EverFI: Understanding Mental wellness
Lesson 1: introduction to Mental Health
Students are introduced to the course, take Survey 1, and learn what mental wellness is, how to strengthen it and protect it from the everyday threats from stress.
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objectives:
- 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.
- List behaviors and factors that threaten mental health.
lesson 2: understanding mental health challenges
Students learn the difference between mental wellness and mental illness and explore how the brain is impaired in some common disorders that affect their age group.
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objectives:
- 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.
- Identify when mental health is at risk.
- Identify the symptoms and possible treatments of 5 common mental illnesses affecting adolescents
- Explain how trauma impacts mental and physical health. • Explain the ways that your environment and sudden life changes are connected to mental health.
lesson 3: mental health coping strategies
Students learn what coping strategies are and how they can be used to deal with life’s challenges and support mental health. Students also have the option to practice five coping strategies.
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objectives:
- Identify emotional, intellectual, physical and social factors that can support or impact mental health.
- Explain how coping strategies can impact mental health.
- Identify appropriate coping strategies to use to best support mental health.
- Identify how self-talk can impact mental health.
- Increase awareness of effective coping strategies and ability to apply them effectively.
lesson 4: staying healthy in times of uncertainity
Students learn the ways that changes outside of our control impact mental health. Students will understand basic human needs, the importance of resiliency, and coping strategies specific to times of change and uncertainty.
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objectives:
- 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.
- Examine the ways that basic needs are connected to mental health needs and overall health.
- Compare and contrast effective coping strategies for supporting positive mental health during times of uncertainty with everyday coping strategies.
- Review the changes to thoughts, behaviors, and emotions that are common during times of uncertainty