1. Teen Dating Violence
Teen Relationships

2. Healthy Relationships Have...
Respect (mentally, physically, sexually)
Honesty
Open communication
Support
Care and understanding
Civil arguments and disagreements
Independence

3. Unhealthy Relationships Have…
Disrespect (mental, physical, sexual)
Lying
Controlling
Criticism that isn’t constructive
Intimidation
Arguments and disagreements that spiral out of control
Harassment
Unreasonable amount of dependence

4. Warning Signs of Abuse
Shows concern or fear about upsetting or angering dating partner
Teen excuses partner's behavior or apologizes for partner
Teen spends much of his or her time with the dating partner and little time with others
Teen receives an excessive number of calls, s, or texts from partner
Teen has sudden changes in interests, drop in grades, etc.
Teen shows signs of distress, including the use of substances
Teen has unexplained bruises, marks, or injuries

5. Teen Dating Violence
A pattern of physically, sexually, verbally, and/or emotionally abusive behavior in a dating relationship

6. Physical Abuse
Any intentional unwanted contact with the other person’s body. Physical abuse does not have to leave a mark or a bruise.

7. Sexual Abuse
Any sexual behavior that is unwanted or interferes with the other person’s right to say “no” to sexual advances

8. Verbal/Emotional Abuse
Saying or doing something to the other person that causes the person to be afraid, have lower self-esteem, or manipulates or controls the person’s feeling or beliefs or behaviors

9. Abuser
A person who physically, sexually, verbally or emotionally hurts an intimate partner

10. Target
A person who is hurt physically, sexually, verbally, or emotionally by an intimate partner

11. Bystander
A person who is aware that someone is being abused in a dating relationship. The bystander may become aware of the abuse through the abuser’s or the target’s actions or words.

12. Violence Cycle
Battering incidents that begin on the mild side of the continuum but will escalate further and further toward the fatal side of the continuum unless intervention to stop abuse is utilized.
Has 3 phases:1st- Tension Buildup, 2nd- Explosion, 3rd- Honeymoon Phase

13. Tension buildup
Things start to get tense between the 2 people

14. Explosion
The tension is released in the burst of physical, sexual, and/or verbal/emotional abuse.

15. Honeymoon Phase
The abuser tries to make the target stay in the relationship by apologizing and/or trying to shift the blame for the abuse ontol someone or something else. The couple will apologize and peace will be stored.