10 Life Skills Assessing Your Health This will

Assessing Your Health • This will help you evaluate your actions and behaviors that

Communicating Effectively • This will teach you good communication skills like listening and speaking

Practicing Wellness • This will show you how practicing healthy behaviors daily can help

Coping • Dealing with problems or trouble in an effective way. • This life

Being a Wise Consumer • Anyone who buys products or services is a consumer.

Evaluating Media Messages • Public forms of communication such as TV, radio, internet, newspaper

Community Resources • A resource is something you can use to help you achieve

Making GREAT Decisions • Learning the GREAT decision making steps will help you make

Decision Making Steps • GIVE thought to the problem • REVIEW your choices •

Using Refusal Skills • This life skill will provide you with different ways you

Setting Goals • Goals are directions for your life. • Setting goals can help

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10 Life Skills

Assessing Your Health • This will help you evaluate your actions and behaviors that affect your health • Evaluating your health can help you determine what you need to do to be healthy.

Communicating Effectively • This will teach you good communication skills like listening and speaking effectively. • This will help improve your relationships with your family, friends, teachers and other adults.

Practicing Wellness • This will show you how practicing healthy behaviors daily can help you have good life-long health. • Examples of healthy behaviors are getting enough sleep, choosing nutritious foods and avoiding risky behaviors.

Coping • Dealing with problems or trouble in an effective way. • This life skill can help you deal with difficult times and situations with emotions such as anger, depression and the loss of a loved one.

Being a Wise Consumer • Anyone who buys products or services is a consumer. • Making good decisions when buying health products and services will help improve your health now and in the future.

Evaluating Media Messages • Public forms of communication such as TV, radio, internet, newspaper are referred to as media. • The media have a big impact on what we learn about the world. • Knowing how to analyze media information can help you make better decisions about your health.

Community Resources • A resource is something you can use to help you achieve a goal. • Health clinics, libraries and government agencies are examples of Community Resources. • Knowing where to find health information in the community is beneficial.

Making GREAT Decisions • Learning the GREAT decision making steps will help you make the right decisions for yourself. • These steps should be used when making life-changing decisions.

Decision Making Steps • GIVE thought to the problem • REVIEW your choices • EVALUATE the consequences of each choice • ASSESS and choose the best choice • THINK it over afterward

Using Refusal Skills • This life skill will provide you with different ways you can say “no” to something you do not want to do.

Setting Goals • Goals are directions for your life. • Setting goals can help you stay focused on what you want to achieve. • Short term goals can be achieved quickly and can lead to accomplishing long term goals.