Transcript Social Health

Social Health
Building Healthy
Relationships
Social Health
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Your ability to get along with the people
around you.
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Three Key Skills
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Communication
Compromise
Cooperation
The Three Cs
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Communication- The exchange of thoughts,
ideas, and beliefs between two or more
people.
Compromise- The result of each person’s
giving up something in order to reach a
solution that satisfies everyone.
Cooperation- Working together for the good
of all.
Communication
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Verbal: Things you say
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In your notes make two lists:
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Positive speaking skills (Allow others to talk)
Negative speaking skills (Hogging the conversation)
Nonverbal: Body language
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In your notes make two lists:
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Positive body language (Smiling)
Negative body language (Frowning)
Communication
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Active Listening: hearing, thinking about, and
responding to the other persons message.
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In your notes make a list of active listening skills:
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Pay attention
Provide feedback
Let the person finish speaking
Stay calm if it is something you don’t want to hear
Communication
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Refusal skills: communication strategies that
help you say no effectively.
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Be honest
Be friendly and polite
Be firm
Make eye contact
Offer and alternative
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In your group come up with as many ways as you can
think of to say no to someone who is trying to get you to
try a cigarette.
Compromise
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In your notes come up with a situation where
two people or groups of people want different
things.
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Example: John and Jake want to go to the movies
but Josh and Jason want to go to bowling.
With a partner share your situation and
together develop a compromise for the two
people or groups.
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FAMILY TV PROJECT!
Family and Friends
Write as many words
as you can think of
when you hear the
word family
Friends and Family
Kinds of families:
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Couple: Two adults and no children
Nuclear: Two adults and one or more children
Single Parent: One parent and one or more
children. Parent may be unmarried, divorced, or
widowed
Extended: A nuclear or single parent family who
also lives with other relatives
Blended: One parent, one step parent, and the
children of one or both of the parents
Friends and Family
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What are some problems that families have
to deal with?
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Separation and Divorce
Illness and Death
Unemployment
Substance Abuse
Physical and Emotional Abuse
Friends and Family
Your ideal family
In your notes describe what you want your family to
look like when you are older.
 Where do you live?
 Who do you live with?
 What do the adults do for a living?
 If you have kids what are they like?
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What are their interests?
What are their roles and responsibilities in the family
What are the roles and responsibilities of the adults?
Friends and Family
What are some qualities of good friends?
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Loyalty
Reliability
Sympathy
Caring
Giving
Good listener
Friends and Family
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Peer Pressure: pressure from people your age to do
something.
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Positive Peer Pressure: When others your age pressure you
to do something worthwhile
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Try out for a sports team
Start exercising after school
Volunteering after school
Negative Peer Pressure: When others your age pressure
you to do things that aren’t worthwhile or good for you
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Try drugs or alcohol
Trying dangerous or illegal activities
Doing something that goes against your values
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