Develop strategies for resolving individual and family stress, conflict, and crisis.

Development should include

  • following steps for coping with crisis
  • using techniques to relieve stress, such as deep breathing, imagery, and progressive relaxation
  • identifying the importance of self-care
  • identifying family resources
  • using techniques to prevent and manage conflict.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

  • What factors may influence the types of strategies preferred by individuals and families?
  • What resources are available to families experiencing stress?
  • What is self-care?
  • What skills are learned during the process of effectively managing stress?

Communication

  • What influences beliefs and attitudes regarding conflict and conflict management?
  • How do communication skills affect strategies for preventing, minimizing, or resolving family stress, conflict, and crisis?
  • What techniques exist to prevent and manage conflict?
  • How can good communication lessen the consequences of stress?
  • What non-verbal cues can identify stress within a family?

Leadership

  • How does stress, conflict, or crisis affect the goals of families or individual family members?
  • What leadership skills can be used to develop coping strategies?
  • How can resources be accessed to help family members cope with crisis?
  • How can stress relief be used by a leader in the workplace?
  • How can delegation relieve stress within a family?

Management

  • What are strategies for preventing, minimizing, or resolving family stress, conflict, and crisis?
  • What are the consequences of using various strategies to cope with stress, conflict, and crisis?
  • What are positive ways that the triggers of stress on the body can be relieved?
  • How can the planning process be used to resolve a family conflict?
  • What affect can goal setting have on stress, conflict, and crisis?