Standard/Goal Four

STANDARD/GOAL FOUR:

Students will use interpersonal communication skills to enhance personal health.

INDICATOR 1: Students will evaluate how communication affects relationships with family, peers, and community.

9-12 BENCHMARKS:

  1. analyze how communication skills are used to build and maintain healthy relationships.
  2. model effective communication techniques when interacting with family, peers, and community.
  3. assess effectiveness of interpersonal communication skills and adjust appropriately.

Sample Grade Level Objectives/Activities:

Ninth-Twelfth Grades
  1. demonstrate communication techniques which facilitate positive interaction with family, peers, and others.
  2. demonstrate interactive communication skills, e.g., "I" message, eye contact, body language, tone.
  3. investigate the role personalities play in interpersonal communication.
  4. determine techniques to check for listener understanding.
  5. determine causes of misinterpretation in interpersonal communication.

STANDARD/GOAL FOUR:

Students will use interpersonal communication skills to enhance personal health.

INDICATOR 2: Students will evaluate and select effective communication skills which enhance personal health.

9-12 BENCHMARKS:

  1. model healthy ways to express needs, wants, and feelings.
  2. analyze behaviors/situations which create bridges and barriers to effective communication.
  3. use pertinent and descriptive terminology when discussing health issues.

Sample Grade Level Objectives/Activities:

Ninth-Twelfth Grades
  1. demonstrate skill in expressing personal problems and in seeking assistance.
  2. evaluate and select effective strategies to overcome communication barriers, e.g., respect for values of others, empathy.
  3. demonstrate ways to effectively describe health issues/problems, e.g., correct anatomical terms, knowledge of health-related acronyms.

STANDARD/GOAL FOUR:

Students will use interpersonal communication skills to enhance personal health.

INDICATOR 3: Students will analyze conflict and engage in healthy communication and resolution strategies.

9-12 BENCHMARKS:

  1. evaluate the effects of conflict in various situations/relationships.
  2. analyze and select situationally appropriate resolution strategies.
  3. model refusal, negotiation, and collaboration skills to avoid potentially harmful situation.

Sample Grade Level Objectives/Activities:

Ninth-Twelfth Grades
  1. evaluate the basic causes of conflict in society, e.g., attitude, power issues.
  2. investigate differing values as cause of conflict with others.
  3. analyze the effectiveness of communication in a variety of conflict situations, e.g., assertiveness vs. aggressiveness, listening skills
  4. develop refusal skills regarding peer pressure.
  5. model negative and positive approaches to handle conflict, e.g., negotiation, manipulation.
  6. analyze and demonstrate conflict situations to identify the causes, warning signs, rights issues, values, tolerance, and expectations.