1. Skills for a Healthy Life
Chapter 2
Skills for a Healthy Life
Contents
Section 1 Building Life Skills
Section 2 Making GREAT Decisions
Section 3 Resisting Pressure from Others
Section 4 Setting Healthy Goals
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2. Chapter 2: Self Assessment - DO NOW!
How frequently do you engage in the following behaviors? 1 = never 2 = occasionally 3 = most of the time 4 = all of the time
I review all of my choices before I make a decision.
I think about the outcome for each possible choice.
I make decisions that support my beliefs.
I think about the decisions I make afterward, so that I can learn from them.
I stop to think about who might be affected by the decisions I make.
I usually ask for advice when I have a tough decision to make.
If I make a bad decision, I try to correct any problem my decision caused.

3. Chapter 2: Skills for a Healthy Life
TOTAL YOUR SCORE…
20 – 28: You’re doing an excellent job of giving thought to your decisions.
12 – 19: You give some thought to your decisions, but there are some areas in which you could improve your skills at making decisions.
< 12: You should be making some major changes in the ways in which you make health-related decisions.

4. Section 1 Building Life Skills Chapter 2 Skills for a Healthy Life
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5. Chapter 2
Section 1 Building Life Skills
What Are Life Skills?
Life Skills are tools for building a healthy life.
Life skills are learned.
Learning to use life skills takes practice.
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7. Ten Life Skills Chapter 2 Assessing Your Health How healthy are you?
Section 1 Building Life Skills
Ten Life Skills
Assessing Your Health
How healthy are you?
How are your actions and behaviors affecting your health?
Communicating Effectively
A process in which 2 or more people exchange information.
Practicing Wellness
Practice healthy behaviors for good life-long health.
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8. Ten Life Skills Chapter 2 Coping
Section 1 Building Life Skills
Ten Life Skills
Coping
Deal with troubles or problems in an effective way.
Being a Wise Consumer – someone who buys things.
Make good decisions when you buy health products and services.
Evaluating Media Messages (TV,newspaper, radio, internet)
Recognize the influence of media messages on you and your decisions.
Using Community Resources
Find and use community resources to help all six components of your health.
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9. Ten Life Skills Chapter 2 Making GREAT Decisions
Section 1 Building Life Skills
Ten Life Skills
Making GREAT Decisions
Use the making GREAT Decisions model.
Using Refusal Skills
Say “no” to anything that makes you uncomfortable.
Setting Goals
Setting goals helps you know where you are going and how you plan to get there.
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11. Making GREAT Decisions
Chapter 2
Skills for a Healthy Life
Section 2
Making GREAT Decisions
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12. Practice Making GREAT Decisions…
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Practice Making GREAT Decisions…
Here’s the situation……
Gina is on her way to school when a boy she likes pulls up in his car with his friends.
The boys are planning to skip school and want Gina to come with them. She notices some beer in the back seat.
What should Gina do????
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13. Practice Making GREAT Decisions…
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Practice Making GREAT Decisions…
GIVE Thought to the Problem
Gina stops to think before making her decision. She shouldn’t just make a quick decision without thinking.
REVIEW Your Choices
Gina has at least three choices:
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Skip school and go with them
Say “No, thanks.”
Suggest they get together another time

14. Practice Making GREAT Decisions…
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Practice Making GREAT Decisions…
EVALUATE the Consequences of Each Choice
If she skips school, she could get in trouble, and could be at risk for serious consequences.
If she says “No,” she will not get in trouble, but she will miss a chance to be with the boy she likes.
If she suggests another time, she will not get in trouble, and she could get to be with this boy later—but does she really want to?
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15. Practice Making GREAT Decisions…
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Practice Making GREAT Decisions…
ASSESS the possible outcomes and make the best choice. Gina realizes she does not want the stress of lying and putting herself at risk. She decides to say, “No, thanks.”
THINK It Over Afterward Gina thinks about her decision later. She is glad she didn’t have to lie or worry about getting in trouble.
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16. The results of your actions and decisions are called:
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The results of your actions and decisions are called:
Consequences
Your actions & decisions are important because you are responsible for the consequences.
Impulsive decisions can have negative consequences. – What is impulsive?
Good decisions almost always lead to positive outcomes.
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17. Making GREAT Decisions Together
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Section 2 Making GREAT Decisions
Making GREAT Decisions Together
Working with other people can make difficult life decisions easier.
Seek advice from your parents, friends, and teachers.
Learn from your mistakes.
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18. When you make a bad decision, use…
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Making Mistakes…
When you make a bad decision, use…
STOP, THINK, GO
STOP and admit to yourself (and others) that you made a wrong decision.
THINK of people you can talk to about the problem, and what you can do to fix the mistake.
GO and do your best to correct the situation.
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19. It’s your turn to practice using GREAT decisions!!!
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Section 2 Making GREAT Decisions
It’s your turn to practice using GREAT decisions!!!
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20. MAKING GREAT Decisions
GIVE thought to the problem
REVIEW your choices (2 or more)
EVALUATE the consequences of each choice (positive & negative outcomes)
ASSESS and choose the best choice
THINK it over afterward
Would you repeat your choice?
What would you change?

21. MAKING GREAT Decisions
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22. Get into groups of four in the following order:
Rows 1 and 2 face each other. Repeat for Rows 3 and 4, and Rows 5 and 6.

23. Analyze your assigned situation and complete steps 1-3 of the MAKING GREAT DECISIONS model:

24. Your friend pressures you to go to a party where you know there will be drugs/alcohol, and your parents have expressed very strong feelings you about not participating in this type of event
You notice a friend is posting depressing statements on social media and you decide to send him/her a text (Are you Ok?- His/her response is “I don’t want to live anymore”…
It’s 7th period and a friend approaches you and tells you that someone wants to fight you afterschool because(>>>>). You are currently an athlete and have a clean discipline record. In addition, you are strong enough to handle yourself in a situation like this …
You’re in a relationship with a boy/girl friend, and someone you’ve always had a crush on starts showing you attention and asks you to go out…
You’re current group of friends seem to all have started smoking cigarettes, and it seems as if they are always pressuring you to give it a try. You are sick of the pressure, but don’t want to lose your friends…..
One of your friends posts a vicious lie about one of your other friends on twitter……

25. Homework/Classwork: Chapter 2 Section 2 Making GREAT Decisions
Imagine: (pick one)
A friend is pressuring you to sneak out of your house to go to a party.
You are being told you have to do mean things to another person, just to fit in with a group of friends (or)
One of your friends is pressuring you to steal something that you want from the mall.
Think of all the possible choices you could make in this situation.
List all (5 total) pros and cons of each choice you would debate over in making your decision.
Tell me what decision you made and why?
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26. Resisting Pressure from Others
Chapter 2
Skills for a Healthy Life
Section 3
Resisting Pressure from Others
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27. Section 3 Resisting Pressure from Others
Chapter 2
Who Influences You?
Peer pressure is a feeling that you should do something because that is what your friends want.
Positive influences can encourage you to improve yourself or to do good.
Negative influences can pressure you to do something that is unhealthy or dangerous.
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28. Types of Pressure Chapter 2
Section 3 Resisting Pressure from Others
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Types of Pressure
Direct pressure is the result of someone trying to convince you to do something you normally wouldn’t do.
Indirect pressure results from being swayed to do something because people you look up to are doing it.
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30. Section 3 Resisting Pressure from Others
Chapter 2
Refusal Skills
Refusal skills are strategies to avoid doing things that you feel pressured to do.
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32. Practicing Refusal Skills
Chapter 2
Section 4 Setting Healthy Goals
Practicing Refusal Skills
It helps to practice refusal skills so you will be ready for real-life pressure situations.
When you say no, always respect others and don’t put anyone down.
If someone keeps pressuring you, then you may have to leave the situation.
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33. Section 4 Setting Healthy Goals Chapter 2 Skills for a Healthy Life
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34. Chapter 2
Section 4 Setting Healthy Goals
Bellringer
Write down three goals that you hope to accomplish within the next month.
Write down three goals that you hope to accomplish within the next 10 years.
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35. Chapter 2
Section 4 Setting Healthy Goals
Kinds of Goals
A goal is something you work toward and hope to achieve.
Short-term goals can be achieved in days or weeks.
Long-term goals may take months or years to achieve.
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36. Six Suggestions for Setting Goals
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Six Suggestions for Setting Goals
Safe Goals should not be harmful to you or others.
Satisfying You should feel good about yourself when you reach your goals.
Sensible Set realistic goals that you can really hope to achieve.
Similar Set goals that work well together and do not contradict one another.
Specific The steps to achieve your goals should be clear.
Supported Your goals should be supported by your parents or other responsible adults.
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37. Chapter 2 Make an Action Plan
Section 4 Setting Healthy Goals
Make an Action Plan
An action plan is a set of directions that help you reach a goal.
List the rewards you will have when you reach your goal.
Know which influences can hurt you and which influences can help you as you work toward your goal.
Track your progress regularly.
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38. Now its your turn to practice:
My Goal Instruction Manual:
If you would like to achieve (_________) by this date_______-______-_____
WARNING: Safety---do not attempt this goal unless……………
Instructions for reaching your goal:
Step 1 – Begin by……………….
Step 2 Next………………
Step 3 Then……………..
Step 4,5,6,7,8 etc
List of Rewards for completing this goal
1,2,3,4,5……..
Troubleshooting
If this happens along the way, then do this
1,2,3,4,5………..

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