Title: Identify skills important in building and maintaining relationships with others.
Course: Life Planning (19257-18) > Section: Creating and Maintaining Healthy Relationships

Identification should include

- development stages of interpersonal relationships
- skills important in initiating and maintaining relationships with others
- processes (e.g., conflict resolution, mediation, anger management) for handling unhealthy relationships
- processes for ending unhealthy relationships (e.g., cyber bullying, bullying, codependence).

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What factors influence your attitudes about cooperation, collaboration, compromise, teamwork, and group membership?
- What criteria should be used to evaluate the extent of someone’s cooperation?
- What are the potential benefits of cooperation in pursuit of goals for the individual and for the group?
- What ethical issues may arise when groups attempt to gain cooperation from their members? When might a group member legitimately refuse to cooperate?

Communication

- What communication skills are needed to develop a spirit of cooperation?
- How can you communicate your goals to others outside the group?

Leadership

- What are the consequences of not using the strengths of group members?
- How can leaders integrate new members into the group and encourage their cooperation to achieve group goals?

Management

- What resources are needed to encourage cooperation in the achievement of group goals?
- What management techniques help you organize and delegate responsibilities?