FlashcardsReact vs. Respond Scenarios Flashcards
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This 5-card flashcard set presents real-world scenarios designed to help adults practice distinguishing between reacting emotionally and responding thoughtfully. Scenarios cover high-stress situations including workplace conflicts, family responsibilities, recovery-program environments, and probation supervision. Use it for social-emotional learning, conflict-resolution skill-building, or self-study in reentry, recovery, or behavioral-health contexts.
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- You are trying to get out the door for work/meeting/appointment and your significant other says something that has potential to start an argument. What does it look like when you REACT? What does it look like when you RESPOND
- You are very busy at work and your boss or co-worker asks you to take on an extra task that is not your job. What does your REACTION look like? What does your RESPONSE look like. What are the pros and cons of each.
- You come home after a trying day and your child greets you at the door with a reminder that the school project they've known about for 3 weeks is due tomorrow, and they need to go to the store, now. REACT. RESPOND. Which is more effective?
- You are in a halfway house and learn that your roommate got caught using. They say that you knew about it and were using too. This is not true, you are willing to give a clean urine to prove such. REACT. RESPOND.
- Your probation officer has given you the idea that you will be off paper in the next three months due to good behavior. Now they are saying to you that their supervisor is keeping you for an additional 6 months. REACT. RESPOND.
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