Community Resources
DISCLAIMER: The Mojave Unified School District does not in any way endorse the community providers listed. These resources are for your information to use at your own convenience.
Mental Health Support
Self Advocacy
Protect yourself from abuse
Boundaries are needed in every relationship. They help you determine the level of vulnerability you’re comfortable sharing for both you and your partner. But what are personal boundaries, and how do you define them in your relationship?
The relationship spectrum
All relationships exist on a spectrum from healthy to abusive, with unhealthy somewhere in the middle.
Healthy relationships are based on equality & respect
You make decisions together and can openly discuss whatever you’re dealing with, like relationship problems and sexual choices. You enjoy spending time together but can be happy apart.
• respect
• good communication • trust
• honest
• equality
Unhealthy relationships are based on attempts to control the other person
One person tries to make most of
the decisions. He or she may pressure their partner about sex or refuse to
see how their actions can hurt. In an unhealthy relationship, you feel like you should only spend time with your partner.
• breaks in communication • pressure
• dishonesty
• struggles for control
• inconsiderate behavior
Abusive relationships are based on an imbalance of power & control
One person is making all the decisions— about sexual choices, friend groups, boundaries, even what’s true and what’s not. You spend all of your time together and feel like you can’t talk to other people, especially about what’s really happening in your relationship.
• accusations
• blame shifting
• isolation pressure • manipulation
This project described was supported by Grant Number 90EV0426 from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The opinions, findings, conclusions and recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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