Building Health Skills How do you do it?. Learning Goal: Demonstrate communication and refusal...
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Building Health Skills How do you do it?. Learning Goal: Demonstrate communication and refusal skills in building and maintaining healthy relationships
Learning Goal: Demonstrate communication and refusal skills in
building and maintaining healthy relationships
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Health Skills Health Skills, or Life skills, are specific tools
and strategies that help you maintain, protect and improve all
aspects of your life. Activity : In your groups, create a list of
all the health skills you can think of. Brainstorm with your group
and think about what skills are necessary to maintain, protect and
improve ALL aspects of your life
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Interpersonal Skills Interpersonal Communication, or the
exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between two or more
people, is a vital health skill.
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Effective Communication Effective Communication Was that an
example of effective communication? What did you observe that was
ineffective? How could that conversation been classified as
effective communication? What skills do you think are necessary to
achieve effective communication?
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Effective Communication Use I messages to state your position.
This helps to avoid placing blame. Use a respectful tone. Be
mindful of facial expressions and gestures. Avoid interrupting the
speaker. Show that you are listening by asking questions and
nodding. Do you do this with your friends? Teachers? Parents? And
most importantly, be honest!
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Communication Activity : Work with one or two people in your
group. Each pair or 3 should have a sharing concern skill card and
a resolving conflict skill card. Discuss the differences of the
cards with your partner. Use the 2 situations I will read (p.29
Glencoe Hardback) to fill out the appropriate skill card to the
situation focusing on using Good communication skills. Any
volunteers care to share?
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Refusal skills Refusal Skills are communication strategies that
can help you say no when you are urged to take part in behaviors
that are unsafe or unhealthful, or that go against your values. Can
I have a volunteer Help me act out a scenario? Alcohol, drugs,
smoking, Property damage, or stealingyou pick.
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Refusal Skills Say NO in a firm voice Explain why. Tell them it
goes against your values. Suggest something else. Use appropriate
body language. Look them in the eye. Leave if necessary. Did our
volunteer do this?
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So you now know how to manage others with communication and
refusal skills, but what about managing myself???
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Learning Goal Understand how the decisions you make daily
impact your ability to manage yourself in a positive or negative
way
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Personal Skills Practicing Self-Management. Making good choices
today will benefit you later in life. Exercising, eating well,
maintaining relationships, building self-esteem. Activity : Imagine
I am a genie. I have the ability to grant you 3 wishes. You have
exactly 1 minute to write down 3 wishes (cant wish for more
wishes). What did you wish for? Why?
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Self Management Read the Letter from a Doctor to the class.
Imagine this letter is addressed to you Take a good look at the 3
wishes you wrote down. Does this news change your 3 wishes at all?
If you want to change anything based on the news you received, do
it now. Does anyone want to share what they changed?
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Self Management -If this news you received were true, are you
happy with your healthful behaviors? -Would you change any
behaviors in your life? -Did the 3 wishes activity make you think
about things any differently?
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Stress Management
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Learning Goal Analyze stress in your life and create strategies
to reduce the overall negative effects of that stress.
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Stress! What is stress? Based on what you just watched, get
into your groups and write a definition of stress.
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Stress All stress is a response to a stressor, or a physical or
psychological demand that requires a person to adapt to a
situation. Balloon Activity : Take out a piece of paper and draw a
circle. Inside of the circle, write all of the stressors in your
life.
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Stress The air in the balloon is equal to the stress in your
life. Did the balloon pop? Could it? What might happen to a persons
wellness if stress goes unmanaged? What strategies are effective in
managing stress? (1 effective strategy equals a puff out of the
balloon)
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Stress Test Take a copy of the Stress Test and pick the two
biggest stressors in your life. Answer the questions. Get with a
partner and share what you wrote. Make suggestions or comments on
your partners strategies to manage the stress.
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High Level Stressors Death of a parent Divorce of parents
Break-ups Getting a job Money Trouble Failing at school Parent
losing job Loss of a pet Moving Illness
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Low Level Stressors Vacation Christmas or other holidays Change
in eating habits Change in sleeping habits Traffic ticket Change in
personal appearance Ending of school
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Physical Effects of Stress What can stress do to the body?
Rapid, shallow breathing Pounding of the heart Increased blood
pressure Sweating Dizziness Sleeplessness Loss of Appetite Weight
loss/Weight gain Substance abuse
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Psychological Effects of Stress Anxiety Depression Impulsive
behavior Low self-esteem Avoiding activities Inability to
concentrate Loss of energy Loss of joy
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Stress/Self Management Keeping balance in your life by
practicing stress management and self-management will help overall
wellness