Communication Smarts focuses exclusively on the communications parts of PREP, which have beenadapted especially for use with teens. The unit offers a concise and coherent package of communicationand conflict management skills. These activity-based lessons make teens aware of the patterns that canwreck relationships and then teach teens a set of skills for reducing, stopping, and exiting from thosenegative patterns. Teens practice ways to exit escalating arguments, learn how to raise complaints more effectively, and acquire simple strategies for countering the “”filters”” that get in the way of clearcommunication. They learn a simple “”Speaker-Listener”” technique to repair their relationships after afight or to use when talking about difficult or sensitive issues. Also offered are insights and tips fordealing with the issues that tend to “”push their buttons.”” Finally, a powerful but simple model for problem solving is practiced. (Author abstract).