Skills for a Healthy LifeChapter 2Profiles in Responsibility Video

Health IQ• Indicate how frequently you engage in each of the following

behaviors:• Never=1, occasionally=2, most of the time=3, all of the time=4

• 1. I review all of my choices before I make a decision.• 2. I think about the outcome for each possible choice.• 3. I make decisions that support my beliefs.• 4. I think about the decisions I make afterward so that I can learn

from them.• 5. I stop to think about who might be affected by the decisions I

make.• 6. I usually ask for advice when I have a tough decision to make.• 7. If I make a bad decision, I try to correct any problem my

decision caused.

BUILDING LIFE SKILLSChapter 2.1

Key terms• Life skill• A tool for building a healthy life

• Coping• Dealing with problems and troubles in an effective way

• Consumer• A person who buys products or services

• Media• All public forms of communication, such as TV, radio, newspaper,

the internet, and advertisements• Resource• Something that you can use to help achieve a goal

What are Life Skills?• With your shoulder partner, read this section of the text. • Page 26

• Discuss with each other what you read...• Put it in your own words

• Write in your own words what you think is the main point of this section.

Life Skills• 1. Assessing your health• 2. Communicating Effectively• 3. Practicing Wellness• 4. Coping• 5. Being a Wise Consumer• 6. Evaluating Media Messages• 7. Using Community Resources• 8. Making GREAT Decisions• 9. Using Refusal Skills• 10. Setting Goals

CONCEPT REVIEW

Study Guide BookletPage 810 minutes

PROFILES IN RESPONSIBILITY19 MINUTES

MAKING GREAT DECISIONSChapter 2.2

Key Terms• Consequence• A result of your actions and decisions

• Collaborate• To work together with one or more people

Importance of Making Decisions• How many decisions have you made today?• More than you realize!

• Every we make decisions• Hit the snooze button again?• What to wear?• What to eat for breakfast?• What to pack for lunch?• What books to take to school?

• Most are spur of the moment and done without thinking or worrying about consequences.

• Impulsive decisions all of the time can lead to negative consequences.

Importance of Decision Making• Consequences of impulsive decisions:• To cheat = failing grade/failing class• To have sex = pregnancy, STD• To drink = sex/rape, MVA (vehicular homicide), etc.• To steal = jail, probation, trouble getting job/into school

• Decisions are important = you are responsible for outcome!• Decisions not only affect you but can affect others.• To drink and drive = danger for you and everyone else on road

• Decision can promote health• Eating healthy = good for you and example to others• Start recycling project = good for all and environment

Using a Decision Model• Give thought to your problem• Review your choices• Evaluate the possible outcomes of each choice• Assess which choice might be best• Think about your resources to help you make the decision• After making decision, think it over…. Was it the right

decision? Or would another choice have been better?

Making Decisions Together• Not all decisions are easy to make• May need help from others that are more knowledgeable

• To collaborate• Science project in groups• Talk with parents/other trusted adults about friend that

mentioned suicide

Everyone Makes Mistakes• What happens when you realize you made the wrong/a poor

decision?• Happens to all of us!

• STOP• Admit the poor decision• Take responsibility

• THINK• Who can you talk to about the problem?• Discuss ways to correct the situation

• GO• Go do your best to correct situation

• Step 1 : Write down a problem. • Example:

• Step 2: List at least 4 possible options.• Example:

• Step 3: What are the possible positive and negative outcomes of each option you listed?• Example

• Step 4: What are your resources?• Example

• Step 5: Look back at everything you wrote down. What is your decision?

• Step 6: Act on your decision• Step 7: Reflect on that decision after you see how it plays out.

Let’s try the process slowly, step by step, together.

Name __________________________________

Making Healthy Decisions

Step One: What is the problem?

Step Two: List Possible Options Step Three: Evaluate Each Option - Positive and Negative

1 1. Positive - Negative -

2 2. Positive - Negative -

3 3. Positive - Negative -

4 4. Positive - Negative -

Step Four: List at least four Resources Step Five: What is your Decision?

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Step Six: Act on the Decision and take Responsibility.

Step Seven: Reflect / Re-Examine your decision.

Handbook page 9• 10 minutes

RESISTING PRESSURE FROM OTHERSCh 2.3

Key Terms• Write a definition for each term using your own words• Peer Pressure• Direct Pressure• Indirect Pressure• Refusal Skill

Who influences you?• Write down a list of people that influence you… either

positively or negatively.• Influences• Clothes you wear• Food you eat• Hairstyle• Mode of transportation• Smoke, drink, drugs?• Media

• Peer Pressure is feeling you should do something that someone else (friends) wants you to do.

Positive vs Negative Influence• Positive• Positive Role Models• Improve yourself• Friends• Ex: join track team with

a friend

• Negative• Pressured • Typically not healthy• Friends• Ex: friend puts candy in

your pocket and asks you to steal it

Types of Pressure (pg 34)• Direct Pressure• Someone tries to

convince you personally something you normally wouldn’t do• Teasing• Persuasion• Explanations• Put-downs• Threats• Bribery

• Indirect Pressure• Pressured from being

swayed because other people are doing it• Tv• Radio• Advertising• Role Models• Popular People• Famous People

Refusal Skills (pg 35)• Useful when being directly pressured• Skill to avoid something you don’t want to do• Blame someone else• Give a reason• Ignore the request or the pressure• Leave the situation• Say, “no thanks”• Say no, mean no• Keep saying no• Make a joke out of it• Make an excuse• Suggest something else to do• Change the subject• Team up with someone

Practicing Refusal Skills• Refusal skills helpful throughout life in many occasions• Say no with respect• When practicing:

• Always respect others• Don’t put anyone down

• Disagreeing does not mean that people will stop liking you • They may be angry for the moment, but if true friends, will not

end the friendship• Persistent pressure• Sometimes no once is not enough

• Even after saying it 10 times!• Walk away, find an adult, etc.

Practical Practice (1)• With your shoulder partner:• Decide who is the aggressor.• Aggressor must attempt to get their partner to give them their

pencil• The partner must refused using at least 5 different refusal skills

from this section of the book (pg35)• Reverse roles and go again!

Handbook page 10• 10 minutes

Section 3 Review (pg 37 #1-10)• 1. Define Peer Pressure.• 2. What term means a strategy to avoid doing something that

you don’t want to do?• 3. State 5 things that influence our behavior.• 4. Compare 3 types of direct pressure.• 5. Compare 3 types of indirect pressure.• 6. Identify the example of a direct pressure.• A. teasing• B. Advertising• C. Radio• D. Popular People

• 7. Identify the example of an Indirect Pressure• A. persuasion• B. TV• C. Bribery• D. Threats

• 8. Apply 5 refusal skills you can use if a friend suggests that you skip school.

• 9. Describe why people feel pressured to do things they don’t want to do.

• 10. Use on of the 12 refusal skill to deal with a pressure you currently have in your life.

Practical Practice (2)• With your shoulder partner• On a separate sheet of paper

• Write a conversation between you two• One is pressuring the other to do something• Must include at least 5 different refusal skills

• Presenting to the class is optional (extra credit)• You have 10 minutes!

SETTING HEALTHY GOALSSection 2.4

Key Terms• Write a definition for each term using your own words• Goal• Action Plan

Different types of Goals• Short-Term• Can be achieved

quickly• In days or weeks

• Examples• Save money to buy a

CD• Doing well on an exam

• Write 3 of your own short-term goals

• Long-Term• Take longer to achieve• Months or years

• Examples• College• Career

• Write one of your own long-term goals

6 Suggestions for setting Goals• 1. Safe• 2. Satisfying• 3. Sensible• 4. Similar• 5. Specific• 6. Supported

Make an Action Plan• Let’s do this together• Set your Long-Term Goal• Set short-term goals that will help you reach that long-term goal• Add in rewards for reaching each goal• Who/what will positively influence your reaching these goals• Who/what will negatively influence your reaching these goals• How will you track your progress

Handbook page 11• 10 minutes

Review Questions• Pg 42 • #1-9• 10 minutes

Chapter Review Questions• Pg 44• #3-20• 20 minutes