• Michigan Merit Curriculum• Standard 6: Decision Making– 4.7 Apply decision-making and problem-solving steps to

generate alternative solutions regarding social situations that could place one’s health or safety at risk

– 4.8 Predict the potential short-and-long term effects of each alternative on self and others, and defend the healthy choice(s).

• Standard 5: Goal Setting– 4.6 Develop short-term and long-term personal goals and

aspirations.

Identify the steps in the decision-making.

Explain why it is important to practice decision making.

Develop and implement an action plan for setting a goal.

Identify influences on health.

Step 1: D = Define The Problem– What decision needs to be made?

Step 2: E = Explore Alternatives –

What are the possible choices that I could make? Remember to include “not act at all,” if appropriate. Share your options with responsible family members, teachers, or friends..

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Step 3: C = Consider Consequences – Is there both positive and negative results of each choice? Is the decision healthful, safe, and legal? Does it show respect for myself and others?

Step 4. I = Identify Your Values:Is your course of action is in keeping with your values and the values of your family and community? Ask yourself are you comfortable with the possible outcome? What will I feel about this decision in the weeks and months to come?

Step 5: D = Decide and Act

Use everything you know at this point to make a responsible decision.

You can feel good that you have carefully prepared and thought about the situation and your options.

Step 6. E = Evaluate:Ask yourself: What was the outcome? Was it what I expected? How did my decision affect my health? What effect did my decision have on others? What did I learn? Would I take the same action again?

Identify your values.

Decide. Make a decision and act.

Evaluate the decision.

Define the problem.Explore the

alternatives.Consider the

consequences.

Value: relative worth, merit, or importance. Are the beliefs and philosophies that we hold about life, its purpose, and our own purpose.

Our values are the ideas we hold about what is important and what is not, what is wrong and what is right.

They are behind all of our beliefs, interests and goals.

They influence what friends we choose, what we do with our free time, how we spend money.

Values are what DRIVE OURACTIONS.

Values• Love• Health• Wealth• Comfort• Fun• Happiness

• Success• Learning• Peace• Intimacy• Adventure• Security

Directions: Prioritize your list. Identify the top value, then the second highest value, and so on until your prioritize the whole list. Which of these values is truly the most important to me in life?

The “Decision-making Model” will help you make decisions that will:

Protect your rights, health, and self-respect, while respecting the rights , health, and self-respect of others.

1. Practicing your decision-making skills can prepare you to handle real-life situations.

2. Setting and achieving goals is important to the quality of your life

3. A key to effective goal setting is learning to develop and implement an action plan.

Do your plans include further education and a family?

What type of job do you hope to have?

What do you hope to have accomplished by the age of 25? Having and setting goals is one way to help shape your life in a positive directions.

A goal is something you aim for that takes planning and work.

Short-term goals goal setting over a short period of time.

Long-term goals take a period – sometimes months or even years-to achieve.

Long-term goals can be achieved by breaking them down into short-term goals.

• Make your goals your goals, not someone else’s

• Your goals should match your hopes and dreams.

• They should be realistic, but do not be afraid to dream.

• Make sure your goals will not harm your health of anyone else’s.

•Set a goal because it will help you grow, not because you want to out do someone or win someone else’s attention.•If your fail to reach your goal, use what you learned from the failure to set a new goal.

1. Identify sources of help and support.2. Set a reasonable time frame for reaching

your goal.3. Establish checkpoints to evaluate your

progress. Time frames…4. Reward yourself after reaching your goal.

An ACTION PLAN to identifying and achieving goals.