9-12 CA Health Standards
Direct Impacts
Mental, Emotional & Social Health
1.1.M – Describe the benefits of having positive relationships with trusted adults.
1.2.M – Analyze the qualities of healthy peer and family relationships.
1.3.M – Describe healthy ways to express caring, friendship, affection, and love.
1.4.M – Describe qualities that contribute to a positive self-image.
1.5.M – Describe how social environments affect health and well-being.
1.7.M – Analyze signs of depression, potential suicide, and other self-destructive behaviors.
Interpersonal Communication
4.1.M – Seek help from trusted adults for oneself or a friend with an emotional or social health problem.
4.1.G – Analyze how interpersonal communication affects relationships.
4.3.G – Demonstrate effective communication skills within healthy dating relationships.
Decision Making
5.1.M – Monitor personal stressors and assess techniques for managing them.
5.3.G – Use a decision-making process to analyze when it is necessary to seek help with or leave an unhealthy situation.
5.5.G – Use a decision-making process to analyze the benefits of respecting individual differences in growth and development, physical appearance, gender roles, and sexual orientation.
Practicing Health-Enhancing Behaviors
7.1.M – Assess personal patterns of response to stress and use of resources.
7.4.M – Practice respect for individual differences and diverse backgrounds.
7.6.M – Practice setting personal boundaries in a variety of situations.
Health Promotion
8.1.M – Support the needs and rights of others regarding mental and social health.
8.2.M – Promote a positive, respectful environment at school, in the community.
Indirect Impacts
Mental, Emotional & Social Health
1.6.M – Describe the importance of recognizing signs of disordered eating and other common mental health conditions.
1.9.M – Classify personal stressors at home, in school, and with peers.
1.11.M – Identify loss and grief.
2.1.M – Analyze the internal and external issues related to seeking mental health assistance.
3.1.M – Access school and community resources to help with mental, emotional, and social health concerns.
Interpersonal Communication
4.2.M – Discuss healthy ways to respond when you or someone you know is grieving.
4.2.S – Use effective communication skills for preventing and reporting sexual assault and molestation.
4.1.G – Analyze how interpersonal communication affects relationships in a sexual health context.
Decision Making
5.2.M – Compare various coping mechanisms for managing stress.
5.6.G – Use a decision-making process to evaluate the social, emotional, physical, and economic effects of teen pregnancy on the child, the teen parent, the family, and society.
Practicing Health-Enhancing Behaviors
7.2.M – Practice effective coping mechanisms and strategies for managing stress.
7.5.M – Participate in clubs, organizations, and activities in the school and in the community that offer opportunities for student and family involvement.
Health Promotion
8.1.M – Support the needs and rights of others regarding mental and social health.
8.2.M – Promote a positive, respectful environment at school, in the community.
Growth, Development, and Sexual Health
1.10.G – Recognize that there are individual differences in growth and development, physical appearance, gender roles, and sexual orientation.
2.2.G – Evaluate how growth and development, relationships, and sexual behaviors are affected by internal and external influences.
5.5.G – Use a decision-making process to analyze the benefits of respecting individual differences in growth and development, physical appearance, gender roles, and sexual orientation.
Injury Prevention and Safety
1.2.S – Recognize potentially harmful or abusive relationships, including dangerous dating situations.
7.2.S – Demonstrate conflict resolution skills to avoid potentially violent situations.
7.5.S – Assess characteristics of harmful or abusive relationships.