December 7, 2012

Students discussed their experiences with their electronic babies. We then watched "The teaching of Jon" about a boy with Down Syndrome and the lessons he is teaching his family.

December 6, 2012

Students learned about the difference between feeling lonely and being alone. We also discussed reasons why friends and peers reject others and how peer pressure is involved.

December 5, 2012

Students learned about refusal skills and how to use them to get out of different situations, as well as how to use peer pressure for good.

December 3-4, 2012

The students learned about peer pressure, what it is, why it occurs and what they can do to combat negative types of peer pressure. We also had a couple of activities related to peer pressure.

November 30, 2012

Students were taught the "Keys to friendship," which are the basic qualities people are looking for in good friendships. We then discussed what other qualities the students are looking for in their best friends.

November 29, 2012

We identified the differences between peers and friends and discussed qualities of a good friend and good friendship. We also discussed the changing types of friendships throughout our lives.

November 28, 2012

Students learned about the six different types of people in their support systems. They were then given different case studies to use to identify these types of support and they had to identify who and why different people in their personal lives are in their personal support systems.

November 20, 26-27, 2012

Students are learning about the elderly, especially what myths are out there and how they can help the elderly in their lives.

November 19, 2012

The students learned about how the elderly are often taken advantage of and some of the programs available to the elderly for extra help and support. We also discussed the increase in elder abuse and watched a video made by the state of Utah about what elder abuse is and who to report abuse to if we suspect abuse occurring to an elderly person we know.

November 16, 2012

Students discussed aging and what they consider "Elderly." Students learned about the Stages of the Life Span, reasons for the growing elderly population and how they feel about being "Old" longer than they were considered "Young." We discussed activities, such as service and employment the elderly participate in to keep them active.

November 15, 2012

Students will be learning about and discussing siblings, the effect of birth order, and sibling rivalry. Today is all discussion, so nothing was due, but a few notes were written down.

November 14, 2012

Students discussed how they "cope" with their parents and how much they know about their parents. Students read a story about Becky and turned it in. They were also assigned a questionnaire about how much they know about their parents and how much do their parents know about their student. This is worth 50 points and is due on Tuesday of next week.

November 13, 2012

Students learned about and discussed Maslow's Hierarchy of Human Needs. We discussed each level in detail and gave examples of all. We also related these needs to their needs, as well as the needs of their parents.

November 12, 2012

Students discussed ideas/ways to get along better with their family members, as well as ways they can add to the harmony in their own families.

November 9, 2012

Today was the first day the infant simulators were checked out. During class we discussed their experiences so far and problem solved any issues they may have had so far.

Noevmber 8, 2012

Students learned about how families are changing and the outside influences which are causing a lot of the changes we are seeing. We also started discussing our family relationships.

November 7, 2012

Today was the first day students could sign up for weekend with the infant simulators. We also took a quiz on how the infants work and finished learning about role models.

November 6, 2012

Students were shown how the electronic babies function and what each cry means and how to care for the baby simulator. We also discussed what the alternate assignment for the project was and how they will be graded.

November 5, 2012

Students were introduced to the electronic baby simulation project, how to sign-up, how to check them in and out and what is expected over the weekend while the student has their baby. We also discussed how they would be graded.