Title: Identify aspects of mental illness that can affect healthy relationships.
Course: Independent Living (22904-18) > Section: Creating and Maintaining Healthy Relationships

Identification should include

- symptoms of mental illness
- family dynamics involved in mental illness (e.g., genetics, substance abuse, poor nutrition)
- resources for student and family support.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- How can mental illness affect relationships?
- How can substance abuse add to the negative effects of mental illness?

Communication

- Why is it important for human services personnel to provide multilingual services?
- What communication skills support healthy relationships?

Leadership

- What responsibility does a school community have in offering student support for mental illness?
- What resources and support systems are needed to provide care for mental illness?

Management

- Where can someone obtain resources for student or family support?
- What are some obstacles in the delivery of student support? Of family support?

Teacher Resources:

- Families and Youth Resources, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Home.aspx)
- Free Unit Lesson Plans for High School Teachers of Psychology, American Psychological Association (https://www.apa.org/ed/precollege/topss/lessons)
- Talking about Mental Illness: A Guide for Developing an Awareness Program for Youth, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada (https://www.camh.ca/-/media/files/guides-and-publications/tami-teachers-guide.pdf)