First Response: Primary Program- The mission and vision for this program would be to help married couples learn how to communicate with each other and keep the lines of communication open and allow for them to have a healthy form of communication. Primary prevention can help emphasizes the importance of a strong marital bond which can help develop respect, trust and help the couple make a functioning and satisfying marriage (McCarthy, 2008). This program would be for couples about to be married or newlyweds that have been married less than 6 mos. During this program the couples will do group and individual communication activities to help work on their own communication. The goals for this program will be, teach soon to be and newlywed couples ways to strengthen their communication, provide helpful techniques for relationship communication, and have each couple leave with a good understanding of the importance of good communication in a marriage. Secondary Program- The mission and vision for this p
rogram will be to help married couples that have lost their good communication skills and are experiencing negative interaction with their spouse. If you can improve a couples negative interactions with each other, you can enhance their odds of staying together (Darling, 2014). The people in this program will be married couples that have been married for some time that have been experiencing negative communication. At this program there will be role playing actives to show how different interactions can be negative for couple and show them ways to correct them. The goals for this program will be; give the couples a better understanding of how negative interactions are affecting their marriage, ensure the married couple knows ways to try and improve their ways of communication and make sure to keep them positive, and provide resources for the married couple to help try and fix their marriage problems. References: Darling, C. A., Cassidy, D., & Powell, L. (2014). Waveland Press, Inc. McCarthy, B (2008)