Welcome to Health 7
Goals of the Health 7 Program
- to foster awareness of self and others
- to promote the integration of health concepts into personal living practices
- to foster awareness of the role of school, home, and community as they relate to all aspects of health
- to develop skills and promote behaviors that enhance good health and safety
- to foster the idea od self- responsibility and capability for wellness
- to encourage sound decision making with respect to the selection and use of various sources of health information and services
- to help young people to understand the process of decision making and accepting responsibility for the consequences of their decisions
- to encourage young people to examine various value systems, such as personal, familial, religious and societal
- to provide support to the family and to enhance family relationships.
- to provide a positive environment in which respect, understanding, acceptance, and caring are encouraged
- to investigate innovative means of creating culturally-relevant experiences that enhance wellness
- to encourage the development of lifelong coping skills and supports to enhance and ensure mental and physical health
- to provide educational experiences that will enable teenagers to develop a responsible attitude toward human sexuality and reproduction.
- to help young people to explore various adolescent relationships
- to enhance young people's self esteem by providing educational experiences which increase their awareness of self worth.
Evaluation
All evaluation for this course is based on projects/assignments completed in class