Warm-up Make a list of five challenges that you face in your life

Building Life Skills Lesson 3

Chapter 2 What Are Life Skills? Life skills are tools for building a healthy life Like learning to build a house, learning to use life skills takes practice

10 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

1)Assessing Your Health Examining your actions and behaviors and ways to improve your health  Get a physical by a physician and check-up by your dentist every year  Are you exercising and eating right?  Are you avoiding Risky Behaviors?

2) Communicating Effectively Listen and speak effectively; use good communication skills Communication Activity

3) Practicing Wellness Practice healthy behaviors for good life-long health © 2015 NorthsideISD (San Antonio, TX)

4) Coping Deal with troubles or problems in an effective way

5) Being a Wise Consumer Make good decisions when you buy health products and services Video

Some dietary supplements have had to be recalled because of proven or potential harmful effects Reasons for these recalls include: microbiological, pesticide, and heavy metal contamination microbiological, pesticide, and heavy metal contamination absence of a dietary ingredient claimed to be in the product absence of a dietary ingredient claimed to be in the product the presence of more or less than the amount of the dietary ingredient claimed on the label the presence of more or less than the amount of the dietary ingredient claimed on the label In addition, dishonest manufacturers have tried to sell bogus products that should not be on the market at all © 2015 NorthsideISD (San Antonio, TX)

6) Evaluating Media Messages Recognize the influence of media messages on you and your decisions TV, radio, newspaper, internet Video © 2015 NorthsideISD (San Antonio, TX)

Think, Pair, Share What is your favorite brand? Can you attribute your liking that brand to the advertisement about that brand? What are the ways you’ve noticed different types of media shaping the way you think about the world? Do you think this is positive or negative? 3 minutes

7) Using Community Resources Find and use community resources to help all six components of your health Website

8) Making GREAT Decisions Use the making GREAT Decisions model….THINK BEFORE YOU ACT!

9) Using Refusal Skills Say “no” to anything that makes you uncomfortable 10) Setting Goals Setting goals helps you know where you are going and how you plan to get there Step-by-Step Goal Setting Handout

Go back to your list of five challenges that you face in your life Which life skills do you think would help you face each of these challenges?