Course Description

This course helps students understand and cope with personal, family, and social challenges. Emphasis is paced on communication, decision-making skills, and building stable relationships with family and peers. The course enables students to implement positive coping mechanisms and promotes understanding of self. It addresses issues that impact teenagers: self-concept, family and peer relationships, substance abuse, personal loss, dating and teenage pregnancy, and child abuse. Emphasis is placed on students taking personal responsibility for life.

Core Standards of the Course

Standard 1 Students will discuss and participate in activities to help them deal with teen-age transitions.

Standard 2 Students will discuss the importance of families and the role the students play in their family.

Standard 3 Students will discuss the dynamics of peers and friends.

Standard 4 Students will discuss adolescent attractions to the opposite sex.

Standard 5 Students will identify and prepare for challenging times they may face.