The goal of this unit is for students to demonstrate the ability to apply communication, interpersonal, and intrapersonal skills to enhance personal, family, and community health

New York State Skills:   

Communication: Sequential personal and social skills comprised of multiple subskills, that when performed together, enable an individual to listen, understand and express oneself in respectful, safe and health enhancing ways. This skill includes verbal and non-verbal communication, assertiveness, refusal, negotiation, conflict management and collaboration.

Relationship Management: Overall personal health skill that enables an individual to assess and analyze one’s current interpersonal and intra-personal knowledge and skills, monitor, evaluate and adjust one’s behavior to enhance personal, family and community health and safety. Relationship management includes the application of Stress Management, Communication, Decision Making, and Planning and Goal Setting to enhance personal, family and community health and safety.

Communication & Relationship Management cover the following topics:

• Active Listening
• Verbal and Nonverbal Communication
• Tips for Communicating with Parents
• I-Messages
• Communication Styles - Passive, Aggressive, & Assertive
• Assertive Statements
• Refusal Skills

Health Content Highlight: 

Depression

• National Mental Health Association
• www.depressedteens.com
• Teenhealth.org

Suicide

• Kristen Brooks Hope Center  1-800-Suicide (784-2433)

Violence Prevention & Conflict Resolution

• CDC- Violence Prevention

Grades for this unit will include, but are not limited to the following:

• Communication Packet

• Parent Homework Assignment

• Communication Role Play Final Assessment

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