Title: (Sensitive) Identify potential threats to one’s safety and mental health/well-being.
Course: Family Relations (19259-36) > Section: Nurturing Safety and Well-being

Identification should include

- external threats such as

  - gang violence/initiation
  - substance use (e.g., distribution, excessive consumption)
  - bullying
  - abduction
  - peer pressure
  - sexual harassment
  - technology (e.g., cyber bullying, texting while driving, sexting)
  - hazing
  - human trafficking.

- internal threats such as
  - diagnosed mental illness (e.g., anxiety, depression, eating disorders, substance use disorders, affective, psychotic, and personality disorders)
  - substance use disorders

  - self-harming behaviors
  - suicidal or homicidal ideation.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- How can decisions affect others?
- What is the difference between hazing, bullying, and peer pressure?
- How is technology used to threaten safety and well-being?

Communication

- How can technology be unsafe?
- How can you keep yourself safe online?
- How can you communicate with an adult if you are being bullied?
- What information is important to relay to your peers about abduction?

Leadership

- What are examples of destructive peer relationships?
- What is human trafficking, and why is it a concern in the United States? Globally?
- What leadership skills would you use to confront peer pressure?

Management

- What resources are available to address sexual harassment?
- How does the distribution and use of substances affect your safety and well-being?
- What steps can be taken to prohibit cyber bullying?