Syllabus

Assignments

This course offers many different learning techniques.  Students will be able to:

• Identify their personal overall health and wellness and develop a plan to improve, build on and problem solve health issues.
• Develop a fitness plan.
• Evaluate accuracy of health information and products.
• Understand self esteem and how it relates to themselves and others.
• Recognize self esteem in relation to human growth and development.
• Apply communication skills to problem solve conflict through refusal skills, coping and advocacy skills.
• Recognize harassment, intimidation and bullying.
• Understand healthy relationships and how to improve them through various relationship building skills.
• Identify stressors, how to cope and decrease stress in their life.
• Understand the warning signs of depression and suicide.
• Be aware of the effects of drugs, tobacco and alcohol personally, in their families and society.
• Demonstrate refusal skills.
• Recognize the importance of vitamins, nutrients and water based on individual needs and personal activity level.
• Interpret food labels and consumer advertising to distinguish quality foods to meet their nutritional needs.
• Describe eating disorders warning signs, health risks and how to get help if they or someone they know are suffering from an eating disorder.
• Understand the growth and development of males and females.
• Explain the importance of abstinence, sexual responsibility and pregnancy prevention methods.
• Identify the symptoms, modes, prevention and treatments for STD’s and STI’s.
• Be aware of violence within relationships.
• Have an overall understanding of pregnancy through labor and delivery as well as parenting.
• Identify local resources available to them to address health and wellness issues.
• Identify careers in the health profession industry.