Teen Living Notes

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Teen Living Notes

• Obj. 1.02 Interpret road blocks to personal
  development.
• Obj. 1.03 Practice interpersonal skills

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Roadblocks Hinders you from having a good
quality of life.

• Physical - health issues, substance abuse,
  addictions
• Mental/Emotional abuse, dependency issues,
  depression, eating disorders, suicide
  (prevention)
• Social/Community lack of social opportunities,
  living environments, socio-economic status (low
  poverty level)

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Roadblocks

• Environmental air, industry, land, water
• Legal issues criminal acts, family issues,
  truancy

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Interpersonal skills how to get along with
others

• Communication
• Conflict Resolution Steps to follow to solve a
  problem 1. identify the problem 2. identify
  possible solutions 3. evaluate each suggested
  solution 4. pick the best solution 5. see if the
  solution is working 6. if necessary, agree to
  disagree.
• Planning process Steps 1. identify concerns 2.
  set a goal 3. form a plan 4. Act 5. Follow up

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High self-esteem could increase your
communication.

• Power struggles are causes of conflict. Ex
  someone in charge of prom decorating and another
  person in charge of refreshments and placing the
  tables. They start arguing about where to put
  chairs tables.
• A positive result of a conflict is differences
  being settled.
• Sources of air pollution aerosol sprays,
  combustion of fuels, and exhaust from motor
  vehicles
• A fact about rape is that the rapist wants to
  overpower someone.

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Emotional abuse lowers a victims self esteem.

• When speaking, you should practice the skills you
  have learned in class. This is a way to practice
  rapport with the listener.
• Active listening involves giving both verbal
  non-verbal feedback to the speaker.
• Someone who concentrates carefully on what is
  being said is practicing active listening.

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Cost of violence to society is for tax money to
be spent on criminals in prison.

• To implement the follow up step in the planning
  process you would evaluate the project the group
  had completed and summarized whether or not its
  goal was reach or achieved.
• Feedback to respond to a question with your
  thoughts on the matter.
• Safety procedure always look through a window
  or peephole before just opening up the door to
  your home.

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Best strategy for students to use during exam
schedule is to ask your boss if you can take off
or reschedule your hours.

• Using I-messages is a positive effective way to
  help in a conflict situation.
• if a group tries to involve at least 75 of
  their members in a activity and hope to involve
  others as well they are implementing (putting
  into place) the set goal step from the planning
  process.

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Creating a list of topics and activities
(brainstorming) is known as identify concerns
from the planning process.

• The first step in resolving a conflict is to
  identify exactly what the problem is.
• Students who are trained in conflict resolution
  are called peer mediators.
• Personality differences are the number one reason
  why people cant get along. If one student is
  outgoing talkative and another student is quiet
  dont like braggers this could create a
  conflict.

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Communication is a 2 way process of sending
receiving messages.

• To help reduce the amount of garbage in the
  environment, a person should practice precycling,
  recycling, and reusing.
• Mediation conflicting parties must talk to each
  other through an mediator who is someone with an
  unbiased view on the matter. (3rd part person who
  helps to settle the differences)

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Being open minded to everyones ideas is a good
listening skills.

• To actively listen means to pay close attention
  and to take notes during lectures.
• To settle a conflict choose a quiet place to
  discuss what the matter is and to limit others
  from hearing or seeing you.
• If students are working on a community service
  project to help the environment they should keep
  in mind that families live near by and not to
  cause any loud noises to disturb the peace.

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The best time to discuss an issue with someone is
when they are not busy and they are in a relax
mood.

• Radiation would not be a air pollution item,
  things like gas exhaust, industries burn-offs
  material, and burning trash.