Assertiveness Training Manual: A Five-Week Course for Self Advocates

178 pp. This book is about helping self advocates learn how to speak up for themselves and be more assertive. It shows self advocates how to lead a group through five assertiveness lessons. It has handouts for group leaders about what to do for each lesson. It also has handouts for everyone in the group to take home. There are fun exercises included to help people learn to speak up for themselves.

The manual is available as a PDF file in four parts (see below) until an updated version is released.

• Part one (Introduction and week one)
• Part two (weeks two and three)
• Part three (week four)
• Part four (week five and afterwards)