Title: Identify aspects of mental illness that can affect healthy relationships.
Course: Independent Living (22904-36)

Identification should include

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

Teacher Resources:

- Families and Youth, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Free Unit Lesson Plans for High School Teachers of Psychology, American Psychological Association
- Student Body, FCCLA

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- How can mental illness affect relationships?
- How can substance abuse add to the negative effects of mental illness?
- How is social media like substance use?

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?