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Navigating Teen Peer Relationships: Building Healthy Bonds and Resisting Pressure

This presentation focuses on developing responsible peer relationships, addressing peer pressure, and identifying abusive relationships among teenagers aged 13-19. It covers categories of peer relationships, attitudes towards dating, effective refusal skills, and interactive activities to enhance understanding. Participants will engage in discussions, peer pressure experiences, and assignments to promote healthy friendships.

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Navigating Teen Peer Relationships: Building Healthy Bonds and Resisting Pressure

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  1. Target Group The target group for this presentation is for teenagers between the age of 13-19

  2. Group 9 • Fabiola Morales • Laura Martens • Jenny Hernandez • Meagan Sheppard • Roger Kennnedy

  3. Peer Relationships • Lesson 1: Developing responsible relationships • Lesson 2: Peer Pressure and Refusal Skills

  4. Abusive Peer Relationships • http://www.films.com/Films_Home/Item.cfm/1/32763

  5. Categories of Peer Relationships 1. Friendships a. Casual Friendships b. Close Friendships c. Platonic Friendships 2. Cliques 3. Responsible Relationships a. Dating relationships b. Choosing not to date

  6. Attitudes Towards Dating • Feeling comfortable with significant others • Practice decision-making • Communication skills • Time commitments • Not emotionally ready

  7. Reasons Teens Choose Not to Date

  8. Three Responses to Peer Pressure • The Passive Way • The Aggressive Way • The Assertive Way

  9. Advantages of Different Friendships • Share confidences, and interests • Meeting a variety of people • Part of social health

  10. Three Steps of Assertive Refusal • State your position simply, but firmly • Suggest alternatives to the behavior being proposed • Back up your words with actions

  11. Effective Refusal Situations Example: Tony at the high school party

  12. Effective Refusal Situations Example: Kathy shopping with friends

  13. It's Bingo Time! Get Ready

  14. How to Scale Friendship and Dating Please chose 6 activities that friends and couples engage in

  15. The Wheel of Peer Pressure Please check under you seats

  16. Discussion • Were the learning activities a useful tool in learning lessons? • Were the games used interactive and informative?

  17. Peer Pressure Experience Create or recall a peer pressure experience

  18. Discussion • What types of peer relationships do you engage in? How are they beneficial or detrimental? • Think about all of your friends. Do you consider them casual, close or platonic friends? • Do you believe peer pressure has a large impact on your behaviors and feelings?

  19. Discussion • How do you respond to negative peer pressure? • Do you practice assertive refusal?

  20. Conflict Scenario Please fill out sheet completely

  21. Assignments • Group Assignment: Popular Magazine articles regarding peer pressure. • Self Assignment: Self-Test – Do you engage in healthy friendships?

  22. Vocabulary List of Key Words • Casual friendships • Close friendships • Platonic friendships • Cliques • Peer Pressure • Assertive refusal

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