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

DESIGN A TABLE FOR YOUR ANSWERS

Please draw a table, like the one on the right hand side onto a piece of lined paper. -Title- Unexpected and expected Life Events
Expected Unexpected

Leave a lot lines!!!!

NOW YOU TRY! WHICH ARE UNPREDICTABLE/PREDICTABLE

Birth of a child Getting your first job Death of a friend/partner Redundancy Retirement Divorce Marriage Buying a house Moving house Leaving home Starting college Relocation Entering the employment market
Being diagnosed with cancer Not passing your GCSEs Getting arrested Leaving school Starting school Puberty Accident or injury Menopause Moving schools Living with a partner Promotion

Supporting people through life events

Life events can happen to anyone at any time and individuals need to know how to manage change with the support networks which can be accessed
and used to support people through change. These include: i Partners, family and friends- Informal support and personal ii Professional carers and statutory services- Professional support

iii Community, voluntary and faith-based services- Informal and professional

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