This leader's guide, the first of three in a series for middle school students, presents a program designed to develop interpersonal skills and self-understanding. The guide is organized into three major seminars: communication, understanding behavior, and changing behavior; these are sequential and hierarchical in nature. Specific instructions for teaching performance indicators for the goals and competencies stated at the end of each seminar section are provided. Each seminar is divided into 10 sections corresponding to specific group meetings. The format for each meeting includes a list of needed materials and resources; suggestions for preparation; specific directions for conducting the meeting; suggestions for adapting the material; methods for evaluation; and samples of informational handouts, activity sheets, surveys, or homework assignments which can be reproduced for each group member. In addition, each seminar section concludes with an overview of the organizational framework for the seminars, a list of goals for each meeting, and a reference list. (WAS)