HECMA PPt prepared by: Hanan Al Mansoori

 Understand decision making  Explain why decision making is very important process  Recognize how reasoning process influences decision making  List challenges that teens face when making decisions  What is the difference between decision making and problem  Solving?

 Decision Making  Reasoning Skills  Problem Solving  Values  Ethical  Goal setting  Short Term  Long Term  Criteria

The process of making a choice or solving problems  How will this decision affect my life?  Does it affect anybody beside me?  Are the choices illegal, unethical or unhealthy?  What benefit I get from doing it?  What harm I get from not doing it?  Does this decision fit with my values?

 Values: The belief that guide the way a person lives  Ethical: What is right and what is wrong

H.E.L.P criteria  H: Healthy  E: Ethical  L: Legal  P: Parents Approval

Decision MakingProblem Solving  Decision making is about alternatives, what is right and what is wrong, not looking into causes but consequences  In problem solving you tend to have problem analysis and gather information to define the cause and decide on how to deal with the cause of the problem

 Reasoning skills refer to specific cognitive abilities, some of which include assessing probability and thinking systematically or abstractly.

 Goal setting is the process of working toward something you want to accomplish Goal SettingShort TermLong Term

1. Identify a specific goal 2. List the steps you take 3. Get help and support 4. Identify any barrier 5. Evaluate your progress. 6. Reward yourself

1. State the situation 2. List the options 3. Weigh the possible outcomes 4. Consider value 5. Make a decision and act on it 6. Evaluate your decision

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