life skills! Flashcards
what are life skills?
life skills are tools needed to build a healthy life.
TRUE OR FALSE: life skills will help you improve the 6 components of health.
true! life skills help you improve the 6 components of health; physical, emotional, environmental, social, spiritual, and mental.
how many life skills are there? (15 years ago)
there are 10!
what are the 10 life skills?
- Assessing Your Health.
- Communicating Effectively.
- Practicing Wellness.
- Coping.
- Being a Wise Consumer.
- Evaluating Media Messages.
- Using Community Resources.
- Making GREAT Decisions.
- Using Refusal Skills.
- Setting Goals.
what will learning about assessing your health do?
it will help you evaluate your health. it will also help you to evaluate how your actions and behaviors affect your health. it will enable you to find out what you can do to improve your health.
what will learning about how to communicate effectively do?
it will teach you good communication skills, such as how to listen and speak effectively. this will help improve your relationships with the ones you contact.
what will practicing wellness teach you?
it will teach you how to practice healthy behaviors daily so that you can have good life-long health.
what is coping?
coping is dealing with troubles or problems in an effective way.
what will coping help you with?
it will help you with difficult times and situations with emotions such as anger, depression, and loss of a loved one.
what is a consumer?
a consumer is a person who buys products (such as food, CDs, or clothing) or services (such as medical care or auto repair).
what will being a wise consumer help you do?
it will help you make good decisions when buying health products and services. it will also show you how to decide what is appropriate for your health.
what are the media?
the media are public forms of communication, such as TV, radio, movies, newspaper, the Internet, and advertisements.
what will learning the media help you with?
it will give you the tools to analyze media messages. this will help you make better decisions about your health.
what is a resource?
a resource is something that you can use to help achieve a goal.
what will using community resources help you with?
it will help you find these services (health clinics, libraries, government agencies) and will describe how they can assist you.
