1. Making Healthy Decisions
Chapter 2
Making Healthy Decisions

2. Lesson 1
Making Decisions

3. Decision
Is a choice you make and act upon.

4. Good Decision
Is one that is carefully considered and the outcome evaluated.

5. Personal Responsibility
To accept how your decision will affect yourself and other people

6. Values
Beliefs that you consider to be of great importance

7. Good Values Respect for yourself and others Responsibility Honesty
Self-control
trustworthiness

8. Character
The way that people think, feel, and act

9. 6 Steps of Decision Making
1- Identify the problem
2- Consider values (Beliefs and principles that guide your life)
3- List the options
4- Weigh the possible outcomes
5-Choose one and act on it
6-Evaluate your decision

10. Lesson 2
Influences on Your Decisions

11. Influence
A force that affect your choices when you have a decision to make.

12. Peer Pressure
Pressure you feel when your friends want you to do something
POSITIVE
NEGATIVE

13. Other Influences
Media

14. Lesson 3
Examining Your Decisions

15. Consequence
Result of an action that you take

16. Precaution
Is an action to avoid negative consequences

17. Questions you need to ask yourself about your decisions.
Uphold my values
Set a good example for others
Cause emotional pain to me or others
Help me reach my goals
Harm me or someone else physically
Help others
Strengthen relationships with my friends

18. Advice Suggestion or ideas given to help make decisions
Ask your parents
Ask a trusted adult

19. Lesson 4
Setting Your Goals

20. Goal
Working towards something you want to accomplish

21. Self-esteem
How you feel about yourself as a person and how much you value yourself.

22. Two types of Goals
1-Short term
2-Long term

23. Interests
Something you enjoy and want to learn more about

24. Setting Goals
1-Identify goal and write down six activities that you enjoy.
2- Write down three of the above activities that you do well
3- Add more details to the items that you wrote down in step 2
4- How could these items that you wrote down eventually become goals?

25. Lesson 5
Reaching your goals

26. Is the achieving of your goal
Success
Is the achieving of your goal

27. Action Plan Clearly state your goal
Outline things you need to accomplish to reach your goal
Have a timeline for reaching your goal
List resources you need to reach your goal

28. Something that goes wrong.
Setback
Something that goes wrong.

29. Making an Action Plan 1- Write down you goals
2-Make a list of the steps you will follow to reach your goals.
3-Do some research to find information that you might use to reach your goal.
4-Estimate how long it will take you to reach your goal.
5-Check you progress periodically.
6-Reward yourself once you have made your goal

30. Persistence
Is the commitment to keep working toward your goal even when things happen that make you want to quit.

31. Lesson 6
Goals Can Change

32. Assess
Measure your short-term achievements toward long term goals.

33. Coping
Dealing with problems and troubles in an effective way.

34. 1- What if 2-Should I 3-Could I 4-But then
When you change your goals these are the question you should ask.
1- What if 2-Should I 3-Could I 4-But then

35. Lesson 7
Communication Skills

36. Communication Skills
Are Methods for expressing your thoughts and listening to what others say.

37. Communicating Clearly
1-Stay focused
2-Choose words carefully
3-Watch your body language

38. Active Listening
Not only hearing what someone says but also showing that you understand what the person is communicating

39. Active Listening Skills
1-Face the person you are talking to
2-Make eye contact with the other person
3-Restate or summarize what the person says to you

40. Lesson 8
Refusal skills

41. Refusal skills
Different way of saying no.

42. 5 Refusal Skills 1-Say no in a polite way with a firm voice
2-Stay focused on the issues and stay firm to your beliefs
3-Stand your ground
4-Walk away
5-Avoid risky situations

43. Support System
Is made up of family members and friends who will stand by you and will encourage you when times get hard

44. Making Healthy Decisions
Chapter 2
Making Healthy Decisions