Tools for Teaching Health Skills

The Tools for Teaching Health Skills page is intended to provide instructional support for teachers in teaching health skills. You will find FREE graphic organizers, templates, tips and examples, and technology tools here.  If you are a Colorado health teacher and would like to share additional FREE resources, please email Jamie Hurley.

For resources related to specific health content refer to the Online Resources for Comprehensive Health | CDE.

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Teaching Health Skills

Functional Health Information: Use functional health information to support health and well-being of self and others.

Analyze Influences: Analyze influences that affect health and well-being of self and others.

• Are Fast-Food Advertisers Playing You?   Fast food advertising – Fit Sanford Web MD
• Social Media and Kids  How children are using social media – Common Sense Media
• How Mainstream Media Glamorizes Drug and Alcohol Use  Article on media glamorizing of drugs – Narconon Reviews
• Internet Safety 101  Dangers of the social web – Enough is Enough

Access Valid and Reliable Resources: Access valid and reliable resources to support health and well-being of self and others.

• Evaluating Sources: Overview  Credible resource evaluation tool

 Interpersonal Communication: Use interpersonal communication skills to support health and well-being of self and others.

• Interpersonal Communication Sills RMC Health
• How To Use Role-Play in Teaching and Training  Tips on constructing a role play
• “I Statements”  Cartoon Strips to teach “I” statements – about Education
• Cartoons of Good Sportsmanship  Images and cartoons of good sportsmanship - Google
•  Social Media and Kids  Resources for digital citizenship – Common Sense Media
• Communication Teen communication skills and practices – Sutter Health Palo Alto Medical Foundation
• How to Teach Preschool Children About Emotions and Feelings  Support child development through teaching about emotions and feelings in preschool - EHow
• Internet Safety 101  Dangers of the social web – Enough is Enough
• Body Language  Images of body language - Shutterstock
• Social Relationships and Health   Social relationships and health – NCBI Resources
• Teenagers and Communication  Skills teenagers can use – Victoria State Government Better Health Channel 
• Home Alive – Boundary Setting  Developing boundary setting skills – teachhomealive.org
• Refusal Skills - teen refusal skills scenarios – You Tube
• Teaching Refusal Skills Examples of refusal skills – kellybear.com
• 10 Ways to Help Children Deal With Peer Pressure Kidz ‘n Power shares tips for empowering teens and preteens to deal with peer pressure

Decision-Making: Use a decision-making process to support health and well-being of self and others.

• Decision Making - SEL Toolkit - ACT for Youth
• Teaching Decision-Making Skills to Promote Health Literacy - SHAPE America Blog
• Decision Making Models RMC Health
• DARE Decision-making Model  D.A.R.E. Decision making model explanation – You Tube
• The World of Decision Making Explained  Developing decision-making skills – Decision Making Confidence

Goal-Setting: Use a goal-setting process to support health and well-being of self and others.

• Action Plan Template Action plan template: Goal / Expected Outcome
• Action Plan Template Action plan template
• SMART Goal worksheet  SMART goal worksheet/tool
• Goal Setting RMC Health

Practicing Health Behaviors: Demonstrate practices and behaviors to support health and well-being of self and others.

•   RMC Health Self-Management - RMC Health

Advocate:  Advocate to promote health and well-being of self and others.

• How to Make a PSA    PSA Creator
• Preparing Public Service Announcements Preparing Public Service Announcements
• Role Playing Scenarios for Practicing Self-Advocacy from Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills to Students
• Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills to Students  An online resource kit for educators to teach students self-advocacy skills 
• Advocating for self and other Skills Models – RMC Health  

Teaching Strategies and Templates​

• 1 Health Overview - Why The Shift to SBHE?
• Read/Write/Think.Org  Persuasion map 
• Sequence Chart  Sequencing template
• T-Chart  Graphic organizers
• Venn Diagram  Venn diagram
• Four Corners Discussion  Four corners description
• Philosophical Chairs: Directions for Students  Philosophical chairs
• Be a Great Presenter  A tool for creating presentations
• Create Surveys, Get Answers  Survey development tool