SSR  Quietly read/work until 9:05.

Entry Slip – 9/4  Complete the SMART goal activity worksheet. LT: I can write a SMART goal.

Entry Slip 9/5  Analyze and discuss some potential risks in your life.  Positive or negative?  What are/were the consequences?  How do you prevent risks from happening to you? TURN HEALTH TIMELINE IN TO BIN!

DECISION MAKING [and Risk Taking] LT: I can implement and understand the decision making process, and how decisions directly relate it to my health.

Health Risks and Your Behaviors  Risks are an unavoidable part of life.  What are some examples?  We as individuals have awareness of risks.  Taking responsibility for your behaviors, and minimizing risks is a part of growing up and being responsible.

Risk Behaviors  Risk behaviors: actions or behaviors that might cause injury or harm to yourself or others. Risk behaviors carry serious, significant consequences.  Consequences can be short term & long term.  Examples?  Sedentary lifestyle: a lifestyle choice that includes little physical activity.

Cumulative Risks  Cumulative Risks: related risks that increase in effect with each added risk.  Examples: Texting while driving while also speeding increases the risk of getting in an accident significantly. Regularly eating high-fat meals will increase your risk for serious health issues overtime.

Reducing Risks  Taking precautions and changing you attitude can minimize the possibility of harm, and increase your overall health.  Abstinence: active, conscious decision not to participate in high risk behaviors.  Precautions: planned actions taken before an event to increase the chances of a safe outcome.  Positive health behaviors reduce risks.  Prevention: taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse.  Medical/dental check-ups

Decision Making – Another Method for Reducing Risks  Decision Making – the process of making a choice or solving a problem.  Decision making is an important life skill, and one that you will use on a regular basis.  The choices and decisions you make influence and impact your health, and all sides of the health triangle.

Decision Making Cont’d  Decisions show what’s important to you. What you value.  Values: beliefs that guide the way you live.  Ethical Values: choosing to take the right actions.  Cultural Values: values and beliefs based on culture, religion.  Personal Values: individual beliefs.  Come from different sources; parents, friends, peers, siblings, role models, community.  Examples? Ms. Braun’s Values: Honesty, Loyalty, Hard work, “Family First”.

Influences on Decisions and Risk- Taking Behaviors  Peer influence – your friends and social network that surrounds you.  Community influences – the people, culture, and beliefs in your immediate surroundings.  Cultural influences – values and beliefs within your culture. Example: Consuming alcohol is a risky behavior choice that can have a negative impact on your personal health. How might these three above influences affect one’s decision to drink?

Decision Making  Additionally, decision making skills are needed by students to help them make health-enhancing choices, to choose behaviors that promote health and reduce the risk of illness.  There are six steps we can take to make decisions; it is known as the decision-making process.

D.E.C.I.D.E. Model  D – Define the problem  E – Explore the Alternatives (come up with at least two)  C – Consider the Consequences (+ & -) of each Alternative  I – Identify your values as they relate toward your decision  D – Decide and Act  E – Evaluate the results, positive and negative

Example: Decision Making  D – Define the problem  E – Explore the Alternatives (come up with at least two)  C – Consider the Consequences (+ & -) of each Alternative  I – Identify your values as they relate toward your decision  D – Decide and Act  E – Evaluate the results, positive and negative Individually, or with people around you, consider the following decisions and scenarios. Apply the decision making model & steps to analyze the following (in notebook): 1.Choosing plans after high school. 2.You’re in the car with your parent or guardian who is driving, and they have been drinking… what do you do?

Decision Making Model, Cont’d When making a decision, it is important to ask yourself a series of questions to determine, which action to take. - Is this a risky situation? - Am I being influenced/pressured? - How will it affect my health? - What would be parents think? - Do I have other options? - Does the decision fit in with what I value? - How does this decision affect my goal?

D.E.C.I.D.E. Worksheet  Complete the D.E.C.I.D.E worksheet to analyze and apply the decision making process.

Yes or No Activity  With each scenario, make a decision – either you agree with it, or disagree. Be prepared to defend your answer.

Yes or No?  You studied really hard for a Spanish test. On the day of the test, you blank and don’t remember a question about South American culture. Because you studied so hard, and know you know the answer, it’s okay to look to your neighbor’s paper and see what they put.

Yes or No?  You and your friend are walking around Mall of America when the stranger walking in front of you drops a $20. It’s okay to tell yourself “finders keepers” and take the money for yourself.

Yes or No?  You are at a restaurant eating dinner with your family. Your older sibling offers you a sip of alcohol. It’s okay to try it since you’re with your family?

Yes or No?  You see your best friend vandalizing school property. Do you report it to an adult or staff member of the school?

Yes or No?  You see a group of your friends picking on a student in a lower grade level. You join in. It’s okay since everyone else is doing it, too?

Yes or No?  Should marijuana be legalized?

Yes or No?  Should the drinking age be changed to 18?

Yes or No?  Should it be mandatory to donate your organs after death?

Yes or No?  Should smoking be made illegal?

Yes or No?  Should fast food advertisement be banned?

Journal #3  List what your thoughts on decision making in three sentences:  How many steps are there?  How important are decision making skills?  What are the steps to decision making? What’s an important decision you’ve had to make recently?