basic skills for Sensitivity.

Basic Skills:

Step 1: Express Interest and Concern for Others, especially when They are Having Problems.

Rationale:
-If You help Others, They are more likely to Help You.

Helpful Hints:
-If You see Someone in Trouble, ask if You can Help.
-Sometimes, just showing you Care is enough to help a Person get through a Difficult Time.

Step 2: Recognize that Disabled People deserve the same Respect as anyone Else.

Rationale:
-A Disability does not make a Person Inferior. Helping People with Disabilities without Ridiculing or Patronizing Them shows that You Believe all People are equal, although Some Peple need a little Extra Assistance.

Helpful Hints:
-Be ready to Help a Disabled Person when needed by doing such things as holding open a door , carrying a Package, giving up Your Seat.
-Don't Stare at Disabled People or make Such Comments about Their Special Needs.

Step 3: Apologize or make Ammends for Hurting Someone's Feeling or causing Harm.

Rationale:
-Saying You're Sorry shows that You can take Responsibility for Your Actions and can Admit when You've done Something Wrong.

Helpful Hints:
-You can Harm Someone by what You Fail to do, just as easily as by what You can do. Some Examples are Breaking a Promise or not Sticking Up for Someone who is being Picked On.
-If You Hurt someone ...

Step 4: Recognize that People of Different Races, Religions, and Backgrounds deserve to be Treated the Same Way as You would expect to be Treated.

Rationale:
-Treating others equally shows that although People are Different, You believe that it shouldn't matter in the ways You treat Them.

Helpful Hints:
-Don't make Jokes or Rude Comments about the Color of Someone's Skin or what He or She believe.
-Some People have Different Customs for doing Things..