Title: Develop strategies for resolving individual and family stress, conflict, and crisis.
Course: Family Relations (19259-36) > Section: Dealing with Family Stress, Conflict, and Crisis

Development should include

- following steps for coping with crisis
- using techniques to relieve stress, such as deep breathing, imagery, and progressive relaxation
- identifying the importance of self-care
- identifying family resources
- using techniques to prevent and manage conflict.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What resources are available to families experiencing stress?
- What is self-care?
- What skills are learned during the process of effectively managing stress?

Communication

- How do communication skills affect strategies for preventing, minimizing, or resolving family stress, conflict, and crisis?
- What techniques exist to prevent and manage conflict?
- How can good communication lessen the consequences of stress?
- What non-verbal cues can identify stress within a family?

Leadership

- How does stress, conflict, or crisis affect the goals of families or individual family members?
- What skills can be used to develop coping strategies?
- How can resources be accessed to help family members cope with crisis?
- How can stress relief be used by a leader in the workplace?
- How can delegation of responsibilities relieve stress within a family?

Management

- What are strategies for preventing, minimizing, or resolving family stress, conflict, and crisis?
- How can the planning process be used to resolve a family conflict?
- What effect can goal setting have on stress, conflict, and crisis?