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Curricular Competency Group
Curricular Competency
Describe and apply strategies for developing and maintaining healthy relationships
Elaboration
- understanding that characteristics of positive relationships may include:
- kindness
- mutual respect
- trust and honesty
- safety from harm
- consensual
- feeling valued
- feeling supported
- healthy boundaries
- demonstrating an understanding of consent:
- understanding personal boundaries and respecting the boundaries of others (e.g., body boundaries, emotional boundaries)
- ensuring affirmative consent (yes means yes) and obtaining permission before doing things
- saying “no” and “stop” in respectful and assertive ways
- developing assertive strategies (e.g., saying no, stating how you feel)
- using and modeling a ‘yes means yes’ narrative
- understanding that healthy relationships include respecting boundaries, the ability to say no, hear/ accept no, respecting body language, etc.
keywords
Describe and apply strategies for developing and maintaining healthy relationships