Health Skills: Lesson 7

Warm-up:•What goals have you set for yourself in the past year?•What steps did you take to reach your goals?

• Specific

• Measurable

• Attainable

• Realistic

• Timely

• A health goal is a healthful behavior a person works to achieve and maintain.

– A healthful behavior a person plans to achieve in the near future is a short-term health goal.

– A healthful behavior a person plans to achieve after a period of time is a long-term health goal.

Achieving Your Health Goals!!!• To establish your goals, create an

ACTION PLAN – a multistep strategy to identify and achieve your goal.– STEP 1: Set a specific, realistic goal,

and write it down. • Start your goal with I WILL!!!

– STEP 2: List the steps you will take to reach your goal.• Look for ways you can break your goal into

short-term, smaller goals.

– STEP 3: Identify sources of help and support.• Who can help you? Who will support you?

– STEP 4: Set a reasonable time frame for reaching your goal.• Write your goal date down.

– STEP 5: Identify possible obstacles and evaluate your progress.• Don’t be afraid to adjust your goal if you are

not progressing.

– STEP 6: Reward yourself for achieving your goal.• Think of a way to celebrate the satisfaction of

reaching a goal.

Create your own Goal Action Plan• Use the worksheet provided to create

a long-term goal and several short-term goals that will help you meet your long-term goal.

• After writing down your goal, create an action plan so that you are successful at reaching your goal.

• We will consistently reflect on how you are doing on your goal during class this semester.

Decision-Making Styles– A person who has an inactive decision-

making style fails to make choices.

– Reactive decision-making style is a habit in which a person allows others to make his or her decisions.

– The proactive decision-making style is a habit in which a person describes the situation that requires a decision, identifies and evaluates possible decisions, makes a decision, and takes responsibility for the outcome.

Responsible Decision Making Model• The Responsible Decision-Making Model is

a series of steps to follow to assure that people make good decisions.

How to use the Responsible Decision Making Model.

Step 1: Describe the situation that requires a decision.

Step 2: List all possible

decisions/options youmight make.

• Step 3: Weigh the possible outcomes.– Use the word HELP!

– H (healthful): What are the health risks involved?

– E (Ethical): Does this choice reflect what you and your family believe is right?

– L (Legal): Does this option violate any local, state or federal laws.

– P (Parent approval): Would your parents or guardians approve of this choice?

Responsible Decision Making StyleStep 4: Consider values

Step 5: Decide which decision is most responsible and appropriate and act on it..

Step 6: Evaluate the decision.