Making Healthy Choices: Feelings, Situations, and Trusted Adults
Explore a resource developed by the Oregon Department of Education focusing on helping children recognize their feelings about substance use, make safe choices, and identify trusted adults for support. Learn about essential questions, learning goals, dealing with feelings, sharing experiences, and steps to help in challenging situations.
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Making Healthy Choices: Feelings and Tricky Situations Grades 2 3 Authored by Oregon Department of Education Oregon Department of Education
Essential Questions How can I recognize my feelings about substance use? What steps can I take to make safe choices about substance use? Who are my trusted adults, and how can they help me if I need support? 2
Learning Goals I can tell the difference between harmful and helpful ways to use medicine. I can recognize my feelings and emotions about substance use. I can identify steps to take when offered substances. I can name a trusted adult to help me make healthy choices. 3
Feelings Happy Excited Silly Surprised Nervous Disappointed Sad Angry 4
Share What You Know With a Partner (1) Tell your partner about a time when you felt unsure or confused. What was a feeling you had in that situation? 5
Questions and Connections How do you think David is feeling? What could David do in this situation? Who are some trusted adults David could talk to? 7
Share What You Know With a Partner (2) Think about a time when you felt pressured to do something you were not sure about. Or share about a time when you had a hard time knowing what to do. 8
Steps to Help David and Other Kids 1. Say no. 2. Walk away. 3. Find a trusted adult. 4. Share with a trusted adult. 9
Make Your How-to Guide Your guide should include A title The steps from our conversation An idea of your own Use the handout to work on your guide and illustrations. 10
How can I recognize my feelings about substance use? What steps can I take to make safe choices about substance use? Who are my trusted adults, and how can they help me if I need support? Essential Questions Review 12
I can tell the difference between harmful and helpful ways to use medicine. I can recognize my feelings and emotions about substance use. I can identify steps to take when offered substances. Learning Goals Review I can name a trusted adult to help me make healthy choices. 13
Take Action What is one strategy you could use in a tricky situation? 14
