2. Health Skill
Specific tools and strategies to improve health.
Decision Making
Communication Skills
Refusal Skills
Conflict Resolution Skills
Stress Management
Goal Setting
3. Decision Making
Making big decisions can be tough
and you may feel overwhelmed
wondering about what decision is
right for you.
The uncertainty of the
consequences can cause
nervousness.
Sometimes both decisions would
be good, but deciding which one is
best can be hard.
Many things can influence our
decisions and make us feel
pressure.
4. Decision Making
G ive thought to the problem
R eview your choices
E valuate the consequences of each
option
A ssess your values
T ake action and Think it over afterward
WRITE THAT DOWN
5. Give thought to the problem
Ask yourself questions about the problem
•Who is involved?
•Are you feeling pressure?
•What is influencing my decision or options?
•How much time do you have to decide?
6. Review your options
• What are all the possible options?
• List them
• Who can I talk to about my options?
• Do I need to research options?
7. Evaluate the consequences
• What are all the possible
consequences for each option.
• There will be multiple consequences
for each option.
8. Assess your values
• What are your values?
• What values are most important to you?
• Do any of these choices go against your
values?
• Do any of these choices make you feel
uncomfortable?
9. Think it over after wards
• Think about the outcome of your decision.
• Is this the outcome I expected?
• How did this affect me?
• How did this affect others?
• Would I make the same decision again?
• What would I change?
• Were there any consequences I didn’t think
of?
11. What are some specific
benefits or advantages to
making decisions using this
method?
12. Situation A: Your friend has been spending a lot of time with a new “friend” of the opposite
sex. They are starting to worry about their friendship, because she/he likes your friend in a
romantic way and they do not feel the same way. They do not want to hurt their feelings, but
also don't want to give him or her the wrong idea. Write out a GREAT decision model to help
them out.
Situation B: Your best friend has been cutting classes a lot and acting differently than usual.
You know your friend's parents are splitting up and it has your friend pretty upset, but he/she
hasn't been willing to talk to you about it and seems really distant. One day, you notice
scratches and cut marks on your friend's arm. Use the GREAT decision model to make a
decision.
Situation C: You go over to a friend's house for dinner. His/her parents leave, and before you
know it your friend's older brother has brought out a bottle of Vodka. You have never drunk
alcohol before, and you are not really sure you want to. Your friend is encouraging you to
have some. Use the GREAT decision model to make a decision.
Situation D: Your partner of six months asks you how you feel about sex. He/she really
wants to have sex with you. You feel pretty sure that you are not ready and would like to wait,
but you are afraid that he/she will want to break up if you say no. Use the GREAT decision
model to make a decision.
Share your GREAT decision
15. Direct Pressure: Indirect Pressure:
Someone tries to Being swayed by
convince you to do your thoughts,
something you beliefs, or habits to
normally wouldn’t. do something.
Example: Your friend is
Example: Your friend making fun of someone who does
tries to talk you into skipping well in school then they later ask
class. you what you got on a math test
which you aced.
16. Identify the following for
each scenario
1. Influence
2. Positive or Negative
3. Direct or Indirect Pressure
Be able to support your answer
17. Habits Jamie buys another expensive cell phone she can
Esteem hardly afford because the model on the
commercial is beautiful and says, “with this phone
Values I always stay connected to the ones I love.”
Peers
Media: Negative: Indirect
Media
Family
Kirin wants to go snowboarding with her friends at
Faith 5:30 AM, Saturday morning. She is used to going
Emotions back to sleep for an extra 30 minutes before
school after her alarm goes off and she ends up
missing her ride.
Habits: Negative: Indirect
18. Emily decides not to smoke since she has
seen how hard it has been for her grandpa
Habits to quit smoking. (What if her grandpa told
Esteem her never to smoke while he was dying?)
Values
Family: Positive: Indirect
Peers
All Matt’s friends sneak into a movie, and
Media call him a wimp when he tries to go home.
Family He sneaks in with them.
Faith Peers: Negative: Direct
Emotions
Candace yells at her Mom because she’s
angry about school. Her dad tells her “not to
talk like that to her mother.” She realizes
he’s right and she apologizes.
Family: Positive: Direct
20. Refusal Skills
Communication strategies that can help you
say no when you are urged to take part in
behaviors that are unsafe or unhealthful.
21. Think of a time in your life when
you stood up for your values. Or a
time when you didn’t do
something because you knew
you shouldn’t.
What or Who was pressuring you to do this?
What helped you not do it?
How did you feel afterwards?
How do you feel now looking back on it?
What would you say you learned from this
experience that you could tell others?
22. Refusal Skills
1. Ask Questions
2. Name the Trouble
3. State Consequences
4. Suggest Alternatives)
5. Move it, Sell it, Leave the door open (Tell them
where you’ll be and they can join if they want
USE THESE IN ORDER 1-5
24. Name the Trouble
That’s cheating
That’s illegal
That’s wrong
That’s not very smart
That could kill you
That’s just wrong
That won’t make you happy
25. State Consequences
“That will make me sick.”
“My Mom would ground me.”
“That’s not a good idea, someone
could get hurt.”
“I don’t want to get in trouble.”
“I could be suspended.”
“
26. Suggest Alternatives
“We could watch a movie at my house instead.”
“I’m going to go get a slurpee.”
“I think we should go play basketball instead.”
“Let’s go play video games instead”
“Let’s go to the mall instead.”
27. Move it, Sell it,
Leave the door open
“Hey well I’m going to go get a slurpee
and watch a movie at my house. You can
come if you like. Just call me.”
28. Make a Skit Using the 5
Refusal Skills
1. Setting and Problem
Take a minute to set up the scene, characters, and the
problem or situation. (High School, Mall, Car, Fairytale,
Hollywood, Family of Bears in the woods, movie set)
1. Use all 5 steps in order
2. Positive Example/Result of using the refusal skills
3. Must be decent, tactful, inoffensive, and CREATIVE.
4. 2-4 Minutes, everyone is involved, parts are memorized.
5 points per number
31. What are some goals you have achieved?
Why is it important to set HEALTH goals
now?
What helps you be more likely to achieve
your goals.
32. a multi-step strategy to identify and achieve your goals.
1. WRITE: Put your goals in writing. Be specific.
2. SMALL GOALS: List what you will do to reach your goal.
(3 short term goals)
1. SUPPORT: List 2 sources of help and support
2. DEADLINE: Set a time to reach your goal by
3. CHECK POINTS: Set up 2 check points to reach your goal
(Goal Check Journals) (Set up your own reminders)
1. REWARD: Give yourself a reward once you have
achieved your goal.
33. Students will write their own action plan for a REAL and
ATTAINABLE goal. This goal needs to have a definite line
for success or failure.
Students will work on their goal for the entire quarter and
will report on whether they succeeded or failed. Students
will only receive full credit if they met their goal. If they
did not meet their goal they can write another goal that is
more attainable and reach that for full credit.
PROOF is required for goals that are met. Ex. Proof of
weight loss, proof of mile time improvement, report card,
video of a learned trick, a note from a parent or coach.
Time line-
Due Date
34. Complete Action Plan with all areas…..10
Typed up journal of check points….10
½ Page written on why you chose your goal, how you
accomplished or did not accomplish it, and what you
think will help you set and achieve more goals in the
future….10
Proof of the results of your goal….10
You attained your goal…10
TOTAL 50 pts
35. 1. Run a mile in 6 min 20 seconds.
2. A. Run for 30 minutes 3x per week
B. Drink 4 bottles of water each day
C. Eat 3 balanced meals per day.
3. Mom- she can run with me.
Sister-Tests my mile run 2x B4 my
deadline.
3. November 1st
4. Run a mile 1x every 3 weeks.
5. Go out and buy a new shirt.
36. Work the rest of class on any assignments that will be due soon
