Health behaviors. The student explains ways
to enhance and maintain health throughout the life span. The student is expected
to:
(1) Personal/interpersonal skills. The
student explains healthy ways to communicate consideration and respect for self,
family, friends, and others. The s...
Health behaviors. The student explains ways
to enhance and maintain health throughout the life span. The student is expected
to:
(1) Personal/interpersonal skills. The
student explains healthy ways to communicate consideration and respect for self,
family, friends, and others. The student is expected to:
(2) demonstrate respectful communication with
family members, peers, teachers, and others;
(A) describe the mental-health value of respectful
communication such as reducing the potential for angry behavior; and
(B) express needs, wants, and emotions in healthy
ways.
(C) Personal/interpersonal skills. The student
recognizes critical-thinking, decision-making, goal-setting, and problem-solving
skills for making health-promoting decisions. The student is expected to:
(3) practice critical-thinking skills when making
health decisions;
(A) gather data to help make informed health
choices;
(B) explain the positive and negative consequences
of making a health-related choice;
(C) explain the importance of seeking assistance
in making decisions about health;
(D) practice assertive communication and refusal
skills;
(E) describe goal-setting skills; and
(F) explain the importance of time passage with
respect to a goal.
(G) explain how personal-health habits affect
self and others;
(H) describe ways to improve personal fitness;
(I) identify types of nutrients;
(J) describe food combinations in a balanced
diet such as a food pyramid;
(K) explain the effects of too much stress and
practice ways to reduce stress such as exercising and listening to music; and
(L) explain strategies for maintaining a personal-health
plan such as a commitment to good personal hygiene and checkups and an awareness
of safety skills.
