20807268Blueprint for Healthy Living
Course Information
Description
Examine how exercise, nutrition, sleep hygiene, stress management, yoga, and meditation impact health and longevity. Discuss the effects of lifestyle choices and daily behavior on overall wellness. Integrate wellness principles into a written plan and practice the principles in a classroom setting. 
Total Credits
2
Course Competencies
  1. Relate nutrition principles to wellness and healthy living
    Assessment Strategies
    Skills Demonstration, Written Product
    Criteria
    Identify healthy diet recommendations
    Uncover myths related to nutrition
    Identify strengths and challenges in a personal diet
    Create strategic solutions to problems in a personal diet

  2. Relate principles of sleep hygiene to wellness and healthy living
    Assessment Strategies
    Skills Demonstration, Written Product
    Criteria
    Correlate consistency of wake-up time to effective body functioning
    Identify sleep stages and effect of sleep interruption
    Describe how bedtime routine impacts falling asleep
    Analyze sleep hygiene techniques

  3. Analyze the role of stress in maintaining health & wellness
    Assessment Strategies
    Skills Demonstration, Written Product
    Criteria
    Assess personal stress level and vulnerability to stress
    Explain the importance of the mind/body connection and adverse effects of stress on mental and physical health
    Describe ways in which exercise, diet, sleep, expression, and mindbody interventions can build stress resilience
    Examine stress-management techniques
    Create ways to incorporate stress-management techniques

  4. Determine impact of communication choices to wellness
    Assessment Strategies
    Skills Demonstration, Written Product
    Criteria
    Categorize various communication styles
    Create responses that match a communication style
    Rate the effectiveness of a communication choice
    Relate communication choices to stress levels and overall wellness

  5. Determine impact of financial choices to wellness
    Assessment Strategies
    Skills Demonstration, Written Product, Budget
    Criteria
    Describe the components of financial health
    Discuss how spending habits impact financial health
    Recognize the value of a budget
    Identify ways to reduce expenses and better manage credit

  6. Cultivate confidence and positivity through exercise
    Assessment Strategies
    Skills Demonstration, Written Product, Self-Assessment
    Criteria
    Demonstrate basic yoga and stretching poses
    Examine the core concepts of physical fitness and wellness
    Utilize mindfulness techniques to facilitate present moment awareness
    Determine current fitness levels
    Apply thought process to personal situation
    Select exercises appropriate for your goals and needs

  7. Align daily behavior to life values
    Assessment Strategies
    Skills Demonstration, Written Product, Self Assessment
    Criteria
    Rank the importance of personal values
    Propose behaviors that support values
    Analyze how behavior choices affect health and wellness

  8. Implement strategies to adapt to change
    Assessment Strategies
    Skills Demonstration, Written Product
    Criteria
    Describe the dimensions of wellness
    Examine the dynamics of change philosophy
    Identify steps to lessen impact of change
    Identify strategies to adapt to change
    Identify potential process for adjusting to future change
    Incorporate wellness practices through development of an individualized wellness plan