Unit 2: Connections: Living Well with Others

Unit 2: Connections: Living Well with Others

This unit explores what healthy relationships are and how to maintain them with different types of communication. The unit also covers ways to resolve conflict, how someone can identify abuse, and what steps can be taken to end abusive cycles.

Unit Focus

• why we need positive relationships
• establishing and developing healthy relationships
• effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills
• identifying the different levels of communication
• describing the characteristics of a healthy friendship
• resolving conflicts and mending differences in relationships
• identifying abusive relationships and what to do about them