Concern about teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, teen violence and drug use has led to the development of many excellent health education programs, yet these are often criticized for talking more about what students shouldn’t do than about what they could or should be doing in a positive sense.
The newly released RQ: Building Relationship Intelligence responds to this criticism by putting forth a positive vision of healthy relationships, in three sections: Self Leadership, Interpersonal Relationships, and Community Leadership.
RQ: Building Relationship Intelligence brings together the insights of science, literature and psychology to guide students through such issues of friendship, family, stages of intimacy and love, male/female differences, dealing with anger and other emotions, core identity, communication skills, the benefits and pitfalls of marriage, and understanding and mastering the culture.
The curriculum uses an interactive approach including “self-inventory” exercises and student journal questions for personal reflection. It calls upon the power of stories by drawing on selections of past and present authors including E. B. White, Tolstoy, O’Henry, and Stephen Covey, contemporary song writers and heartrending confessions in letters to Ann Landers.
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Click on any link below to read an introduction to the curriculum chapter.
Part One: Relationships
- Friendship
- Exploring (Family) Relationships
- Initiation Rites
Part Two: Personal Leadership
- Understanding Your Core Identity
- Luck, Fate or Choice?
- Attitudes, Habits, and Character = Destiny
- Dealing with Anger and other Emotions
Part Three: Interpersonal Relationships
- Male and Female
- 5 Star Sexuality
- Stages of Intimacy: Attraction and Infatuation
- Stages of Intimacy: Connection
- Stages of Intimacy: Caretaking
- What’s Your Price Tag?
- Marriage
Part Four: Community Leadership
- Comprehending the Culture
- Synergy
- Community Leadership
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