1. Chapter Lesson 1
Taking
Charge
of Your
Life!

2. commitment The 1st Step is to Make a to take charge of your life!
Lesson 1 Building Health Skills
The 1st Step is to
Make a
commitment
to take charge
of your life!

3. 1. Health Skills
Life skills
Specific strategies
To maintain, improve, and protect your health.

4. Exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between 2 or more people.
2. Interpersonal Communication
Exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between 2 or more people.
                                                                      

5. 3. Ways to Strengthen Interpersonal Communication
Use “I” Statements
Communicate with respect and care
Be An Active Listener

6. 4. Refusal Skills Strategies Help you say “NO”
Deny to take part in unhealthy or unsafe behaviors
                                         

7. 5. Conflict Resolution
A process that uses cooperation, communication, respect
and problem solving to compromise and obtain a solution to the conflict.

8. 6. Steps To Conflict Resolution
Say no in a firm voice
Explain why? State your feelings
Offer healthy alternatives
Stand your ground.
Leave is necessary.
role-play

9. Which influence has The most influence On YOU?
Discusss Figure 2.3 page 37
Which influence has
The most influence
On YOU?
activity-class discussion

10. 7. Stress Management
Ways to overcome the negative aspects of stress.

11. Skills that help reduce and manage stress In YOUR life.
8. Stress Mgmt. Skills
Skills that help reduce and manage stress
In YOUR life.
Activity-post it

12. Don’t Be A Time Bomb---
Waiting To Happen!
Discuss fig. 2.4 page 38
                                                                          

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

14. Internal Influences
Knowledge
Likes
Dislikes
Values
Desires

15. External Influences Family And Friends Peers Environment Culture
Laws And Media

16. Making Responsible Decisions and Setting Goals
Lesson 2
Making Responsible Decisions and Setting Goals

17. Use your book
10. Define Values
Define Decision-Making Skills
Describe the acronym H.E.L.P.

18. 13. Steps Of Decision-Making
State the situation
List the options
Weigh the possible outcomes
Consider values
Make a decision and act on it
Evaluate the decision
Activity p. 45

19. What is a goal?

20. Types Of Goals
Short-Term
Long-Term

21. 14. Action Plan Specific Realistic Write It Down List The Steps
Identify Support Sources

22. 14. Action Plan Set A Reasonable Time Frame Evaluate Your Progress
Establish Checkpoints
Reward Yourself

23. The End