Social Health Comic Strip by ELIJAH KENNEDY

1 - Winder

964279 — 2024-10-13 15:59:02 UTC

This is Winder. Winder is reading to cool off after practice because he fought with Zephyr there.

2 - Zephyr

964279 — 2024-10-13 16:04:17 UTC

This is Zephyr. Zephyr is playing solitaire because he is upset after he fought with Winder at practice.

3 - Honesty (Assertive Communication)

964279 — 2024-10-13 16:18:50 UTC

Winder wants to be honest about why he was upset with Zephyr at practice, leading to their fight. Winder decides to type out what he wants to tell Zephyr when they talk about what happened later.

4 - Appropriate and Respectful (Assertive Communication) & Conflict Resolution (First Strategy (Seeking Understanding by Avoiding Accusations))

964279 — 2024-10-13 16:28:35 UTC

Zephyr is revising his paper, and removing any foul language so that he can be appropriate during his talk with Winder. He is also making sure to write in a way that is non-accusatory so that he can be respectful. This also serves to avoid further escalating the conflict, as accusations tend to do.

5 - Direct (Assertive Communication) & Active Listening (First Strategy (Eye Contact))

964279 — 2024-10-13 16:39:03 UTC

Winder and Zephyr meet to talk about what happened at practice. Winder is direct with Zephyr about his frustrations, so as to make sure they have a positive interaction, and can build teamwork in later practices. Zephyr demonstrates active listening by maintaining eye contact to show that he cares and wants to resolve their problems.

6 - Conflict Resolution (Second Strategy (Listening to Others' Perspectives)) & Apologizing (First Example (Zephyr Apologizes to Winder))

964279 — 2024-10-13 16:57:16 UTC

After listening to Winder's frustrations to better understand the problem, Zephyr apologizes to Winder for having made him upset.

7 - Active Listening (Second Example (Winder Listens to Zephyr's Frustrations)) & Apologizing (Second Strategy/Example (Winder Apologizes to Zephyr)) & Conflict Resolution (Third Example (The Two Discuss How They Can Avoid Conflict in The Future))

964279 — 2024-10-13 17:01:40 UTC

Zephyr now explains why he is upset with Winder. Winder listens to how Zephyr feels and shows that he is listening by directly addressing individual things during his apology that Zephyr was upset about. Winder and Zephyr then discuss how they can avoid this conflict in the future, and how they can build teamwork and cooperation during practice from then on.