Dimensions of Wellness What is really important in health class.

What is health? Health: is a combination of physical, mental/emotional and social well-being. These things are all related to your total health. These parts are all what health is made up of. When you consider all of them, it is wellness.

Isn’t wellness health? Wellness: is a state of well-being or total health. Think of it as a combination of all the parts of health. (mental, social and physical)

So fitness is physical? Fitness: The state or condition of being physically sound and healthy, especially as the result of exercise and proper nutrition.

The Health Triangle: Physical: Making exercise a regular part of ones life, also by eating nutritious meals and snacks. It also includes regular check ups by doctors and dentists as well as avoiding bad things such as drugs, alcohol and tobacco. Mental: Being able to handle challenges that are presented, finding positive solutions to problems are both a part of mental health. It also involves how one handles feelings, thoughts and the situations they are faced with each day. Social: Includes communicating with, respecting and valuing people. The ability to make friends is another mark of good social health. When you have good relationships with others, you feel cared for and respected.

95210 Healthy habits: 9 hours of sleep 5 Fruits and veggies per day 2 hours of screen time per day 1 hour of exercise per day 0 sodas or sweets per day

Don’t touch me dude: Refusal Skills! Refusal skills: communication strategies that help you say not to others effectively. This is especially important during the teens years as you may be exposed to things such as drugs, alcohol, tobacco, unwanted sexual behavior or peer pressure. They can help you stick to your values and beliefs

Refusal Skills: STOP Method S: Say no in a firm voice T: Tell why not O: Offer another idea P: Promptly leave

You are stressing me out! Stress is defined as your body’s response to change. Stress is normal. Anything that causes stress is called a stressor. Stress management is how people handle the stress in their lives. Ways to deal with stress: relaxing, laughing, physical activity, time management. What other ideas do you have?

Sources of stress in teens: school demands and frustrations negative thoughts and feelings about themselves changes in their bodies problems with friends and/or peers at school unsafe living environment/neighborhood separation or divorce of parents chronic illness or severe problems in the family death of a loved one moving or changing schools taking on too many activities or having too high expectations family financial problems

I can’t make up my mind! The decision making process: The decision making process is: the process of making a choice or finding a solution. There are six steps: 1. State the situation 2. List the options 3. Weigh the possible outcomes : 1. HELP model Healthful, Ethical, Legal and Parent approval 4. Consider your values 5. Make a decision and act 6. Evaluate your decision afterwards

Goals, more than just scoring. Goal: the process of working toward something that you want to accomplish. Short term goal: Goals you plan to accomplish in a short period of time, i.e. hours, days or weeks. They can include doing well on tests or simple things like ing friends. Long term goal: Goals you plan to accomplish within a period of months or years. These may include things such as: learning to play an instrument, earning a college degree.

Be “SMART” with your goals! Specific: A specific goal has a much greater chance of being accomplished than a general goal. To set a specific goal you must answer the six “W” questions: Measurable: Establish concrete criteria for measuring progress toward the attainment of each goal you set. Attainable: When you identify goals that are most important to you, you begin to figure out ways you can make them come true. You develop the attitudes, abilities, skills, and financial capacity to reach them. You begin seeing previously overlooked opportunities to bring yourself closer to the achievement of your goals. Realistic: To be realistic, a goal must represent an objective toward which you are both willing and able to work. A goal can be both high and realistic; you are the only one who can decide just how high your goal should be. But be sure that every goal represents substantial progress. Timely: A goal should be grounded within a time frame. With no time frame tied to it there’s no sense of urgency. If you want to lose 10 lbs, when do you want to lose it by? “Someday” won’t work. But if you anchor it within a timeframe, “by May 1st”, then you’ve set your unconscious mind into motion to begin working on the goal.

What is your character like? Character: the way in which a person thinks, feels and acts. 6 main traits of good character: 1. trustworthiness 2. respect 3. responsibility 4. fairness 5. caring 6. citizenship

Character building: Integrity: the quality of doing what you know is right. Empathy: the ability to understand and show concern for another person’s feelings. Accountability: the willingness to answer for your actions and decisions. Tolerance: the ability to accept other people as they are. Values: beliefs and principles that guide the way a person lives.

Sources: Unless otherwise noted, all information was taken from the textbook: Glencoe Teen Health: Course 3 ces/teenagers-and-stress.aspx#sthash.LQoWnhTj.dpuf ces/teenagers-and-stress.aspx#sthash.LQoWnhTj.dpuf