1. Taking Charge of Your Health Decisions

2. Bell Ringer What is a big decision you have made lately and how did you make the decision that you did?

4. What are the big decisions you will probably have to make within your lifetime?

5. SIX MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS

6. Addiction

7. Dating/Sex

8. School

9. Friends

10. Self Esteem

11. ParentsList on the board (10 min)

16. Family

17. Friends

18. Community

19. Neighbors

20. Teachers

21. Religious Leaders

23. Six Steps to Decision Making

24. HELP Strategy

25. Six Steps continued...

27. Ask students to take out a pencil and paper and to write down the number of squares they can see. (up to 30)

28. How many squares did you see immediately?

29. How many squares did you see after looking at it for awhile?

30. Why did you keep discovering more squares?

31. Is there always more than one alternative to every decision we have to make?

32. What happens when we don’t look at all of our alternatives?

33. Who can we turn to that can help us explore our alternatives?

35. We always reap what we sow. There is no shortcut.-Steven R. Covey (7 Habits)