Michigan Model for Comprehensive School Health Curriculum

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Violence Prevention for Grades 7-8

“The Two “R’s” for Stopping Assault and Preventing Violence”

Goals of this module are that students will:

• Understand and analyze the characteristics and impact of healthy and harmful relationships.
• Understand the benefits of setting limits for self and others.
• Apply communication and conflict resolution skills, including anger management and negotiation, to conflict situations.
• Evaluate individual, group and societal influences which promote and those which discourage violence.
• Apply the skills and strategies needed to resolve conflicts, manage intimidation, avoid and escape violence, and maintain personal safety.
• Apply the skills and strategies for dealing effectively with sexual harassment and abusive relationships.
• Understand the resources available to help stop assault and prevent violence.
• Apply their knowledge and skills to help others and to establish the norm of nonviolence.