Health and physical education / Year 7 and 8 / Personal, Social and Community Health / Being healthy, safe and active

Curriculum content descriptions

Practise and apply strategies to seek help for themselves or others (ACPPS072)

Elaborations
  • examining scenarios to highlight how emotions, dispositions and decision-making can affect outcomes
  • collaborating with peers to suggest strategies they could use in emergencies
  • practising different communication techniques to persuade someone to seek help
  • exploring help-seeking scenarios young people encounter and sharing strategies for dealing with each situation
  • demonstrating basic first-aid principles and strategies
  • discussing emotional responses to interactions within relationships, and proposing strategies to seek help
General capabilities
  • Personal and social capability Personal and social capability
ScOT terms

Social services,  Help-seeking behaviour

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