Power of Love in Relationships

The Power of Love in Relationships course examines love and relationships from both a personal and societal perspective. Students are to assess how levels of love operate in their own lives through personal self-assessment, by utilizing text recommendations to personal needs or goals, and by sharing selected issues and ideas in a group setting. During the course, students are expected to understand and be able to practically apply effective and appropriate loving principles to various real-life interpersonal relationships.

UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, THE STUDENT WILL BE COMPETENT IN:

• Defining types of love demonstrated with kindness, consideration, and respect appropriate for spouse, family, friend, vocational, and/or other relationships.
• Learning the differences between healthy and unhealthy love and being able to apply true loving methods for self-protection, self-improvement, and personal success.
• Demonstrating a working understanding of practical text strategies and using them to better manage specific personal and/or real-life instances.
• Developing desired goals, realistic expectations, and committed outcomes to achieve a happier, healthier, and more enriched life.
• Identifying how the perception process influences interpersonal relationships.
• Identifying the elements of effective interpersonal communications.
• Describing nonverbal communication and its relationship to better understanding.
• Exploring effective ways in which people listen and respond to each other.
• Creating strategies in difficult relationships to manage conflict collaboratively.
• Implementing methods for responding non-defensively to criticism.
• Describing, respecting, nurturing, and appreciating relational differences.
• Developing ways to practice consideration, compassion, service, and emotional support with reasonable giving.
• Exploring ways to help and encourage others to demonstrate healthy loving attitudes, expressions, and actions.
• Creating uplifting, happy, and fun moments together in both intimate and non-intimate relationships.
• Studying biblical teachings of godly love to enhance personal effectiveness.
• Utilizing Artificial Intelligence to present concise research applicable to and beyond the required study materials, as well as produce findings and data helpful in building family bonds and healthy social and vocational relationships. 

ACQUIRED SKILLS

• Skills in personal love, social and vocational interactions
• Conflict resolution methods to manage difficult relationships
• Strategies to achieve relational goals