Course Description
Relationships within the family unit continue to change as children move through adolescence to adulthood. The stress that individuals face due to a rapidly changing environment, has resulted in more young people experiencing
interpersonal conflicts, substance abuse, teenage pregnancy, child abuse, and sexually transmitted infectious diseases such as HIV. Therefore, it is essential to include Family Life Education in the curriculum of young secondary students.
September 9, 2008y decisions as they cope with life's changes and to acquire meaningful skills that will help them improve the quality of life in general.
5 Credits; Available in Spanish
It is Your Life Unit I
- Explain the relationship between personal choices and quality of life
- Identify personal values and goals and describe the role of values in making decisions and achieving goals
- Compare, prioritize, and set short-term and long-term goals
- Describe the factors that contribute to the development of character and personality
- Compare appropriate and inappropriate behavior for expressing emotions, including anger management
- Identifying the influence of culture on development
- Describe the role of acceptance of responsibility in making decisions
- Define stress and stress management
- Identify stress reducing strategies and compare their efficiency
- Apply effective study skills to promote academic achievement
Relationships Unit II
- Analyze the characteristics and behaviors contributing to a positive relationship
- Describe and apply effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills that build positive relationships
- Define manipulative behavior and peer pressure and apply strategies to prevent manipulation
- Practice refusal skills, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills
- Identify the purpose of dating and the desirable qualities of a dating partner
- Evaluate love versus infatuation
- Explain how the male and female reproductive systems function
- Analyze the importance abstinence in dating relationships
- Determine the emotional consequences of unintended pregnancy and adolescent sexual activity
- Analyze the effects of nutrition, prenatal care, and harmful substances on the unborn
- Determine the emotional consequences of unintended pregnancy and adolescent sexual activity
- Analyze the effects of nutrition, prenatal care, and harmful substances on the unborn
- Determine the laws pertaining to financial responsibility toward children born out of wedlock
- Analyze laws related to unlawful sexual relations
Family Living Unit III
- Describe the function of the family
- Explain how families influence individual development
- Describe the roles and responsibilities of healthful parenting
- Analyze the responsibilities of healthful parenting
- Analyze the responsibilities of parents for promoting the development of children
- Evaluate parenting styles and parenting strategies
- Define child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, and elder abuse
- Identify ways to seek assistance if concerned, abused, or threatened
Substance Abuse and STDS Unit IV
- Identify various types of substance abuse and the consequences of such abuse
- List the long-term consequences of tobacco use and the dangers of passive smoking
- Describe refusal skills to successfully cope with peers and the pressures of drug use
- Recognize the consequences of high-risk behavior on the individual and the family
- Identify laws related to illegal drugs
- Identify resources that provide support systems for substance abusers and their families
- Describe various sexually transmitted diseases
- Assess the nature of AIDS and its effects on the human body
- List methods to reduce the risk of HIV infection including abstinence from intravenous drugs and sexual abstinence
Preparing For The Future Unit V
- List the rewards of working and having a career
- Evaluate interests, abilities, and personal priorities related to employment
- Show how personal choices can affect career plans
- Determine a variety of career options
- Determine the preparation requirements for various levels of employment
- Associate education options with career choices
- Determine costs of education
- Analyze educational options
- Develop a budget
