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Health and Wellness Skills for a Healthy Life

Health and Wellness Skills for a Healthy Life. Making GREAT Decisions Chapter 2: Section 2 Pages 29-33. Objectives. By the end of this lesson, students will have been able to do the following: Describe the importance of making decisions

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Health and Wellness Skills for a Healthy Life

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  1. Health and WellnessSkills for a Healthy Life Making GREAT Decisions Chapter 2: Section 2 Pages 29-33 Adapted from Lifetime Health

  2. Objectives • By the end of this lesson, students will have been able to do the following: • Describe the importance of making decisions • Summarize what you should do if you make a wrong decision • Apply the Making GREAT Decision model to make a decision • Describe a time when you worked with someone else to make a decision Adapted from Lifetime Health

  3. Key Terms • Consequence: a result of your actions and decisions • Collaborate: to work together with one or more people Adapted from Lifetime Health

  4. Importance of Making Decisions • Deciding not to take part in risky behaviors will protect you from negative consequences. • Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) • Pregnancy • Tobacco and alcohol addiction • Overdoses • Car accidents Adapted from Lifetime Health

  5. Using the Making GREAT Decision Model • Give thought to the problem • Review your choices • Evaluate the consequences of each choice • Assess and choose the best choice • Think it over afterward Adapted from Lifetime Health

  6. Applying the Making GREAT Decision Model to the Jennifer Moore’s story • Give thought to the problem • Jennifer and two friends went to a club • They all drank alcohol and became intoxicated (drunk) • One friend got her car towed, and they all went to retrieve it. While they were at the pound, one friend passed out and was taken to the hospital • What should she do? http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=local&id=4406665&ft=print http://gothamist.com/2006/07/28/murder_1.php • Man Charged With Teen's Murder • July 29, 2006 11:15 AMRead more: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=1845391n&tag=related;photovideo#ixzz10IVQkTgU Adapted from Lifetime Health

  7. Give Thought to the Problem #1 Adapted from Lifetime Health

  8. Review Your Choices #2 Adapted from Lifetime Health

  9. Evaluate the Consequences of each choice #3 Adapted from Lifetime Health

  10. Assess and Pick the Best Choice #4 Adapted from Lifetime Health

  11. Think it over afterward #5 Adapted from Lifetime Health

  12. STOP THINK GO STOP Admit that you made a poor decision. THINK Discuss ways to correct the situation. GO Do your best to correct the situation. Everyone Makes Mistakes… Adapted from Lifetime Health

  13. Closure • Apply the Making GREAT Decision model to a situation in which you need to make a decision. • Why is it always better to carefully evaluate a situation before making a decision? • How can practicing the steps of the Making GREAT Decisions model help you in an emergency situation when you have to make a quick decision? Adapted from Lifetime Health

  14. Works Cited • Images. Retrieved on September 20, 2006 from http://www.images.google.com • Friedman, D. P., Stine, C.C., and Whalen, S. (2004). Lifetime Health. Austin, Texas: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. Adapted from Lifetime Health

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