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General Information
Number: HE.7.B.4
Title: Interpersonal Communication - Demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal-communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.
Type:
Standard
Subject: Health Education Archived Standards - Archived
Grade: 7
Strand: Health Literacy Responsible Behavior
Related Benchmarks
This cluster includes the following benchmarks.
Related Access Points
This cluster includes the following access points.
Independent
HE.7.B.4.In.a
Use selected skills for communicating effectively with family, peers, and others to enhance health, such as using clear and concise words, nonverbal language, discussion, and “I” messages.
HE.7.B.4.In.b
Use selected refusal, negotiation, and collaboration skills that enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks, such as using direct statements, working together, and compromising.
HE.7.B.4.In.c
Identify possible causes of conflict among youth in schools and communities, such as ethnic prejudice and diversity, substance use, and group dynamics.
HE.7.B.4.In.d
Model common ways to ask for assistance to enhance personal health of self and others, such as using “I” messages, asking on behalf of a friend, and making a written request.
Supported
HE.7.B.4.Su.a
Use selected skills for communicating effectively with family and peers to enhance health, such as using clear and concise words, nonverbal language, or “I” messages.
HE.7.B.4.Su.b
Identify selected refusal, negotiation, and collaboration skills that enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks, such as using direct statements, working together, and compromising.
HE.7.B.4.Su.c
Recognize possible causes of conflict among youth in schools and communities, such as ethnic prejudice and diversity, substance use, and group dynamics.
HE.7.B.4.Su.d
Model a positive way to ask for assistance to enhance personal health of self and others, such as using “I” messages, asking on behalf of a friend, or making a written request.
Participatory
HE.7.B.4.Pa.a
Use more than one way to communicate personal wants and needs to others to enhance health, such as verbalizing and choosing from options.
HE.7.B.4.Pa.b
Recognize a refusal, a negotiation, and a collaboration skill that enhances health or reduces health risk in the classroom, such as using direct statements, working together, or compromising.
HE.7.B.4.Pa.c
Recognize a possible cause of conflict among youth in schools, such as ethnic prejudice, and diversity or substance use.
HE.7.B.4.Pa.d
Recognize a positive way to ask for assistance to enhance health of self and others, such as using “I” messages, or asking on behalf of a friend.
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