Presentation for adolescents about relationships, friendships, positive, negative, balance, power, bullying

1. RELATIONSHIPS
Connections or bonds with other people, places and
objects• Complex – why
• How do relationships change from childhood to mature age
• First relations – family – diverse structures
• Friendships – is it easy to do friends?
• What happens if you are shy?
• Do you have to make an effort to make friends?
Why?
• When to ask parents/guardians for advice? When to
ask friends?
• What can be influenced by friends?
Based on Good Health 5 by Ruskin & Proctor. Wiley et al.
publishers

2. FRIENDSHIPS
• Influence many many things…
• A group provides references for activities such as:
What happens when a close
friendship is close?
• Dating
• Social events
• Dress / appearance
• Alcohol & drug use
• Sport & hobbies
ROMANCE
BOYS GIRLS

3. HOW TO
RELATE
• Personality
• Previous experiences
• Family
• Culture/religion
• Maturity
• Gender
• Peer influence
• Intelligence
• When to hug?
• When to kiss?
• When to laugh and muck around?
• When to give your opinion?
• Can you put down anyone else opinion?
Influences:

4. POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS
• Makes you feel good about
yourself
• Makes you feel loved and needed
• Trust & respect
• Allows good communication /
different opinions
• Safe, secure & secure
• Supportive
• Rules of a respectful
relationship

5. POWER IN RELATIONSHIPS
• Ability to do something or make something happen in a
relationship
What happens when POWER is not
even?ABUSE
• Signs to recognise abusive relationships
(when you feel):
• Vulnerable
• Scared
• Angry
• Disappointe
d
• Hurt
• Any other?
• Sweaty hands
• Feeling
frozen/unable to
move
• Thumping heart
• Butterflies

6. BULLYING
When the abuse causes great harm to others - unfortunately, seems
common
Recognisable types of
bullying:
• Sexual harassment
• Cyber
• Physical
• Emotional
• HomophobicEFFECTS: FEAR, ISOLATION, LOW SELF-
ESTEEM,
AVOID SCHOOL, ANXIETY, DEPRESSION
Why do people bully?
• To fit in / impress others
• Compensate for not having
friends
• Entertain others or themselves
• Get revenge
• Gain / feel more powerful

7. NO MORE BULLYING
Always three agents involved:
• Be assertive
• The one in the wrong is the bully
• Be with friends
• Try to leave valuables at home
• Use humour
• Ask an adult / friends for help / keep asking for
it
PERSON BEING BULLIED
BYSTANDER • Refuse to watch
• Tell the bully is not okay what they are doing
• Report incidents
• Distract the bully
• Offer your friendship
BULLY • IT’S NOT OK TO BULLY
• There are other ways to deal with issues look for help

8. PROTECT YOURSELF
• Trust your instinct: if it feels dangerous it is!
• Talk to someone and take control of the
situation
• Reduce the risk by staying away or step back
• Speak up, there is always help at hand
Establish a good support network:
• Someone who listens
• Someone you can see if you need to
• Someone who can help
• Someone who has time for me
SOLVING
CONFLICTS:
Identify the issue
Establish rules
Offer solutions
Make and agreement
Modify agreements if you need to

9. WORK IN YOUR GROUPS
NOW:
• Sit in groups and work on the draft of the poster
defining title, areas and where the images/what the
images are going to be
• Give the drafts to your teacher
• Prepare for next class to finish the 2 posters as per
document in echo
• Check the book: Quest for Good Health by Ruskin &
Proctor, available at the library. Wiley et al.
publishers.