Journal #3

• Draw your very own health triangle! – How are you feeling at this moment?• In balance? Out of balance?

• What are you doing to keep you physical side of the triangle healthy? Mental/Emotional? Social?

• List 5 things you can do to keep balanced.

Decision Making & Resistance Skills

Decision Making Skills• Steps that enable you to

make a healthful decision• These steps are designed

to help you make decisions that protect your rights and health

• It is important to seek advice from those with more experience then yourself

Many Ways to Make a Decision• Flipping a coin• Using tarot cards or

astrology• Accepting the first option• Listing advantages and

disadvantages• Asking an “expert”• Calculating each value• Using Decision Making

Model

Making Decisions Define the ProblemHow did the problem evolve?Who is involved?When must a decision be made?

Explore the AlternativesThis may include “no action”

Consider the ConsequencesWhat are the consequences?

Identify Your ValuesHow will action affect family?

Decide and ActSet a deadline if necessary

Evaluate your decisionWhat was the outcome?What lessons were learned?

New Information

Protective Factors• being reared in a loving, functional family• being involved in school activities• having positive self-esteem• having clearly defined goals and plans to reach them• having close friends- regularly practicing one's faith• feeling a sense of accomplishment at school• having a role model• having a healthful attitude about competition and athletics• being committed to following community rules• having a plan to cope with life's stressors

Risk Factors

- dysfunctional family- low self-esteem- being unable to resist peer pressure or influence- lacking faith experiences- genetically predisposed to chemical dependency- experiencing family disruptions- experiencing depression- experiencing academic and/or athletic pressure

Decision Making Styles

• Inactive-Fail to make choices, and this failure determines what will happen.

• Reactive-Allow others to make your decisions, influenced by what others think, wanting to be liked by others.

• Proactive-Examine the decision to be made, identify and evaluate actions, select actions, and take responsibility (uses the decision making model).

Decision Making Tips

• Do not make decisions that are not yours to make.

• Avoid snap decisions.• Consider those affected by your

decision.• Do your decision making on paper.• Trust yourself to make a decision and

then to be able to field the consequences appropriately.

Resistance Skills• Skills that are used when you want to say no

to an action or to leave a situation– Say no in an assertive way– Give reasons for saying no– Use nonverbal behavior to match verbal behavior– Avoid being in situations where there will be peer

pressure– Resist pressure to engage in illegal behavior– Influence others to make responsible decisions

Decision Making Skills

•

• These steps are designed to help you make decisions that protect your rights and health

• It is important to seek advice from those with more experience then yourself

Many Ways to Make a Decision

• • Using tarot cards or astrology• • Listing advantages and disadvantages• • Calculating each value•

Making Decisions

We all have biases

• Selective search for evidence• • Repetition bias• • Group think•

Decision Making Styles

• Inactive-

• -Allow others to make your decisions, influenced by what others think, wanting to be liked by others.

• -Examine the decision to be made, identify and evaluate actions, select actions, and take responsibility (uses the decision making model).

Decision Making Tips

•

• Avoid snap decisions.• • Do your decision making on paper.•

Resistance Skills• Skills that are used when you want to say no

to an action or to leave a situation– – – – – –