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Understanding Mental Wellness

Preparing Students for Wellness & Mental Health Education

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FREE FOR K-12 TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND DISTRICTS

Understanding Mental Wellness

Mental health awareness training course

STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Introduction to Mental Health
  • Understanding Mental Health Challenges
  • Mental Health Coping Strategies
  • Staying Healthy in Times of Uncertainty
  • Seeking and Offering Help

UNDERSTANDING MENTAL WELLNESS OVERVIEW

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Like our physical health, our mental health can be strengthened or diminished through daily habits. Understanding Mental Wellness introduces students to the topic of mental health and the ways in which they can implement coping strategies to manage their own challenging thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. This course recognizes that students can be faced with external circumstances beyond their control which can impact their mental health. Students will learn how to support friends and family who may be struggling, how to recognize when to seek help, and how to access appropriate resources to do so.

What does this course cover?

Placing importance on mental health education in schools leads to less stigma and improves the overall mental health of students. As such, the mental wellness activities and lessons in this digital program focus on:

  1. Supporting students in identifying threats to mental health early, and taking measures to increase factors that protect mental health.
  2. Introducing students to the experiences of others in order to develop awareness and empathy, reduce stigma, and provide facts on the prevalence and symptoms of mental health conditions.
  3. Fostering a mental health mindset and introducing mental wellness activities to help students develop feelings of self-efficacy and skills that promote and model advocacy for self and others.
  4. *New for 2022* Students learn the ways that changes outside of our control impact mental health including environment and unexpected events/sudden life changes (I.e. Covid-19 pandemic). A new lesson teaches mental health warning signs and provide resources for students and when they would be appropriate for referral.

Want more? Check out our Mental Health Awareness Month resources library.

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KEY DETAILS

GRADE LEVEL:8-10
BEST FIT:Advisory/Homeroom and/or Health
NUMBER OF LESSONS:6
TIME PER LESSON / TOTAL DURATION:10-15 Minutes / 60-90 mins
STANDARDS:National Health Education Standards (NHES), CASEL Social and Emotional Learning Competencies
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LANGUAGESEnglish, Spanish
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Preview the lessons inside our mental wellness basics course

Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6
Lesson 1

Introduction to Mental Health

Students define mental health, list behaviors and factors that maintain and contribute to positive mental health, define stress and explain how it interacts with mental health.

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Lesson 2

Understanding Mental Health Challenges

Students identify warning signs of a mental health condition, explain how the functions of the brain affect the emotional, intellectual, and behavioral actions of a person, and explain how trauma impacts mental and physical health.

Understanding Mental Wellness | Lesson 2 - Understanding Mental Health Challenges

Lesson 3

Mental Health Coping Strategies

Students identify emotional, intellectual, physical and social factors that can support or impact mental health, explain how coping strategies can impact mental health, and identify how self-talk can impact mental health.

Understanding Mental Wellness | Lesson 3 - Mental Health Coping Strategies
Lesson 4

Staying Healthy in Times of Uncertainty

Students understand the ways that uncertainty and change impact mental health, explain the ways that your environment and sudden life changes are connected to mental health, and examine the ways that basic needs are connected to mental health needs and overall health.

Understanding Mental Wellness | Lesson 4 - Staying Healthy in Times of Uncertainty

Lesson 5

Seeking and Offering Help

Students identify observable and non-observable warning signs of a mental health challenges, identify how stigma prevents people from seeking support for mental health issues, list ways to combat the stigma of mental health issues, and understand consequences of not seeking help for mental health issues.

Understanding Mental Wellness | Lesson 5 - Seeking and Offering Help
Lesson 6
Creating a Supportive Mental Health Plan
Students are introduced to the topic of mental distress and the ways in which they can implement coping strategies to manage their own challenging thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Students will also learn how to support friends and family who may be struggling, how to recognize when to seek help, and how to access appropriate resources.Understanding Mental Wellness | Lesson 6 - Coming Soon

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