1. Skills for a Healthy Life

2. Consumer A person who buys products or services

3. Consequence A result of your actions or decisions

4. Peer Pressure A feeling that you should do something because that is what your friends want.

5. Resource Something that you can use to help achieve a goal

6. Refusal Skill A strategy to avoid doing something you don’t want to do

7. Goal Something that you work toward and hope to achieve

8. Life Skill A tool for building a healthy life

9. Life Skill A life skill that helps you deal with troubles or problems is coping

10. Evaluating Media Messages Helps you to view TV commercials critically

11. GREAT Decisions Does not include picking the situation

12. Collaboration IS Working as a team Making group decisions Having a family meeting

13. Problem solving Is not waiting and doing nothing

14. A Direct Pressure may be a threat.

15. Direct Pressure Would not include: – Role models – Popular people – Famous people

16. An Indirect Pressure may be the radio.

17. Indirect Pressure Would not include: – Teasing – Put-downs – persuasion

18. Refusal Skill When being asked to do something you don’t want to do you can: – Ignore the pressure – Make a joke of it – Give a reason not to do it – Walk away – Blame someone else – Just say “No”

19. Refusal Skill Practice You should always – Respect others – Don’t put anyone down – Don’t insult anyone – Don’t call names – Be positive

20. Short Term Goals Studying Going to school Eating Washing your hair Calling your friend Running an errand Preparing for the basketball game on Friday

21. Long Term Goals Visiting colleges next fall Planning a vacation next summer Traveling to Australia next year Planning your grandmothers birthday party next year

22. Setting Goals Goals should be sensible Goals should be safe Goals should be specific

23. Setting Goals Should include using an action plan that: Rewards your progress – And Has a way to track your progress – And Leads you to your goals

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