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 Standards:: 5. Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health.
Student Performance Descriptions:
As a result of health instruction, students will:
1. Distinguish between verbal and non-verbal communication. 2. Describe characteristics needed to be a responsible friend and family member. 3. Demonstrate healthy ways to express needs, wants, and feelings. 4. Demonstrate ways to communicate care, consideration and respect of self and others. 5. Explain attentive listening skills needed to build and maintain healthy relationships. 6. Demonstrate refusal skills needed to enhance health. 7. Differentiate between negative and positive responses to conflict situations. 8. Demonstrate non-violent strategies to resolve conflicts.