Decision Making

Today’s Agenda

Bell-ringerRate your day

Decision making and the IBEAR model

What’s your choice activity

Journal Refelction

Objectives Define decision making Identify one point as to why decision making is important

List the 6 subskills of the decision making process

To learn about effective decision making and the consequences of choices

To practice making good decisions

BELLRINGER!How do the decisions you make now differ

from those as a child?

How do decisions impact your health?Physical?Social?Mental/Emotional?

So What is Decision Making?The cognitive process of making a

choiceA position, opinion or judgment reached

after much consideration The process of mapping the likely

consequences of decisions, working out the importance of individual factors, and choosing the best course of action to take.

Why is it such an important skill?To avoid risky & dangerous situationsDealing with peer pressureThe choices teens make may drastically

affect not only their own lives, but the lives of others as well

Common Decisions Teens Make:

What to wear to schoolWhat to eat for lunchWhich homework to do firstWhat to do on the weekendsWhat to do during study hallWhat movie to see

More Serious Decisions- What classes you want to take in high

school- If you will experiment with

drugs/alcohol- What type of job do you want- Who you hang out with

Values

WHAT THINGS INFLUENCE OUR DECISIONS? Friends – Peer Pressure

Values Parents wishes

Luck Media

Religion Culture

Values are something that is of worth to you. It is significant, carries meaning, something you respect and can’t imagine being without.

HOW DO YOU MAKE A GOOD DECISION?

I.B.E.A.R.DECISION MAKING

MODEL

IBEAR Decision Making Model

I : Identify the situationB: Brainstorm alternative solutions-

choicesE: Evaluate choices - consequences for each- weigh PRO’S AND CON’SA: Act on your decisionR: Re-evaluate – Did you make a good choice? We’re you happy with it?

Dr. Ran D. Anbar

http://blog.syracuse.com/cny/2011/04/in_my_experience_right-sizing_works_better_than_losing_weight.html

I B E A R Step 1: IDENTIFY – what is the problem?

what type of situation are you in?

B - Brainstorm Step 2: Brainstorm - possible choices. What

are the different ways you can deal with the situation or problem?

E = EvaluationStep 3: Evaluation - Determine the value of

something

After Brainstorming comes Evaluating – what are the possible outcomes. This is where you list the positive and negative results of the

choice.

However, some are more risky than others – that’s why it is important to STOP, LIST, EVALUATE before you ACT.

A is for ACT Step 4: ACT – Decide what you are going to

do and take ACTION> but first ask yourself the following

just before you act on it

Consider this before Acting: H E L P

H (Healthful)-Is this decision good for my health?

E (Ethical)-Is this a safe decision? Can someone else get hurt?

L (Legal)-Is it allowed for someone your age?

P (Parents)-Would your parents/family approve?

If you can answer yes to these…… THEN GO FOR IT! You’ve made the right decision!!!!

If not, go back and evaluate

5. Re-Evaluate Step 5: Re-Evaluate - re-evaluate your

choice.

Reflect on the experience you had as a result of your choice.

Were you happy?Would you do the same the next time?

ONLY YOU KNOW THAT ANSWER!!

Let’s Practice…….

RememberI B E A R

HELP!

Scenario #3Your best friend asks you to help him cheat on

a test. He's never done it before and he promises he'll never do it again. What do you do?

IBEAR Decision Making Model

I : Identify the situationB: Brainstorm alternative solutions-

choicesE: Evaluate choices - consequences for each- weigh PRO’S AND CON’SA: Act on your decisionR: Re-evaluate – Did you make a good choice? We’re you happy with it?

What would you do?Yesterday, Sean and Marcus went downtown. On the

way there, Sean asked Marcus to stop at a nearby apartment building while he ran inside to buy some marijuana. While they were walking downtown, Sean told Marcus he would meet him in five minutes at the coffee shop. At the coffee shop Sean shows Marcus a wad of bills and says, “I just unloaded some of that pot on some middle school kids.” On the way home, Sean decides to smoke in Marcus’s car and asks him to drive around the block a few times before letting him out. For the third time that month Marcus found himself driving Sean around town either to help him buy marijuana, sell it, and then get high without being caught. By the time Marcus got home he was fuming.

Marcus starts thinking about his relationship with Sean. They have been friends since junior high, have played on the high school baseball team together, are going to be roommates this fall at college. Marcus has never liked it since Sean started smoking marijuana last year, but at least he does not pressure him to join. Since Sean is now dealing as well as using, and constantly using Marcus for rides he finds himself getting increasingly annoyed with the entire situation. What can Marcus do?