1. Why teach HFLE?
Nichole Graham-Treston

2. WHY TEACH HFLE??
Rationale:
HFLE seeks to empower students with
the necessary life skills that will
improve coping mechanisms and
create a conducive environment for
social, cognitive and emotional
development.

3. What are the benefits of HFLE?
The foundations of the life skills approach rests on
evidence which reveals that competencies in the use of life
skills can:
Prevent or delay the onset of drug use
Prevent high risk sexual behaviour
Facilitate anger management and conflict resolution
Improve academic performance and
Promote positive social adjustment
Creates a healthy school environment
Develops skills for present and future use

4. Education that focuses on
the development of
“abilities for adaptive and
positive behavior that
enables individuals to deal
effectively with the
demands and challenges of
everyday life.” (WHO, 1993)

5. Life skills based health education:
 Enables students to apply knowledge
 Develops attitudes and skills to promote ones
health (physical, metal...) and the health of others.
 Empowers students to take positive actions to
protect themselves and to promote positive social
relationships

6. If you were the boy or the girl in
these pictures what would you
do?????

7. Decision Making
Coping with Stress
Self Awareness
Healthy Self
Management
Refusal
Advocacy
Empathy
Critical
Thinking
Creative
Thinking
Negotiation
Problem Solving
Assertiveness
Effective

8. L – Life Skills
I – Inspires
F – Future
E Empowerment

9. THANK YOU
Walk good!!!

10. HFLE PoEm
“Let ’s J oin Hands”
Let’s join hands across Jamaica , you and me.
Let’s join hands across Jamaica to teach HFLE.
As we seek to groom our children, help them
to learn life skills.
Let’s join hands and hearts together,
HFLE will make Jamaica conflict free
And make Jamaica problem free
And make Jamaica a better place for you and
me