Building Healthy Friendships: Qualities, Peer Pressure, Refusal Skills, and Conflict Resolution

1. Chapter 3 HealthyRelationships Lesson 3 Your Friends and Peers Click for: >> Main Menu >> Chapter 3 Assessment Teacher’s notes are available in the notes section of this presentation. Next >>

2. Learning Targets • 1. I will identify three qualities of a good friend. • 2. I will understand the two kinds of peer pressure. • 3. I will identify how to use refusal skills to resist peer pressure. • 4. I will explain the importance of abstinence during the teen years.

3. Read pages 73-77 Read pages 73-77 in book and fill in packet

4. friendship • reliable • loyal • empathy A special type of relationship between people who enjoy being together Dependable Faithful The ability to identify and share another person’s feelings

5. Who Are Your Friends? A friendship is an important relationship. friendship A special type of relationship between people who enjoy being together

6. Character Traits of good friends • Reliable • Loyal • Empathy • Trustworthy • Dependable

7. Who Are Your Friends? Tips for Making Friends Get to know yourself Break theice Join a clubor group Offer ahelping hand

8. Building Strong Friendships You can build stronger friendships through cooperation. cooperation Working together for the common good Another way of making friendships stronger is through mutual respect and support.

9. cooperation • peers • peer pressure Working together for the common good Friends and other people in your age group The influence that people your age mayhave on you

10. Peer Pressure Peers can give you support and confidence during your transition to adulthood. peers Friends and other people in your age group

11. Positive traits of friends Ways peers can be negative influences Organizing Information Make two lists. One should contain the positive character traits of good friends. The second should contain the ways peers can be negative influences.

12. Positive Peer Pressure Positive peer pressure can influence healthful choices and inspire you to improve yourself or do something worthwhile. peer pressure The influence that people your age may have on you

13. Positive Peer Pressure Positive peer pressure can inspire you to improve yourself or do something worthwhile. Inspiring you to improve your health and appearance, or to perform well on a team, are ways to be positive influences.

14. Negative Peer Pressure Daring someone to behave in a dangerous or illegal way is an example of negative peer pressure. A challenge to go against your beliefs or values is another example of negative peer pressure.

15. Lesson 3 Review Thinking Critically AnalyzeWhat are some positive and negative effects of peer pressure?

16. Assignments due: Assignments: Enrichment activity: Wanted a good friend Universal Activity 3

17. Chapter 3 HealthyRelationships Lesson 4 Refusal Skills Click for: >> Main Menu >> Chapter 3 Assessment Teacher’s notes are available in the notes section of this presentation. Next >>

18. On your vocab packet: • List as many ways as you can think of to say no when someone pressures you to do something dangerous or unhealthy. • LT: I can define what STOP stands for

19. READ pages 78-80 • Fill out vocab packet • STOP METHOD • S: Say no in a firm voice • T: Tell why not • O: Offer other ideas • P: Promptly leave

20. refusal skills • abstinence Ways of saying no Not participating in health-risk behaviors

21. What Are Refusal Skills? When peer pressure builds, use refusal skills to avoid potentially harmful situations. refusal skills Ways of saying no

22. s T O P What Are Refusal Skills? Say no in a firm voice. Tell why not. Offer other ideas. Promptly leave.

23. What Is Abstinence? Abstinence protects your health and the health of others. abstinence Not participating in health-risk behaviors Abstinence shows you have self-control.

24. Protects your lungs and heart. Protects your body and mind. Protects you against pregnancy andsexually transmitted diseases. What Is Abstinence? Abstaining from tobacco use… Abstaining from alcohol and other drugs… Abstaining from sexual activity…

25. Lesson 4 Review What I Learned RecallWhy is abstinence important during the teen years?

26. Lesson 4 Review Thinking Critically AnalyzeHannah told her friends that smoking harms aperson’s lungs and heart. Her friend continues to urgeHannah to smoke. What must Hannah do next?

27. SKITS • You must show all steps in the STOP process • What is your go to answer for STOP?

28. Chapter 3 HealthyRelationships Lesson 5 Resolving Conflicts Click for: >> Main Menu >> Chapter 3 Assessment Teacher’s notes are available in the notes section of this presentation. Next >>

29. Learning Targets • I will explain why conflict occurs • I will identify a strategy to resolve conflicts through negotiations. • Turn to page 81 in your book • Read pages 81-85 • Focus on TALK

30. conflict • prejudice • tolerance • compromise Disagreements in ideas, beliefs, or interests An opinion or fear formed without having factsor firsthand knowledge The ability to accept other people as they are A skill in which each side gives up somethingin order to reach an agreeable solution

31. negotiation • peer mediation • violence • gang The process of talking about conflict and deciding how to reach a compromise A process in which a specially trained student listens to both sides of an argument to helppeople reach a solution The use of physical force to harm someoneor something A group whose members often use violenceor take part in criminal activity

32. What are Conflicts? The first step in preventing conflicts is understanding what causes them. conflicts Disagreements in ideas, beliefs, or interests

33. Causes of Conflict Causes of conflict include: • Difference of opinion • Jealousy • Prejudice prejudice An opinion or fear formed without having facts or firsthand knowledge

34. The Myth of Positive Prejudice Some kinds of prejudice can seem positive. For example, saying all French people are good cooks may sound like a compliment. However, it is really a form of prejudice. Prejudices assume things about people based on their race, culture, or the groups they belong to.

35. Preventing Conflicts Good communication skills and tolerance are good tools to help prevent conflicts. tolerance The ability to accept other people as they are

36. Resolving Conflicts • Know when to walk away • Refuse to fight • Don’t take sides • Seek help if a fight breaks out

37. Reaching a Compromise Compromise is an important conflict-resolution skill. compromise A skill in which each side gives up something in order to reach an agreeable solution A compromise should not go against your values.

38. Reaching a Compromise A compromise sometimes requires negotiation. negotiation The process of talking about a conflict and deciding how to reach a compromise

39. Reaching a Compromise The T.A.L.K. strategy is an effective way of resolving conflicts. T Take a time-out. A Allow each person to tell his or her side. L Let each person ask questions. K Keep brainstorming.

40. Reaching a Compromise Some schools offer peer mediation as an option for conflict-resolution. peer mediation A process in which a specially trained student listens to both sides of an argument to help the people reach a solution

41. When Conflicts Get Out of Hand Conflicts that get out of hand can lead to violence. violence The use of physical force to harm someone or something Violence is a growing problem in the United States.

42. When Conflicts Get Out of Hand In some communities, there is gang violence. gang A group whose members often use violence or take part in criminal activity Some teens join gangs because of peer pressure, or they seek a sense of belonging that is missing in their lives.

43. Avoiding Violence Learn and practiceself-control. Don’t wear clothingthat could bemistaken for gangclothing. Stay clear ofharmful situations. Do not fight orthreaten others. If you carry a purse,carry it across your chest. Don’t go to partiesthat might includedrugs or alcohol. If someone has aweapon, report it. Be an advocateof peace. Use goodcommunication skills.

44. Protecting Yourself from Violence Do not open thedoor to anyone you don’t know. Keep doors andwindows locked. Never tell visitorsor callers you are alone. When going out, tell yourfamily where you aregoing and how you willget there. When walking home,try to walk in pairs, or with a group. Stay in familiarneighborhoods. Never get into or gonear a stranger’s car. Do not enter a buildingwith a stranger. If someone tries tograb you, scream andrun away.Call 911.

45. Lesson 5 Review What I Learned RecallWhen should you not be willing to compromise?

46. Lesson 5 Review Thinking Critically EvaluateWhen Seth walks away from a fight, he hearshis opponent call him “chicken.” What should Seth do?

47. Lesson 5 Review Thinking Critically AnalyzeDarla notices it is dark when she leaves her friends house. Suggest some things Darla should do to avoid becoming a victim of violence.

48. Review for test • TEST