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Skills for a Healthy Life. Assessing your health. Communicating effectively. Practicing wellness. Coping – dealing with problems. Being a wise consumer. Evaluating media messages. Using community resources. Making GREAT decisions. Using refusal skills. Setting goals.
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Assessing your health. Communicating effectively. Practicing wellness. Coping – dealing with problems. Being a wise consumer. Evaluating media messages. Using community resources. Making GREAT decisions. Using refusal skills. Setting goals I. Ten Life Skills
II. Making GREAT Decisions Give thought to the problem. Review your choices. Evaluate the consequences. Assess and choose the best option. Think it over afterward.
III. Dealing with poor decisions • Stop – admit it; take responsibility. • Think – think about where you can get help. • Go – do your best to correct the mistake.
IV. Setting Healthy Goals • Short-term goals – Achieved quickly • Long-term goals – May take months or years
V. Six S’s of Setting Goals • Safe • Satisfying • Sensible – realistic • Similar • Specific • Supported