Decision Making-3-5

Promote and enhance health and well-being through the use of effective communication and decision-making skills.

Demonstrate procedures for communicating in positive ways, resolving differences and preventing conflict. Demonstrate Christian integrity by communicating in positive ways, resolving differences and preventing conflict.

Apply decision-making skills related to the protection and promotion of individual health. Apply decision-making skills that promote the concept that God has given us the gift of life that calls us to respect and protect our individual health.

Demonstrate skills essential to enhancing health and avoiding dangerous situations. Demonstrate responsibility through action, respecting and protecting our bodies by avoiding dangerous situations.

Identify causes and consequences of conflict among youth.

Demonstrate positive verbal and nonverbal communication skills (e.g., polite conversation, attentive listening, body language).

Describe key elements of a decision-making process.

Describe situations where refusal skills are necessary (e.g., pressure to smoke, use alcohol and other drugs, join gangs; physical abuse and exploitation).

Use conflict resolution techniques to resolve problems.

Practice polite behavior in words and deeds. 

Discuss rules for communicating in a group situation.

Display a sense of tolerance for others by making good decisions in school and in the community remembering that all God’s people are wonderful in their uniqueness. 

Describe how basic cleanliness protects your health.

Recommend safe choices to positively affect health.

List possible positive and negative consequences of health-related choices.

Recognize the connection between body and soul and nurture the spirit by making healthy life choices.

Establish a plan of action for avoiding dangerous situations.

Discuss peer pressure.

Practice refusal skills. 

Discuss ‘safe’ and ‘unsafe’ touch. Tell what to do when touched inappropriately. 

Respect mind, body and soul because God made them.