think of problems that you may have at home or school, what do you think of?
Getting along with the teacher
Getting along with students
Keeping up with work
Remembering things, etc.
Give some examples of some problems that you may deal with in the…..
Hallways at school
Cafeteria
At home
What were some ways you dealt with these problems, and how effective were those solutions?

15. Problem-Solving Session 3
Problem Solving a Task
What is a Problem/Conflict?
Interpreting a Problem
Responding to Problems
Benefits of Problem Solving
Wrap Up!

16. Expectations Problem-Solving
Show Respect- listening, raising your hand, taking turns speaking, sitting up
Show Responsibility- coming on time, having your DPR card ready.
Be Safe – staying seated, placing books/materials on the side.
Remember: Confidentiality!!
What is said in the room stays in the room!

17. Put on your Thinking Caps!
Why is it important to understand the problem?
Helps to:
decrease the problem
eliminate the problem.
Activity time!
Look at the following slide and determine how many squares you see.

18. How many squares do you see?30

21. How many did you see?
Do you see any more???
There are…
30 total squares

22. Discussion: What happened when….. We took a second look?
We took a third look?
What might happen when we take ANOTHER look at a PROBLEM we are having?
Does everyone think or react in the same way?
It is important to know that everyone takes in the information differently!
Talking it out is an important tool to
aid in understanding
Seeing more solutions to a problem than you can “see” at first.

23. Let’s look further into what just happened:
Let’s take a look
Your friend Sam comes to school and he is very quiet today. More quiet than usual. Friends have been asking him all day what is wrong and he says “Nothing.” In 9th hour you ask say “Hey buddy, what’s up?”. Sam starts yelling and screaming and you guys get into a fight.
What is the “basic problem” here?
You two got into a fight
Let’s look further into what just happened:
Sam doesn’t look himself today
Sam is quiet
Throughout the year some of your friends have been involved in some inappropriate peer interactions. Recently, Sue, your good friend had some things written about her on Facebook. Today she is ignoring you and your hearing that she is saying things about you to other people. When you approach her about what is being said she starts pushing you and says “get out of my face! We are not friends anymore!”
Sue is mad at you.
Sue is not talking to you
Sue has had some negative things printed

24. Go take a another look BEFORE reacting to a problem.
Remember:
Go take a another look BEFORE reacting to a problem.

25. Problem solving Session 4
Problem Solving a Task
What is a Problem/Conflict?
Interpreting a Problem
Responding to Problems
Benefits of Problem Solving
Wrap Up!
Let’s practice!!

26. Expectations Problem-Solving
Show Respect- listening, raising your hand, taking turns speaking, sitting up
Show Responsibility- coming on time, having your DPR card ready.
Be Safe – staying seated, placing books/materials on the side.
Remember: Confidentiality!! What is said in the room stays in the room!

27. What To Do! What are some positive ways you can respond to a problem?
Ignore (does this always work?)
Walk Away (does this always work?)
Inform them to stop and say how you are feeling
“I-Messages” (I feel ________ when _______ because _______.)
Peer Mediation
Report the Problem: Who? (Home, School, Community)
Note:
Although you are not in control of what others do,
you are in control of what you do!

28. Role Plays School School Characters: Student 1, Student 2
Setting: School
Scene:
A classmate has asked you for the twentieth time to borrow a pen. Every time you lend her one, you don’t get it back, so this time you say no. She gets angry and starts to yell at you.
School
Characters: Student 1, other students
Setting: School
Scene:
You and a couple of your classmates go to the game after school to see one of your friends play. When the game is over two of your classmates start talking about how your friend did so bad in the game. They start saying bad things and cutting him/her down.

29. You got The skill…. Now USE IT!!
There's always a Solution
to the problem.

30. Problem solving Lesson 5
Problem Solving a Task
What is a Problem/Conflict?
Interpreting a Problem
Responding to Problems
Benefits of Problem Solving
Wrap Up!
Why use these new skills????

31. Expectations Problem-Solving
Show Respect- listening, raising your hand, taking turns speaking, sitting up
Show Responsibility- coming on time, having your DPR card ready.
Be Safe – staying seated, placing books/materials on the side.
Remember: Confidentiality!! What is said in the room stays in the room!

32. Why is problem solving so important???
What will it do for me??
How often will I
need them?
Why do I need to know
these skills now??
What will it get me??

33. Where you fall says a lot about you
How do you want others
to see you?
What do you want others to say about you?
Where you fall says a lot about you
PEACEMAKER BEHAVIORS
Doing: Negotiating Sharing Praising
Thinking: Imagining Respecting Planning
Feeling: Caring Loving Calming
PEACEBREAKER
Doing: Fighting Yelling Punishing
Thinking: Blaming Rejecting
Feeling: Hating Angering Fearing

34. Problem Solving - Review of skills
Role Plays
● Practice - I –Messages
● Reporting – when to seek assistance

35. Characters: You, Other students, Setting: Community Park Scene:
You’re shooting hoops with a friend in a community park. Your friend stops a younger student riding on their bike and demands the student’s hat. The younger students appears afraid but doesn’t want to hand over the hat. You recognize this as theft.
Home
Characters: You, Parent
Setting: Home
Scene:
When y ou come home from school your parent is very upset because she thinks you broke their favorite vase without telling them about it. He/she automatically grounds you, but you know it was actually your brother/sister who did it.
School
Characters: Student 1, Student 2
Setting: Hallway
Scene:
You shared a personal story with a friend and he/she said he/she wouldn’t tell anyone. You late find out your friend has told a few other people.
Ignore Walk Away “I-Messages” (I feel ____ when ____ because ____.)
Peer Mediation Report the Problem:
Community
Characters: You, Other students,
Setting: Outside
Scene:
You and your best friend have plans for the weekend, and you have been looking forward to hanging out all week. On Friday afternoon, your friend tells you he/she can’t do it because he/she is doing something with someone else.
Home
Characters: You, Other students,
Setting: Your bedroom
Scene:
While getting ready for school, you notice your favorite shirt/sweater is missing. You figure your younger sister/brother has borrowed it, so you ask her/him where it is. She reluctantly pulls it out from under her/his bed only to reveal a big stain on the front of it.
School
Characters: You, Other student
Setting: Class
Scene: Every time there is test, you notice the student sitting next to you copying your answers. You don’t like this person cheating and you’re tired of it. You want them to do their own work.

36. Problem Solving Lesson 6
Problem Solving a Task
What is a Problem/Conflict?
Interpreting a Problem
Responding to Problems
Benefits of Problem Solving
Wrap Up!
Celebration
Student Survey