Life Events
Life Events
LEARNING OBJECTIVE To understand people experience major events that they must go through. Sometimes we know these things will happen, they are expected and sometimes we know they are not expected but cope non the less. LEARNING OUTCOME You will be able to tell which life events are expected or unexpected when you come round to doing your exam.
UNEXPECTED/EXPECTED
Unexpected This is when an event happens in your life that you dont know will happen or cant plan for it e.g. Illness or disease Sudden death Redundancy Expected These are events that you know are going to happen and are common in most peoples lives e.g. Birth Death Retirement
Go back to the life event list and categorise which of the support networks above would be most appropriate.
EXTENSION TASK
1. Add some more Life Events of your own. 2. What things have happened in your life that were expected or unexpected? 3. How do people cope with unpredictable life events? 4. Name 5 events and explain how people cope with them