Title: Describe characteristics of healthy and unhealthy relationships.
Course: GRADS: Work Focus (19906) > Section: Creating and Maintaining Healthy Relationships

Description should identify

- how communication skills contribute to positive relationships
- standards that guide behavior in interpersonal relationships
- skills needed for teamwork and leadership
- how to reduce stress in relationships
- individual needs and personality traits and their effect on relationships and career advancement
- how to develop social, professional, and community ties
- characteristics of unhealthy relationships

  - red flags for unhealthy and abusive relationships
  - the importance of consent
  - boundary-setting
  - methods of ending relationships
- negotiation and conflict resolution.

Process/Skill Questions

Thinking

- What are some characteristics of healthy relationships? Of unhealthy relationships?
- What are signs that a relationship is caring, respectful, and responsible?
- What role does trust play in relationships?

Communication

- What is the role of communication in forming and maintaining caring, respectful, and responsible relationships?
- How can communication be used to relate to others in positive and caring ways?
- What are the benefits of open and ongoing communication in a relationship?

Leadership

- How does cooperation help build caring, respectful, and responsible relationships?
- What strategies may be effective in building caring, respectful, and responsible relationships?
- What leadership characteristics help strengthen relationships?

Management

  - What personal and environmental factors contribute to caring, respectful, and responsible relationships?
  - What are the benefits of having caring, respectful, and responsible relationships?
  - What are the consequences of not having caring, respectful, and responsible relationships?