©2012, Social Signals, LLC | socialsignalsED.com 40 school are friends, not strangers). This is a concern because people who actually physically or sexually abuse people with disabilities are most often people they know. 1. Vocabulary: 30 Minutes Teachers should only teach the vocabulary words that are important for their students to learn. Teachers should assess understanding of the vocabulary words listed and select the ones they believe their students need to learn. Acquaintance A person you know a little bit Best Friend Your very closest friend (only one) Boyfriend A boy who is in a romantic relationship Community A person who helps people (and who is often a stranger) and Helpers often wears a badge or uniform Family People to whom you are related Friend A person you know well, who is your age, and whom you’ve known for a long time Girlfriend A girl who is in a romantic relationship Relationship Two or more people who are connected Stranger A person whom you do not know 2. Show Video: Chapter 2 – Mike’s Crush 6:23 minutes 3. Discuss Video: 20 minutes Use the vocabulary words above while talking about the video as a mechanism to teach the meaning of the words. When teaching students about healthy relationships, students should be able to define and identify these relationships in different settings, including school, home, and community. Why is it important to understand different types of relationships? It is important to understand and identify different types of relationships so that students can determine what healthy and unhealthy relationships look like. All strangers are not bad, and all people who say they are friends are not good. Are teachers and students friends? Teachers are never friends they are community helpers. Teachers should avoid calling themselves a student’s friend. Who are the friends, acquaintances, strangers, boyfriend, and girlfriend in these videos? Mike, Chris, and Phil are friends, Sasha is an acquaintance, the teacher is a community helper, and the people in the coffee house are strangers. Mike and Sasha are not boyfriend and girlfriend, they are acquaintances. Lesson 3 – Relationships