Health and Family Life Education Why teach HFLE

Health and Family Life Education Why teach HFLE? Nichole Graham-Treston

WHY TEACH HFLE? ? Rationale: HFLE seeks to empower students with the necessary life skills that will improve coping mechanisms and create a conducive environment for social, cognitive and emotional development.

What are the benefits of HFLE? The foundations of the life skills approach rests on evidence which reveals that competencies in the use of life skills can: Prevent or delay the onset of drug use Prevent high risk sexual behaviour Facilitate anger management and conflict resolution Improve academic performance and Promote positive social adjustment Creates a healthy school environment Develops skills for present and future use

Life Skills Education that focuses on the development of “abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that enables individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. ” (WHO, 1993)

Importance of Life Skills Education Life skills based health education: Ø Enables students to apply knowledge Ø Develops attitudes and skills to promote ones health (physical, metal. . . ) and the health of others. Ø Empowers students to take positive actions to protect themselves and to promote positive social relationships

If you were the boy or the girl in these pictures what would you do? ? ?

Life Skills Decision Making Coping with Stress Self Awareness Healthy Self Management Refusal Advocacy Empathy Critical Thinking Creative Thinking Negotiation Problem Solving Assertiveness Effective Communication

HFLE – The Way Forward! L – Life Skills I – Inspires F – Future EEmpowerment

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HFLE Poem “Let’s Join Hands” Let’s join hands across Jamaica , you and me. Let’s join hands across Jamaica to teach HFLE. As we seek to groom our children, help them to learn life skills. Let’s join hands and hearts together, HFLE will make Jamaica conflict free And make Jamaica problem free And make Jamaica a better place for you and me