1. Teen Living Personal, Family, and Community Living
Objectives

2. Objective 1.0
Apply strategies to enhance personal development and interpersonal skills to obtain a greater understanding of self through self-evaluation

3. 1.01 Factors and Strategies that Promote Personal Development
Prioritize by importance
To-do lists
Planners
Calendars
Do not over commit yourself
Learn to say no
Avoid procrastination (what is it? I’ll tell you tomorrow)
Develop self-esteem
Know your strengths and weaknesses
Accept yourself as you are
Be aware that hormones will affect you physically and emotionally

4. Environmental influences Establish good mental health qualities
Social influences
Teens want to spend more time with friends than family
Environmental influences
Neighborhood, friends, school
Establish good mental health qualities
Ask for help when needed
School counselor, trusted adult
Express emotions in a positive way

5. Peers/Family Help or hinder (who are your peers?)
Help others choose right from wrong and look for friends that will do the same for you
Heredity
Who you look like
Nurture/Nature

6. Good Character In the workplace
Be honest, helpful, pleasant
Let boss be aware of you school/test schedule
Character development begins in childhood, but it is never too late to become a better person
Accept responsibility for YOUR actions
Help others that may need a friend
New students
Show respect for others especially those that others may pick on. Don’t be a follower
Empathy vs. Sympathy

7. Trustworthiness/ Responsibility
Take care of the things you borrow from others
Do your part around the house. Take care of your chores without having to be asked
Listen to your conscience
Do not take or keep things that are not yours

8. Good Study Habits Avoid distractions Take breaks (but not too many)
Friends, radio (too loud or too harsh), texting
Take breaks (but not too many)
Have space you need
Be comfortable (but not too much)
Organize classroom notes every day
Divide study time into smaller segments instead of cramming all at once.
Prioritize
Understand, list objectives
Dovetail (what does this mean?)

9. 1.02 Roadblocks to Personal Development
Stress
Exercise
Emotional abuse
Always hurts self-esteem
Physical abuse
Rape
Control another
Environmental
Conserve, recycle, reuse
Avoid air pollution
Aerosol sprays, combustion of fuels, exhaust from motor vehicles
Stay informed about environmental issues
Physical safety (What should you do?)
Lights at home; hidden keys; door open when you return; before answering the door
HIGH Costs to society
Money spent on criminals

10. 1.03 Practice interpersonal skills
Active listening (Show me)
Concentrate on what is being said
Use “I” messages
“I get upset when you don’t pay attention” vs. “You never listen to me”
Communication
Two-way process of sending and receiving information
Feedback
“You must have been really upset by that” vs. “Well, I would have told her to jump in the lake!”

11. Good Listening Skills Be open-minded to what others are saying
Verbal and non-verbal feedback
Establish rapport with the speaker

12. Good People Skills Be willing to talk out issues
Avoid power struggles (causes conflicts)
Mediation
Be aware of personality differences: accept differences in people
Peer mediation
Identify problems so you can find remedies
Use “I” messages when discussing problems

13. Planning Process
1. Identify concerns 2. Form a plan 3. Set a goal 4. Act 5. Follow up