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This course is all about you and the important decisions you make. It’s also about having the correct information before making those decisions. We’ll deal with real issues like nutrition, substance abuse, coping with stress, and what to do about sex.
How can you manage to juggle it all?! Learn how to prepare and deal with real issues that impact your everyday life, such as mental health, nutrition, disease prevention, substance abuse, personal health, and safety. This course provides you with the facts that you will need to make informed decisions that are necessary to lead a healthy lifestyle and improve your quality of life.
Major Topics and Concepts
Module 01: Hello, Wellness!
Wellness and You
Digital Life
Stress and Anxiety
Mental and Emotional Health
Time Management
Decision Making & Goal Setting
Digital Life
Stress and Anxiety
Mental and Emotional Health
Time Management
Decision Making & Goal Setting
Module 02: Prevention Is Power
Making the Healthy Choice
Growing Pains
The More You Know
Be On the Lookout
Minimizing Your Risk
Module 03: Family and Community
It’s a Family Affair
It’s Good to Have a Plan
Planning for Education
Navigating Healthcare
First Aid, CPR, and AED
Community Programs and Facilities
It’s Good to Have a Plan
Planning for Education
Navigating Healthcare
First Aid, CPR, and AED
Community Programs and Facilities
Module 04: Eat Smart
Nutrition and Physical Activity
Eating Habits
Meal Planning
Weight Management
Food Access
Diets
Eating Habits
Meal Planning
Weight Management
Food Access
Diets
Module 05: Safety First
Tolerance and Diversity
Healthy Relationships
Substance Use and Abuse
The Opioid Epidemic
Don’t Hold Your Breath
On the Road
Competencies
Managing Physical and Mental Health
Students will demonstrate an understanding of managing physical and mental health by explaining the impact of healthy habits on overall wellness, explaining the body and mind connection and describing strategies for meeting health goals.
Avoiding and Minimizing Risky Behaviors
Students will demonstrate an understanding of avoiding and minimizing risky behaviors by summarizing factors that influence behavior, explaining the access of information and services to enhance health, and describing disease prevention.
Family and Community Health
Students will demonstrate an understanding of family and community health by describing the use of interpersonal communication skills to enhance health, explaining the elements of health care plans, and explaining advocacy for family and community health to avoid health risks.
Healthy Eating
Students will demonstrate an understanding of healthy eating by explaining the benefits of healthy eating habits, explaining tools for eating healthy, and summarizing strategies for healthy food choices.
Creating and Maintaining Healthy Relationships
Students will demonstrate an understanding of creating and maintaining healthy relationships by explaining the importance of treatment of others with dignity and respect, explaining the avoidance of substance abuse, and summarizing the daily practices of health-enhancing behaviors.
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Projects allow students to demonstrate competence and understanding of concepts and skills by completing a career-related task. For example, the assignment might be to create a mural, a package design, a speech, a film review, or a movie set – you name it! These creative projects are about applying your learning acquired through in-depth research to real-world career tasks.
Each competency will be addressed through a project that is based on a real-life career task. Here are the careers you will explore: Wellness Coach, Health Education Specialist, Community Health Worker, Nutritionist, and Police Officer.
Projects
Wellness Coach
You will take on the role of a wellness coach for your own business, tasked with creating an informational website to share with potential clients.
Health Education Specialist
You will take on the role of a Health Education Specialist working for a teen clinic, tasked with creating a brochure explaining how to avoid risky behaviors and prevent diseases
Community Health Worker
You will take on the role of a community health worker for a city, tasked with creating an information packet for your community members on how to improve family and community health.
Nutritionist
You will take on the role of a nutritionist for a pro sports organization, tasked with creating a presentation about healthy eating for athletes.
Police Officer
You will take on the role of a police officer working as a resource officer for a school district, tasked with creating a presentation for high school students, explaining the importance of treating people with dignity and respect, the impact of substance abuse on relationships, and the importance of practicing health-enhancing behaviors.
Competencies
Managing Physical and Mental Health
Students will demonstrate an understanding of managing physical and mental health by explaining the impact of healthy habits on overall wellness, explaining the body and mind connection and describing strategies for meeting health goals.
Avoiding and Minimizing Risky Behaviors
Students will demonstrate an understanding of avoiding and minimizing risky behaviors by summarizing factors that influence behavior, explaining the access of information and services to enhance health, and describing disease prevention.
Family and Community Health
Students will demonstrate an understanding of family and community health by describing the use of interpersonal communication skills to enhance health, explaining the elements of health care plans, and explaining advocacy for family and community health to avoid health risks.
Healthy Eating
Students will demonstrate an understanding of healthy eating by explaining the benefits of healthy eating habits, explaining tools for eating healthy, and summarizing strategies for healthy food choices.
Creating and Maintaining Healthy Relationships
Students will demonstrate an understanding of creating and maintaining healthy relationships by explaining the importance of treatment of others with dignity and respect, explaining the avoidance of substance abuse, and summarizing the daily practices of health-enhancing behaviors.
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Experiences allow you to explore a career field you’re curious about while mastering competencies for school credit. Through experiential learning, you will learn skills and apply them to tasks you would complete as part of a career rather than completing traditional assessments like essays or tests. During your Experience, you’ll work with a professional in the field to support your learning whom we call a “mentor.” You’ll earn a badge for your accomplishments to share on social media and higher education platforms, or with colleges, potential employers, peers, and colleagues to display your qualifications.
Here’s how Experiences work:
- Each competency you work on is addressed through a separate deliverable predetermined by you and your instructor.
- Guided learning for each module consists of research and/or work with a professional in the field. Your instructor will coach you through this process.
- Each module culminates in a final demonstration of understanding, which includes a deliverable and a discussion-based assessment with your instructor.
- Here’s an example:
Let’s say you’re curious about a career in healthcare. You decide you’d like to learn about this career area, make a professional connection, earn a badge, and meet competencies for your 9th-grade English requirement. While enrolled in English 1 Experiences, you conduct research to better understand language and structure in writing. Then you may work with an Occupational Therapist to help apply your writing skills to the creation of an informational video about adaptive equipment for patients. The video aims to advise family members of patients regarding the use of accommodations and equipment to help patients perform daily tasks. Now you’ve earned the Language and Structure in Writing competency! This is just one example of the many ways Experiences can bridge competencies to careers.
Obtaining a Mentor: Prior to enrollment, please have an idea for a mentor in mind. We have partnered with hundreds of mentors you can work with during your Experience, who you can find in our Career Mentor Catalog here. Or, you may consult with our counseling department by emailing [email protected] for help in identifying one.
*A parent/guardian permission form and background check of the mentor are both required to work with mentors without parental supervision.
Competencies
Managing Physical and Mental Health
Students will demonstrate an understanding of managing physical and mental health by explaining the impact of healthy habits on overall wellness, explaining the body and mind connection and describing strategies for meeting health goals.
Avoiding and Minimizing Risky Behaviors
Students will demonstrate an understanding of avoiding and minimizing risky behaviors by summarizing factors that influence behavior, explaining the access of information and services to enhance health, and describing disease prevention.
Family and Community Health
Students will demonstrate an understanding of family and community health by describing the use of interpersonal communication skills to enhance health, explaining the elements of health care plans, and explaining advocacy for family and community health to avoid health risks.
Healthy Eating
Students will demonstrate an understanding of healthy eating by explaining the benefits of healthy eating habits, explaining tools for eating healthy, and summarizing strategies for healthy food choices.
Creating and Maintaining Healthy Relationships
Students will demonstrate an understanding of creating and maintaining healthy relationships by explaining the importance of treatment of others with dignity and respect, explaining the avoidance of substance abuse, and summarizing the daily practices of health-enhancing behaviors.
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