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Health Chapter 2

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life skill
tools for building a healthy life
Ten life skills
*assessing your health
*communicating effectively
*practicing good behaviors (wellness)
*coping
*being a wise consumer
*evaluating media messages
*using community resources
*making GREAT decisions
*using refusal skills
*setting goals
coping
dealing with troubles or problems effectively
consumer
a person who buys products
media
public forms of communication ex. Instagram, snapchat
resource
something you can utilize to achieve a goal
consequences
results of your actions and decisions that may cause you or those around you harm
GREAT
Give thoughts to the problem
Review your choices
Evaluate the consequences of each choice
Assess and choose the best choice
Think it over afterward
collaborate
to work together with one or more people
what should you do after you've made a poor decision
STOP
THINK
GO
STOP
First, stop and admit that you've made a poor decision and take responsibility for your actions
THINK
Second, think about who you can talk to about the issue and what ever repercussions it may have caused
GO
Finally, go and attempt to correct the situation
peer pressure
a feeling that you should act or behave in a certain way because thats what the people around you want
direct pressure
*teasing
*persuasion
*explanations
*put-downs
*threats
*bribery
pressure that results from someone who tries to convince you to do something you normally wouldn't do
indirect pressure
*TV
*radio
*advertising
*role models
*popular people
*famous people
pressure that results from being swayed to do something because people you look up to do it
refusal skills
a strategy to avoid doing something you don't want to do
12 refusal skills
Always do your best to be respectful when using refusal skills
1. blame someone
2. give a reason
3. ignore the request or the pressure
4. leave the situation
5. simply say, "no thank you"
6. Say NO and mean it
7. continue to say NO
8. make a joke out of it
9. make an excuse
10. suggest an alternative option
11. change the subject
12. team up with someone (you are stronger together than you are apart)
goal
something you have to work towards and hope to achieve
short term goals
goals that can be achieved quickly
long term goals
goals that take time to achieve, these goals consist of a series of smaller, short term goals
Six S's that goals should be
safe
satisfying
sensible
similar
specific
supported
1. safe
2. satisfying
3. sensible
4. similar
5. specific
6. supported
1. can a goal harm you
2. you should be accomplished once you've achieved your goal (you will feel good about yourself)
3. Are your goals realistic
4. Your new goal should be similar to and not contradict your past goals
5. Is your goal specific? Is there a clear way to achieve said goal?
6. would those who's opinions you value support you and your goal
action plan
In an action plan a person should include a date that they plan to reach their goal, a list of rewards achieving their goal would provide to fuel their determination, and a way to track progress
a set of directions that will help you reach your goal
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