This handout lists the six levels of validation and gives examples of each. Fill out 
Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheet 12: Validating Others whenever you have an 
opportunity to practice validation skills, whether or not you actually practiced the skills .
••Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 18a: Identifying Validation. This hand -
out is a brief multiple-  choice quiz on validation.
••Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 19: Recovering from Invalidation. Inval -
idation can be helpful or harmful. Either way, it usually hurts. This handout lists 
how to respond effectively when you are invalidated by someone. Fill out Interper -
sonal Effectiveness Worksheet 13: Self-  Validation and Self-  Respect whenever you 
have an opportunity to practice self-  validation skills whether or not you actually 
practiced them.
••Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 19a: Identifying Self-  Validation. This is 
a brief multiple-  choice quiz on responding to invalidation.
••Interpersonal Effectiveness Handout 20: Strategies for Increasing the Prob -
ability of Desired Behaviors. This handout describes very effective strategies for 
increasing behaviors you want in yourself or others: behavior reinforcement and 
new behavior shaping. To be effective in changing behaviors, learn these strategies 
and put them into action. To record your practice, use Interpersonal Effectiveness Worksheet 14: Changing Behavior with Reinforcement.