Health I – Life Management Skills
Overview of Course
	Subject Area: Health Course Number: 0800300 Credit: 0.5 Prerequisites: NONE
Major Concepts/Content. The purpose of this course is to develop and enhance critical life management skills necessary to make sound decisions and take positive actions for healthy and effective living.
The content should include, but not be limited to, the following:
•	Human growth and development through adulthood
•	Positive emotional development, including suicide and violence prevention
•	Communication, interpersonal, and coping skills
•	Responsible decision-making and planning
•	Nutrition and physical activity
•	Tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use and abuse
•	Consumer knowledge
•	Health-related community resources
•	Safety education, including one-rescuer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), first aid for obstructed airway, and injury prevention
•	Disease prevention and control, including HIV/AIDS and other STDs
•	Family life education, including human sexuality, sexual abstinence, and pregnancy prevention
•	Personal health and individual wellness planning
•	Health advocacy skills