SEL I: Relationship Skills

Which of the following is NOT true about relationships:

• Important relationships help a person to grow and develop—as well as influencing their values, worldview, and decisions

• Relationships are a modern-day attribute of the human species and were not relevant to humans thousands of years ago

• People who have lots of strong relationships tend to live longer than people who are socially isolated

• Our brains are wired in a way that causes us to seek connections and form relationships with other people

To practice Situational Awareness, you will need to do all of the following EXCEPT:

• Recognize any social cues that the people around you are making

• React appropriately to events and changes as they occur

• Disregard the wants and needs of others around you so that you can be yourself

• Be respectful of anyone’s culture or background that might be different from yours

Besides giving someone your full attention, making eye contact, nodding, and gesturing ...what else can you do in order to show that you are actively listening?

• Interject and ask questions as frequently as possible throughout the conversation

• Check your phone to make sure you are not missing out on anything more important than the conversation

• Use situational awareness to pay attention to the things happening around you

• Ask follow-up questions and make comments to show that you understand

Jose is arguing with his sister Monica about who gets to use the family car for the weekend. What is one way they could resolve this conflict?

• They could set an intention by accepting that they’re not going to agree about this

• They could acquiesce by agreeing that they both want to reach a positive outcome

• They could practice de-escalation by giving in to what the other person wants in order to preserve the relationship

• They could compromise by taking turns using the car when each of them needs it most

Match the following

• A connection between two or more people

• Relationship

• focus your attention on the other person

• Active Listening

• expressing yourself so others understand

• Situational Awareness

• settling disagreements satisfactorily

• Clear Communication

• being conscious of your environment

• Conflict Resolution

Match the following

• giving in to the other person’s wishes

• Compromising

• acknowledge you want to resolve conflict

• Intention Setting

• both getting something, giving something

• Agree to Disagree

• drop the conflict, respect other opinion

• Acquiescing

• easing the tension to avoid blow-ups

• De-escalation