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Standard 1.0 Mental and Emotional Health: Students will demonstrate the ability to use mental and emotional health knowledge, skills, and strategies to enhance wellness.
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A. Communication
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1. Recognize effective communication skills.
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a. Identify verbal and non-verbal methods of communication.
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b. Demonstrate healthy ways to communicate needs, wants, emotions, opinions, and information.
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B. Emotions
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1. Describe how emotions influence behaviors.
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a. Demonstrate the ability to modify emotional responses.
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b. Compare helpful and harmful emotional responses.
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C. Components of Personal Well-being
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1. Summarize the components that promote personal well-being.
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a. Describe components of personal well-being, identified as spiritual, physical, intellectual, emotional/mental, social, and environmental.
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b. Relate components of personal well-being to personal life situations and why they are important.
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c. Explore ways community, family, and school contribute to liking self.
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D. Decision Making
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1. Examine the steps in the decision-making process.
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a. Explain how decisions are influenced by individuals, families, and communities.
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b. Compare variations of the decision-making process.
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E. Character Traits
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1. Utilize strategies to demonstrate care, consideration, and respect for self and others.
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a. Develop strategies for making and keeping friends.
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F. Stress
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1. Recognize the factors associated with stress experienced in the community.
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a. Identify sources of stress in the community.
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b. Describe ways to manage social stressors.
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c. Model effective strategies for stress management.
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