Standard of Learning

10.3 The student will implement personal injury prevention and self-management strategies that promote personal, family, and community health throughout life. Key concepts/skills include:

1. strategies to reduce and prevent violence;
2. peaceful resolution of conflicts;
3. administration of emergency care;
4. recognition of tendencies toward self-harm;
5. recognition of life-threatening situations;
6. crisis-management strategies;
7. methods of avoiding gang-related activity and the use of weapons to commit violent acts of aggression;
8. recognition of when to seek support for self and others.

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Understanding the Standard

The student will develop strategies for peaceful resolution of conflicts, and reduce and prevent violence to promote personal, family, and community health.

Essential Knowledge and Skills

The student will:

• define personal violence. (use of physical force to injure or abuse self or others)
• develop strategies to reduce or prevent teen violence. (avoid guns and other weapons, alcohol and other drug use, build self esteem, etc.)
• explain how violence affects personal, family, and community health. (fear, stress, injury, financial loss, etc.)
• select methods for peaceful conflict resolution. (cooperating, problem solving, showing respect for differences, etc.)
• infer the mental and physical benefits of resolving conflicts peacefully. (reduces emotional distress, prevents injuries, etc.)
• compare and contrast conflicts experienced by middle school students, high school students, and adults.

Sample Lessons

In the Mix: "9-11: Looking Back...Moving Forward"
Grade(s): 7-12
This lesson is designed for students in middle school up through high school.  In this lesson students will learn how things have changed since that day and stereotypes that have come from that day.
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/educators/9-11_guide.html
Free

In the Mix: "Suicide Prevention"
Grade(s): 7-12
This lesson plan is designed for students in middle school and all the way up through high school.  Students will use cards to sort and understand a large quantity of information regarding suicidal teens, then apply what they learn to analyses of case studies.
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/educators/lessons/depression2/index.html
Free

In the Mix: "What is Depression"
Grade(s): 9-12
In this lesson, students will examine teenage depression: what it's all about, how it feels, and ways to deal with it. This will be accomplished by small group discussions, recalling life events that trigger depressive episodes, self-reflection and topic research. Upon completion, students will have a better understanding of depression and how it relates to their own lives.
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/educators/lessons/depression1/index.html
Free

Samaritans: "Dealing with Conflict"
Grade(s): 8-10
This is the first of two lessons in citizenship on the theme of conflict. The focus here is on understanding conflict and responding assertively to it. This will prepare students for the next lesson which looks at personal and global conflict.
http://www.samaritans.org/pdf/C4DealingWithConflict.pdf
Free

Teachers.net Lesson Bank: "#285. Stepping Out"
Grade(s): 4-12
Lesson designated for students who have already have gotten into trouble, but helps them learn new skills of respect and coping so that they will not get into the same situation again.
http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/285.html
Cost

Teen Life Counts Suicide Prevention
Grade: 10
Students take part in a four-day "suicide prevention program" in their sophomore year. It is a very active learning experience in which every student is called upon to answer questions in class and to take part in discussions. They learn the signs and symptoms of depression as well as myths about suicide and depression.
http://www.jsea.org/FileUploads/Guidance-Bonitatibus.pdf
Free

Additional Instructional Resources

• Blueprints for Violence Prevention, the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence - http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/
• Bullying Resources compiled by the California Department of Education - http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/ss/se/bullyres.asp
• Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence - http://www.colorado.edu/cspv
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc
• Conflict Mediation Models
• Drug and Violence Prevention - http://dave.esc4.net
• Guidance Counselors
• Health Textbooks
• Kansas Bullying Prevention Program, Statewide Bullying Campaign - http://www.kbpp.org/
• National Bullying Prevention Campaign Webcast - http://www.mchcom.com/archivedWebcastDetail.asp?aeid=250
• National Crime Prevention Council - http://www.ncpc.org
• National Youth Gang Center - http://www.iir.com/nygc/maininfo.htm
• National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (NYVPRC) - http://www.safeyouth.org
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention -http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org
• Olweus Bullying Prevention Program - nationally recognized model program to reduce opportunities and rewards for bullying - http://www.clemson.edu/olweus/
• Partnership Against Violence Network - http://www.pavnet.org
• Prevention Pathways Online Courses, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention -http://pathwayscourses.samhsa.gov/bully/bully_intro_pg1.htm
• PREVENT, Preventing Violence Through Education Network and Technical Assistance, University of North Carolina - http://www.prevent.unc.edu/
• Resource Officers
• Stop Bullying Now! Campaign, Human Resources And Services Administration - http://www.stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov
• Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) - http://www.saddonline.com
• 12 Conflict Resolution Skills - http://www.crnhq.org/twelveskills.html
• U.S. Department of Education, Safe & Drug-Free Schools Program - http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS/
• U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Criminal Justice Reference Service - http://www.ncjrs.org
• U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
• Youth Violence Fact Sheet, Center for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/yvfacts.htm
• Virginia Best Practices in School-Based Violence Prevention, Virginia Department of Health -http://www.preventviolenceva.org
• Virginia Center for School Safety - http://www.virginiaschoolsafety.com
• Virginia Department of Education, Safe & Drug-Free Schools Program - http://www.safeanddrugfreeva.org
• Virginia Youth Violence Project, University of Virginia - http://youthviolence.edschool.virginia.edu/
• What New Zealand Police are doing about bullying - http://www.police.govt.nz/service/yes/nobully/whats_bullying.html

Assessment Ideas

The student will:

• brainstorm and rank peaceful solutions to common high school conflicts.
• write a short story about a conflict between two or more people that was resolved peacefully.
• explain why academic failure is a risk factor for violent behavior.
• evaluate violence prevention measures being taken by their school or in their community.
• design a conflict resolution pamphlet appropriate for middle school students.

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