Health and Wellness Skills for a Healthy Life

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Health and WellnessSkills for a Healthy Life

• Chapter 2 Section 3
• Resisting Pressure from Others
• Pages 33-37

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ObjectivesBy the end of the lesson, students
will have been able to do the following

• State the people and groups that influence their
  behavior
• Identify three types of direct pressure
• Identify three types of indirect pressure
• State an example of each of the 12 types of
  refusal skills
• Apply one of the refusal skills to a pressure in
  their lives

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• Peer pressure
• A feeling that you should do something because
  that is what your friends want
• Direct pressure
• The pressure that results from someone who tries
  to convince you to do something you normally
  wouldnt do
• Indirect pressure
• The pressure that results from being swayed to do
  something because people you look up to are doing
  it
• Refusal skill
• A strategy to avoid doing something you dont
  want to do

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Do Now

• Make a list of groups, things, or people that can
  influence your behavior positively or negatively.
  Write one way in which each does or could
  influence your behavior.

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Differentiate between direct pressure and
indirect pressure.
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Who Influences You?

• Peer pressure
• A feeling that you should do something because
  that is what your friends want
• Positive Influence
• Negative Influence

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Types of Pressure

• Direct Pressure
• The pressure that results from someone who tries
  to convince you to do something you normally
  wouldnt do
• Teasing
• Persuasion
• Explanations
• Put-downs
• Threats
• Bribery

• Indirect Pressure
• The pressure that results from being swayed to do
  something because people you look up to are doing
  it
• TV
• Radio
• Advertising
• Role models
• Popular people
• Famous people

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Refusal SkillsA strategy to avoid doing
something you dont want to do

1. Blame someone else.
2. Give a reason.
3. Ignore the request or the pressure
4. Leave the situation.
5. Say, no, thanks.
6. Say no, and mean it.

1. Keep saying no.
2. Make a joke out of it.
3. Make an excuse.
4. Suggest something else to do.
5. Change the subject.
6. Team up with someone.

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Practicing Refusal Skills

• When you do something again and again, you get
  good at it.
• Saying No with Respect
• Always respect others, and dont put anyone down.
• Persistent Pressure
• Even if someone doesnt respect your NO, you
  dont have to do it.

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Closure

• State whether each of the statements below is
  true or false. Correct the false statement.
• Advertising is a form of direct pressure.
• Saying no repeatedly and using more than one
  refusal skill may be necessary for some types of
  pressures.
• Its okay to be disrespectful when trying to
  refuse someone who is trying to pressure you.

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STAND UP to peer pressure!

• Say No and mean it.

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Works Cited

• Images. Retrieved on September 26, 2006 from
  http//www.images.google.com
• Friedman, D. P., Stine, C.C., and Whalen, S.
  (2004). Lifetime Health. Austin, Texas Holt,
  Rinehart, and Winston.