1. Chapter two Building Health Skills and Character

2. Vocabulary Interpersonal Communication Conflict resolution Stress management Character Role model

3. Who Influences You?   Positive influences can encourage you to improve yourself or to do good.   Negative influences can pressure you to do something that is unhealthy or dangerous.   Peer pressure is a feeling that you should do something because that is what your friends want.

4. Health Skills Life skills, specific tools and strategies that help you maintain, protect, and improve all aspects of your health

5. Ten Life Skills 1. 1.Assessing Your Health How healthy are you? How are your actions and behaviors affecting your health? 2. 2.Communicating Effectively Listen and speak effectively. 3. 3.Practicing Wellness Practice healthy behaviors for good life-long health. 4. Coping Deal with troubles or problems in an effective way.

6. 5. Being a Wise Consumer Make good decisions when you buy health products and services. 6. Evaluating Media Messages Recognize the influence of media messages on you and your decisions. 7. Using Community Resources Find and use community resources to help all six components of your health. 8Making GREAT Decisions Use the making GREAT Decisions model. 9. Using Refusal Skills Say “no” to anything that makes you uncomfortable. 10. Setting Goals Setting goals helps you know where you are going and how you plan to get there.

7. Using the Making GREAT Decisions Model 1.GIVE Thought to the Problem 2.REVIEW Your Choices 3.EVALUATE the Consequences of Each Choice 4.ASSESS and Choose the Best Choice 5.THINK It Over Afterward

9. Refusal Skills Refusal skills are strategies to avoid doing things that you feel pressured to do.   It helps to practice refusal skills so you will be ready for real-life pressure situations.   When you say no, always respect others and don’t put anyone down.   If someone keeps pressuring you, then you may have to leave the situation.

10. Reliable sources of health information Parents, guardians, and other trusted adults Library resources, such as encyclopedias and nonfiction books on science, medicine, nutrition and fitness Reliable internet sites, such as those posted by government and educational institutions Newspaper and magazine articles by health professionals or experts Government agencies, health care providers, and health organizations

11. Advocacy Taking action to influence others to address a health- related concern or to support a health-related belief

12. Goal Something you aim for that takes planning and work Steps of Action Plan

13. Kinds of Goals A goal is something you work toward and hope to achieve. Short-term goals can be achieved in days or weeks. Long-term goals may take months or years to achieve.

14. Six Suggestions for Setting Goals 1.Safe Goals should not be harmful to you or others. 2.Satisfying You should feel good about yourself when you reach your goals. 3.Sensible Set realistic goals that you can really hope to achieve. 4.Similar Set goals that work well together and do not contradict one another. 5.Specific The steps to achieve your goals should be clear. 6.Supported Your goals should be supported by your parents or other responsible adults.

15. Character Those distinctive qualities that describe how a person thinks, feels, and behaves

16. Traits of Good Character Trustworthiness Respect Responsibility Fairness Caring Citizenship

17. To take a more active role…. Stand up for your beliefs Learn from people who demonstrate good character traits. Ask family members for tips on strengthening values Join volunteer groups in your school or community. Form friendships with people who exhibit core ethical values.

18. Role Models Someone whose success or behavior serves as an example for others http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzF23qI3Djw

19. Demonstrating good character means Make a difference at home Make a difference at school Make a difference in your community