Basic Living Skills
Final Project
Madison Mitchell
Block 10

VALUES

• Values: beliefs or practices of what is important, desirable, and worthwhile to an individual.
• I have values that are important to me such as my education. I try hard to maintain good grades and a high GPA.

VISUAL LEARNING

• Visual Learner: retains information best through sight such as pictures and charts
• I am a visual learner, and I can help myself to learn by color-coding, looking at graphs, etc.

TACTILE LEARNING

• Tactile Learner: someone who learns by doing things to understand concepts
• People who are tactile learners can learn by doing labs, making things, etc.

SELF-CONCEPT

• Self-concept: how a person sees his/her self.
• Many confuse this with self-esteem, but self-esteem is how a person feels about how they see themself.
• Knowing my self-concept, I can fix what I do not like to improve both my self-concept and self-esteem.

COLOR PERSONALITY TYPES

• Blue: feeling type
• Gold: structured type
• Green: thinking & insightful type
• Orange: social type
• My color personality type is blue which means I am more of the emotional, feeling type of person.
• This impacts a person because knowing their strengths and weaknesses can help them fix or focus on those weaknesses and highlight their strengths.

STRESS MANAGEMENT TIPS

• These are some tips to help manage things during stressful situations:
• Take deep breaths
• Get reasonable amounts of sleep
• Laugh
• Get organized
• Etc.
• These tips help me because I often get stressed with things such as homework; one tip I use is getting organized. I make sure I know exactly what to do and when each thing is due. Also, having a planner helps me achieve organization.

DEPRESSION

• Depression: a mental illness in which a person feels very sad and hopeless; this affects a person's way of life.
• I have learned that I should listen and be supportive to those with depression and to look out for specific behaviors that give signs that they need help.
• http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/depression

SUICIDE

• Suicide: when an individual takes their own life.
• I have learned that suicidal people shouldn't be left alone, and they need support from others. The best thing to do is to get help for them.

COPING SKILLS

• Coping skills: ways that people use to cope with difficult situations/feelings
• I use coping skills when I am stressed or in a difficult situation. Some skills I use are napping, being organized, etc.

VERBAL VS NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION

• Verbal: communication through words and sounds
• Nonverbal: communication that involves actions, looks, and ways to communicate without the use of words.
• Most of the time, people communicate using nonverbal communication.
• This affects the way I communicate with others because I can control my words and actions differently. It also helps me understand that the way I appear to others when communicating stands out to them.

DESTRUCTIVE VS CONSTRUCTIVE COMMUNICATION

• Destructive: communication that has negative effects in a argument and doesn't solve issues
• Constructive: communication that usually has a positive effect on an argument
• Constructive communication leads to solving issues rather than increasing them. I try to use this during arguments.
• Example of constructive: starting ideas with "I feel" in an argument rather than "you".
• Example of destructive: blaming someone in an argument and stating something is all their fault.

POWER/CONTROL WHEEL VS EQUALITY WHEEL

• Power/Control Wheel: shows negative things that can occur in relationships
• Equality Wheel: shows positive things that should be in a relationship
• I have learned that it is important to be treated equally and with respect rather than disrespect and carelessness.
• Example of equality wheel: my parents treat each other equally and respectfully. They make sure each person is heard in the relationship.
• Example of power wheel: if you are being abused in a relationship and forced to do things you don't want to do, that is a sign of negativity in your relationship.