Session 5: Friendship and Relationships

Introduction

The facilitator can outline the main aims of this session as follows:

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  For students to understand the importance of friendship and the nature of positive relationships.
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  For students to examine the qualities they feel are important in a friend and the qualities they feel they have to offer in a friendship.
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  For students to become aware of the importance of using friendships to develop joint problem-solving skills and strategies.

The focus here is on friendship and the nature of positive relationships. Students will be given the opportunity to identify the qualities of a good friend alongside assessing their own skills and attributes in this area. They will also be asked to act as an agony aunt in terms of addressing typical ...