| STATE GOAL 24: Promote and enhance health and well-being through the use of effective
communication and decision-making skills. |
| A. Demonstrate procedures for communicating in positive ways, resolving
differences and preventing conflict. |
HealthTeacher Lesson Title |
| Early Elementary |
24.A.1a Differentiate between positive and negative behaviors (e.g., waiting your turn
vs. pushing in line, honesty vs. lying). |
Respect for Self and Others |
| Conflict Resolution |
| Dealing with a Bully |
| 24.A.1b Identify positive verbal and nonverbal communication skills (e.g., body
language, manners, listening). |
Respect |
| How to Listen |
| Conflict Resolution |
| Conflict Resolution |
| Feelings |
| Resolving Conflicts |
| Expressing Uncomfortable Feelings |
| Stay Safe and Healthy |
| Dealing with a Bully |
| Other Ways to Stay Safe |
| Late Elementary |
24.A.2a Identify causes and consequences of conflict among youth. |
Dealing with Bullying |
| Problems in Families |
| 24.A.2b Demonstrate positive verbal and nonverbal communication skills (e.g., polite
conversation, attentive listening, body language). |
Listening in Families |
| Family Communication |
| Respecting Myself and Others |
| Middle/Junior High School |
24.A.3a Describe possible causes and consequences of conflict and violence among youth
in schools and communities. |
Causes of Conflict |
| Avoiding Conflicts |
| Avoiding Gangs and Bullies |
| Problems in Relationships |
| 24.A.3b Demonstrate methods for addressing interpersonal differences without harm
(e.g., avoidance, compromise, cooperation). |
Avoiding Conflicts |
| Resolving Conflicts |
| Avoiding Gangs and Bullies |
| 24.A.3c Explain how positive communication helps to build and maintain relationships
at school, at home and in the workplace. |
Talking Skills |
| The Skill of Communication |
| Listening Skills |
| Early High School |
24.A.4a Describe the effects (e.g., economic losses, threats to personal safety) of
conflict and violence upon the health of individuals, families and communities. |
Dealing with Conflict |
| 24.A.4b Formulate strategies to prevent conflict and resolve differences. |
Communicating about Problems |
| Late High School |
24.A.5 Compare and contrast strategies to prevent conflict and resolve differences. |
Assert Yourself |
| B. Apply decision-making skills related to the protection and promotion of individual health. |
HealthTeacher Lesson Title |
| Early Elementary |
24.B.1 Recognize how choices can affect health (e.g., not brushing/tooth decay,
smoking/risk of cancer and heart disease). |
Drugs and Goals Don't Mix |
| Hazzardous to My Health |
| Late Elementary |
24.B.2 Describe key elements of a decision-making process. |
Drugs in the News |
| Decisions about Tobacco and Health |
| Biking Safely |
| Middle/Junior High School |
24.B.3 Apply a decision-making process to an individual health concern. |
Marijuana and THC |
| Safety on Motorized Vehicles |
| Making Healthful Decisions about Tobacco |
| Early High School |
24.B.4 Explain how decision making affects the achievement of individual health goals. |
All Choices Have Consequences |
| Late High School |
24.B.5 Explain immediate and long-term impacts of health decisions to the individual,
family and community. |
Setting Sexual Limits |
| Consensus Decision Making |
| C. Demonstrate skills essential to enhancing health and avoiding dangerous situations. |
HealthTeacher Lesson Title |
| Early Elementary |
24.C.1 Demonstrate basic refusal skills (e.g., “Just Say No”, “Stranger Danger”). |
The "Practice Healthy Behavior Skills" are lessons using self
management skills to enhance health. |
| Other Ways to Stay Safe |
| Stay Safe and Healthy |
| Late Elementary |
24.C.2 Describe situations where refusal skills are necessary (e.g., pressure to
smoke, use alcohol and other drugs, join gangs; physical abuse and exploitation). |
The "Practice Healthy Behavior Skills" are lessons using self
management skills to enhance health. |
| Refuse to Use |
| You Know What to Say |
| Middle/Junior High School |
24.C.3 Apply refusal and negotiation skills to potentially harmful situations. |
The "Practice Healthy Behavior Skills" are lessons using self
management skills to enhance health. |
| No Call for Alcohol |
| Steroids |
| Preventing Child Abuse |
| It's OK to Say No |
| Saying the Right Thing |
| Early High School |
24.C.4 Formulate a plan to achieve individual health goals. |
Physical Activity - How to Reap Its Benefits |
| Primary Prevention (Universal Prevention) |
| Late High School |
24.C.5 Evaluate progress toward the attainment of a health goal. |
Primary Prevention (Universal Prevention) |
