Unit 18: Personal and Social Relationships

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Unit 18: Personal and Social Relationships

Scenario
Everything we do in our lives is linked to our relationships with other people. To make sure this
stays positive and supportive, we need skills to make relationships work. Young people face
challenges as they come up against lifes obstacles and your task is to provide a short video
clip that will give them the tools to make relationships easier.

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1.1 describe relationships with different people
1.2 outline the importance of relationships
2.1 explain skills used to develop relationships
2.2 discuss different behaviours in Relationships
2.3 describe positive relationship skills and behaviours
3.1 use social skills to build and maintain positive relationships
3.2 show how negotiation can be used in relationships

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Unit 18: Personal and Social Relationships
LO 1. Know why relationships are important
LO 2. Understand how relationships can be developed
LO 3. Be able to use social skills in relationships
Task 1
Assessment Criteria
1.1 describe relationships with different people
1.2 outline the importance of relationships
As an introduction to the video, do a piece to camera that describes what is meant by
relationships. Your speech should cover:
What is a relationship?
Give examples of different types of relationship?
Who might Young people be involved in relationships with?
What might get in the way of an effective one?
How do good relationships help people in everyday life?
Make some notes to go along with your script that support your statements and hand those
to your tutor.
Task 2
Assessment criteria
2.1 explain skills used to develop relationships
2.2 discuss different behaviours in Relationships
2.3 describe positive relationship skills and behaviours
a. Move on in your clip to explain the different ways you can develop a relationship, from
meeting to keeping it going. Your explanation must include:
A variety of skills, such as introductions, questioning, listening, showing feelings
b. Then with a partner, film four scenes that show the impact of different behaviours.
Choose a topic for discussion but film it with two positive and two negative behaviours,
(examples would be being friendly / unfriendly; being inclusive / exclusive; working
together / being unco-operative). After the four scenes, discuss the impact of each
behaviour, in particular describing the positive skills used.
Task 3
Assessment Criteria
3.1 use social skills to build and maintain positive relationships
3.2 show how negotiation can be used in relationships
With a partner now film an example of a positive relationship, make sure that your scene
shows:
Respect
Varying viewpoints, attitudes and values
How the pair work around those issues
Following the scene, again do a piece to camera that highlights the key elements of how
this situation demonstrates effective negotiation. An example may be two friends talking

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about which film they should go and see at the cinema when one wants to see an action
film whilst the other wants to see a comedy.
Tutor Information
This project can only be effectively carried out following delivery of all of the unit
content. The more imaginative the approaches to delivery based upon the guidance within
the unit specification the richer the quality of the materials that the students will
produce.
Preparation for the assignment
Ideally build some use of video and role-play into the delivery activities to familiarise
learners with the use of the media. A guest speaker to explain basic video editing
software, Windows movie maker etc may be useful although many young people will have
experience of using and manipulating video through their mobile technologies.
Resources
Utilise links with Local integrated Youth Services, Relate and other relationship services
and web based materials
Indicative resource materials
Butler I, Robinson M and Scanlon L Children & Decision Making (NCB Publications, 2005)
ISBN 9781904787549
Fuchs B Group Games: Social Skills (Speechmark Publishing, 2002) ISBN 9780863884207
Madge N Understanding difference: the meaning of ethnicity for young lives (NCB
Publication, 2001) ISBN 9781900990691
Martinez A and Cooper V Laying the Foundations: Talking About Emotions, Relationships
and Sex in Primary Schools (Spotlight, 2006) ISBN 9781904787846
Portmann R Group Games: Dealing with Aggression (Speechmark Publishing, 2002)
ISBN 9780863884108
Portmann R Group Games: Emotional Strength and Self-Esteem (Speechmark Publishing,
2002) ISBN 9780863883941
Sharpe S From Fear to Respect (NCB Publications, 2004) ISBN 9781904787068
Sharpe S and Thomson R All You Need is Love?: The Morality of Sexual Relationships
Through the Eyes of Young People (NCB Publications, 2005) ISBN 9781904787358
Sunderland M and Armstrong N Draw on Your Relationships (Speechmark Publications,
2009) ISBN 9780863886294
Wood S Life Routes: A Practical Resource for Developing Life Skills With Vulnerable
Young
People (NCB Publications, 2006) ISBN 9781904787778