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Health Rocks! ®

Health Rocks! ®. Volunteer Training PLACE DATE. What is Health Rocks! ® ?. Interactive, hands-on approach to help young people reduce their consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs. What is Health Rocks! ® ?. Teens and adults as co-leaders Teens provide a positive role model

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Health Rocks! ®

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  1. Health Rocks!® Volunteer Training PLACE DATE

  2. What is Health Rocks!®? Interactive, hands-on approach to help young people reduce their consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs

  3. What is Health Rocks!®? • Teens and adults as co-leaders • Teens provide a positive role model • Message is more effective coming from teens • Youth-adult partnerships are strengthened • Focused on 8 to 12-year-olds

  4. Characteristics of 8 to 12-Year Olds • Physical • Physical involvement is important • Hands-on activities reinforce learning • Youth are developing coordination

  5. Characteristics of 8 to 12-Year Olds • Social • Group activities are best • Activities need to give youth choices and let them make decisions • Peer influence and acceptance by groups becomes more important

  6. Characteristics of 8 to 12-Year Olds • Emotional • Progress and achievement should be emphasized • Youth are beginning to grow independent so may begin to question authority • Concepts of right and wrong are developing

  7. Characteristics of 8 to 12-Year Olds • Intellectual • Instructions must be simple • Abstract concepts can still be difficult • Real-life objects and multi-sensory experiences strengthen learning • Lesson time can be increased

  8. How to use Health Rocks!®

  9. Experiential Learning Model

  10. Experiential Learning Model Experience • Experience activity by performing or doing Share • Describe results and reactions Reflect • Analyze experience and reflect upon results

  11. Experiential Learning Model Generalize & Apply • Apply the results to real-world examples and situations

  12. Project Organization Divided into three sections: 1. All About Me • Builds on knowledge of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs and how to make decisions 2. What Influences Me • Discusses outside influences on choices (peers, families, media, technology) 3. Taking It Beyond Me • Focuses on commitment to long-term healthy life choices and community involvement

  13. Chapter Design • Overview • Goals & Objectives • Life Skills Learned • National Health Education Standards • Time Needed • Materials Needed

  14. Chapter Design • Connecting to Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug • Activities • Family Corner • Community Corner • Summing Up • What Do You Know

  15. Ice Breaker • Write your name vertically on a piece of paper • Use each letter in your name as the first letter of a word associated with tobacco, alcohol or drugs • Share what you came up with and introduce yourself

  16. Is That a Fact? Chapter One: Activity 1A

  17. Take A Deep Breath Chapter One: Activity 1C

  18. Should I or Shouldn’t I? Chapter Two: Activity 2A

  19. Don’t Get Dragged Down Chapter Two: Activity 2B

  20. Keep It All Together Chapter Three: Activity 3A

  21. The Chains That Bind Chapter Three: Activity 3B

  22. Summing Up & What Do You Know? Chapter Three: Wrap-Up

  23. My Power Players Chapter Four: Activity 4A

  24. How to Say “NO” Chapter Four: Activity 4C

  25. Wrap-Up • Retrospective Impact Evaluation

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