1. Building Health Character and Skills
Mr. McKay
6th Grade Health

2. I can identify all seven major health skills.
Learning Targets
I can identify all seven major health skills.
I can provide examples on how to perform each of the seven major health skills.
I can explain why it is important that a health literate person should use all of these seven major health skills.

3. Vocabulary TERMS Health Skills Interpersonal Communication
Refusal Skills
Conflict Resolution
Stress Management
Advocacy

4. Health Skills
Health skills: or life skills, are specific tools and strategies that help you maintain, protect, and improve all aspects of your health.
Interpersonal Communication
Self Management
Analyzing Influences
Accessing Information
Decision Making
Goal Setting
Advocacy

5. Interpersonal Communication
Is the sharing of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between two or more people.

6. Effective Communication
Effective Communication: skills for
building and maintaining health relationships
With the person sitting next to you, please WRITE down 3 important things that matter when you are communicating with one another.

7. THREE Musts when Communicating
Clearly say what you mean!
Pay attention to how you say something
Be a good listener

8. Refusal Skills
Are communication strategies that can help you say no when you are urged to take part in behaviors that are unsafe or unhealthy or against your values.

9. Conflict Resolution
Is the process of ending a conflict by cooperation and problem solving

10. Self Management
Is taking responsibility for your health and act right.
EXAMPLE: Stress management- or ways to deal with or overcome the negative effects of stress.

11. Analyzing Influences Factors that impact your health!
Internal influence: include your knowledge, values, likes, dislikes, and desires.
External Influences: come from outside sources, include family, friends, peers, culture, environment, media.

12. Accessing Information
Is learning how to find resources from home, school, and community to help you make healthful choices.

13. Advocacy
Is taking action to help others make smart health choices.

14. Decision Making Skills
Are steps that enable you to make a healthful decision.

15. Goal Setting
Goal: is something you aim for that takes planning and work.

16. Character What does it mean to be a person of good character?
Please list SIX traits that a person of good character would have.

17. Activity
On the previous slides you have seen SEVEN different skills that will help you make live a healthy life. You are now going to take each skill and describe how you can accomplish these skills in your own life!