Transcript Building Life Skills

Eric Weihenmeyer became blind when he was 13,
and lost his mother in a car crash at 16. He took
up rock climbing and other extreme sports, never
allowing his blindness to get in the way of his
passion for life. He always wanted to achieve the
impossible-the summit of Mt. Everest. Any
climber faces a life and death struggle on that
mountain, and Erik had several unique challenges
in his way. He can’t find a trail through the ice or
tell if it’s solid enough to step on. He climbs by
listening to someone in front of him, but he
always wants to pull his own weight in the team.
In 2001, Erik won the battle with Everest, making
him the first blind climber to reach the summit
of the world’s highest peak.
* What is a Goal?
As you discuss the questions after each
story, write down the answers in your notes.
Erik Weihenmeyer
•What did Erik desire in the future?
•What barriers did Erik encounter?
•How did Erik overcome the barriers in reaching his
goal?
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Ways to improve your areas of Health
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*Life skill: a tool for
building a healthy life
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* Setting goals
* Assessing your health
* Communicating effectively
* Making GREAT decisions
* Practicing wellness
* Coping
* Using refusal skills
* Being a wise consumer
* Using community resources
* Evaluating media messages
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* Short term: Goals that can be achieved quickly.
* Long term: Goals that may take months or years to achieve.
* What goals have you set for yourself this year?
* Honor roll?
* All A’s?
* Increase GPA
* Increase school attendance?
* Be more organized?
* Stay out of friend’s drama?
Take the SAT/ACT?
Start applications for college?
Find a job?
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*How do I make a SMART goal?
*S- Specific
*M- Measureable
*A- Attainable
*R- Realistic
*T- Time
*Make 2 SMART GOALS for yourself for this
school year. Write them down in your notes.
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*How healthy are you?
*How do you know if you are doing the
right thing for your health?
*What is your BMI? What is your Blood
Pressure?
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*Have you ever had trouble dealing with
someone?
*Have you ever struggled for the right word
to say that explains how you feel?
*Improving how you communicate will help
with your relationships with family, friends,
etc.
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* Sit back to back with someone in the room.
* Each of you should have a blank piece of paper.
* Decide who is the A and who is the B
* The A person will draw an object on their paper.
Make sure the B person doesn’t see.
* Now the A person will try to tell person B how to
draw what is on their paper.
* What communication issues did you have? Was it
easy or hard to get your point across?
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*GIVE thought to the problem
*REVIEW your choices
*EVALUATE the consequences
of each choice
*ASSESS and choose the best
choice
*THINK it over afterward
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* You need to practice healthy behaviors daily so you can
have a good life-long health.
* Examples: getting enough sleep, choosing nutritious
foods, avoiding risky behaviors.
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*Dealing with troubles or
problems in an effective way.
*Coping Strategies:
*Confront the situation head on
*Release built up energy by exercising,
cleaning, etc
*Take a break (read a book, journal)
*Talk through your feeling with a family
member, counselor, or friend.
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*This life skill will provide you
with different ways you can
say “no” to something you
don’t want to do.
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*Blame someone else *Keep saying “No”
*Make a joke out of
*Give a reason
it
*Ignore the request
*Make an excuse
or the pressure
Suggest something
*Leave the situation *else
to do
*Say, “no thanks.”
*Change the subject
*Say “No” & mean it *Team up with
someone
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*You are all consumers!
*This life skill helps you make good
decisions when buying health
products and services.
*Organic foods
*Vitamins
*Weight gaining/loss products
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*Using health clinics, libraries,
government agencies that can
help you improve any area of
health.
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*The media has significant influence
on what you learn about the world.
*Knowing
how to analyze media
messages will help you make better
decisions about your health.
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How does the media influence me?