Individual training, group exercises, role play practice with optional video feedback.
We trained together prior to data collection in role plays, practice interviews and discussions on maternal mortality and research ethics.
In the training sessions, we explained the theory behind the program but spent the majority of the time in the sessions conducting role play practice with feedback.
They took the parts of the interviewer and respondent in a role-play practice and also practised doing interviews and physical measurements with the instructors and few patients.
The approach used, an adaptation of Community Parent Education (COPE), provided for individual application to each family and child regardless of age, clinician modeling of the intervention, and parent-clinician role play practice of the intervention as applied to each child.
Teens with low self-esteem may benefit from social skills training, role play practice, and cognitive restructuring of negative self-talk to build up their confidence.[2] They should also be taught some stress management skills, like the basic but effective deep breathing exercise that promotes relaxation and alleviates anxiety.
The latter, you'll know as playground games like hide and seek and tag; the former, if you know it at all, as LARPing, or live-action role-playing – the practice of playing dungeons and dragons-style role-playing games in the real world.
The training included an introduction to the study; the role of the peer leader and its limitations (i.e. not being a medical doctor); communication and role-playing to practice handling difficult situations.
Through role-playing and practicing negotiation skills, we can decrease the likelihood of consequences that will affect adolescents for the rest of their lives.
Groups will review anxiety-management strategies and will guide members in role-playing and practicing feared school situations, such as reconnecting with peers, transitioning to new schools and classes, and handling academic responsibilities.
