SKILLS FOR A HEALTHY LIFE

CHAPTER 2

Life Skill

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tools for building a healthy life

TEN LIFE SKILLS

Assessing Your Health

Communicating Effectively

Practicing wellness

Coping

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Dealing with troubles or problem in an effective way.

Coping

Consumer

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A person who buys products or services.

Being a Wise Consumer

Media

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Public forms of communication• TV, radio, movies, newspapers, internet,

advertisements

Evaluating Media Messages

Resource

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Something that you can use to help you achieve a goal.

Using Community Resources

Making GREAT Decisions

Using Refusal Skills

Setting Goals

Consequence

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Results of your actions and decisions

You want to make GREAT decisions to avoid consequences.

GREAT decision model

GGive thought to the problem

RReview your choices

EEvaluate the consequences of each choice

AAssess and choose the best choice

TThink it over afterward

Collaborate

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To work together with one or more people.

EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES

STOP

STOP, admit you were wrong, accept responsibility for your mistake

THINK

THINK about whom to talk to and discuss ways to correct the situation

GO

GO and do your best to correct the situation

Who Influences You?

Peer Pressure

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Feeling that you should do something because that is what your friends want.

Direct Pressure

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The pressure that results from someone who tries to convince you to do something you normally wouldn’t do

Indirect Pressure

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The pressure that results from being swayed to do something because people you look up to are doing it.

Refusal Skills

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A strategy to avoid doing something you don’t want to do.

TWELVE REFUSAL SKILLS

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Practicing refusal skills

Let’s Roleplay

Goal

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Something that you work toward and hope to receive.

Action Plan

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A set of directions that will help you reach your goal.

ACTION=

RESULTS

SET YOUR GOALS

USE CHART

YOU’LL NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH

UNTIL YOU TRY

DON’T BE AFRAID TO FAIL

IF YOU DON’T TRY YOU WILL NEVER SUCCEED.

If you don’t try

You have already failed

SIX SUGGESTIONS FOR SETTING GOALS

SAFE

SATISFYING

SENSIBLE

SIMILAR

SPECIFIC

SUPPORTED

YOU MUST TAKE ACTION

YOUR FUTURE IS UP TO

YOU

THE ACTION IS THE ONLY THING

THAT YOU CONTROL

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

BE REALISTIC

KEEP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE

YOU CAN MAKE GOOD THINGS

HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE

A written plan of action is

the key to success!

Long term goal

Greater than 6 months

The destination

Short term goal

Less than 6 months

Develop your map for your road to success