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What’s Your Health IQ 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 an problem my decision caused
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Turn to Chapter 2 Skills for a Healthy Life p. 24. Take the What’s Your Health IQ Quiz. Answer the 7 questions on the Quiz by indicating how frequently you engage in each of the following behaviors (1 = never; 2 = occasionally; 3 = most of the time; 4 = all of the time). Total your points, and then turn to p. 638
What’s Your Health IQ1. I review all of my choices before I make a decision2. I think about the outcome for each possible choice3. I make decisions that support my beliefs.4. I think about the decisions I make afterward so that I can
learn from them.5. I stop to think about who might be affected by the
decisions I make.6. I usually ask for advice when I have a tough decision to
make7. If I make a bad decision, I try to correct an problem my
decision caused
Chapter 2Skills for a Healthy Life
Standards
National Health Education Standards1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 4.2, 5.4, 6.3
Lesson Objective
IWBAT Assess my behavior in regards to making decisions by
answering a Health IQ Questionnaire. I will then use this information as a way to analyze and improve upon those decision making skills.
Lesson Objective
IWBAT Evaluate my decision making skills and predict the
immediate and long-term consequences of those decisions. I will then apply decision making strategies learned in this chapter to affectively make the best possible choices for me and the people I care about.
Do Now
Write a short paragraph describing all the possible decisions you could make if you were to find yourself in a situation in which a friend is pressuring you to sneak out of the house to go to a party. Identify all of the stages you would go through to make the decision.
Hint: Think about the making great decision model when you
write your paragraph
Building Life Skills
What are Life Skills? They are the tools or skills you would need to build a
healthy life. Just like you need skills to build a house, you also
need skills to build a happy, healthy life.
10 Important Life Skills
Life Skills:1) Assessing Your Health2) Communicating Effectively3) Practicing Wellness4) Coping5) Being a Wise Consumer6) Evaluating Media Messages7) Using Community Resources8) Making Great Decisions9) Using Refusal Skills10) Setting Goals
10 Important Life Skills
Assessing Your Health Using this skill to help you evaluate and then reflect on how
your actions and behaviors affect your health. Ultimately helping you to make better decisions when it comes to your health.
Communicating Effectively This skill will teach you good communication skills by
teaching you how to listen and speak effectively. It will help to improve your relationships with your family, friends, classmates, teachers, and other adults
10 Important Life Skills
Practicing Wellness The process of practicing healthy Behaviors on a daily basis Examples
a. Eating healthyb. Avoiding risky behaviorsc. Getting enough sleep
Coping Ability to deal with troubles or problems in an effective way.
Being a Wise Consumer Helping you to make wise decisions when you buy health products
and services. This will help you decide what is appropriate for you
10 Important Life Skills
Evaluating Media Messages This skill will help you analyze media messages, being able to
determine which messages might be harmful to your health.Using Community Resources
Knowing how to find and use resources, supports, and services in your community to help provide help for all six components of health.a. 911b. Suicide Hotlinesc. Libraryd. Clinics
10 Important Life SkillsDecision Making
You probably make 100s of decisions a day without even thinking about it or giving it a second thought.1. The clothes you wear2. Hitting the snooze button3. Meals4. What to do afterschool
All decisions come with consequences, Good or Bad
Consequences Are the results of your actions and decisions
10 Important Life SkillsDecision Making
Decision Making Model: This model requires you to think about the
consequences before making a decision.
You are more likely to make decisions that have positive consequences
Decision Making
Decision Making Model:1) Give Thought to the problem
Take a minute to pause
2) Review your choices Think about all possible choices even ones that might not be obvious
3) Evaluate the consequences of each choice Short term and long term
4) Assess and choose the best choice Make your choice based on your values and what’s important
5) Think it over afterward Reflect and evaluate if the decision had a positive outcome
Decision Making
Final Thoughts Everyone makes mistakes. However, the important thing is to try and deal with them as
soon as possible and in a positive way. Wrong decisions can be dangerous to you and the people
around you.
What if you make a poor decision?1. Stop2. Think3. Go
“Exit Slip”Tree of Choice
Think of a situation in which you would have to make an important decision. Begin to draw a “decision making tree” by writing at the base of the tree a two to three word description of the situation. You will then draw two or more branches labeled with the possible choices you would have in making this decision. For each choice, draw one or two branches labeled with a brief description of the possible consequences, good and/or bad, of each decision. After evaluating all the choices, choose the best choice
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