PRESENTATIONS

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Character Education and the Challenges Facing Youth in Relationships
This presentation focuses on core ethical principles and universal values as the way to deal with the challenges that youth face in relationships. It reviews both "Intrapersonal" and "Interpersonal" relationships. The presentation also highlights both relationship and life skills and delves into conflict resolution. It also highlights the importance of goal setting and the consequences of both undeveloped character and troubled relationships.

Empowering Teachers and Parents by Developing Relationship Skills
This presentation gives relationship skills for the empowerment of both teachers and parents. It reviews the changes youth go through in adolescence and how they may react against both parents and teachers to attain their own identity. The authoritarian, permissive and authoritative styles of parenting are reviewed in detail.

Human Development and the Significance of Character Education in Personal Relationships
This presentation reviews the interconnectedness of character in developing healthy relationships and vibrant marriages and families. Character traits that are developed at a young age are taken into relationships both in a positive and negative manner. The presentation also shows the successful elements of healthy, caring relationships within the family and in marriage.

The Virtue of Respect
The virtue of respect is one of the most important virtues in character development. Everyone wants respect from others. The key in attaining this respect is to respect others first. By acting in this manner, we will then attain the attention, love and respect we desire. This presentation has a wealth of practical exercises that can be used at many different age levels on how to generate more respect in relationships.

The Virtue of Commitment
Commitment is a virtue that many individuals are challenged by. We live in a very fast-paced world. The idea of delaying gratification or fulfilling obligations and responsibility is not very high on the list of priorities for young people. This presentation looks at traditional and contemporary wisdom to help develop commitment in youth at many different age levels.

The Virtue of Honesty
Honesty is the virtue that is consistently voted for by parents, teachers and administrators when they choose desirable virtues for a character education initiative. Many teenagers today have a very difficult time with being honest and taking responsibility for their actions. This presentation highlights the centrality of honesty in creating trust in relationships and strengthening character.