HEALTH EDUCATION 2014

3 THEMES FOR MENTAL WELLBEING TOPIC

• Feeling good about ourselves & others
• Stress and change
• Societal attitudes towards mental health

Strength-based approach - seeks to understand and develop the strengths and capabilities that can transform peoples lives in positive ways

S-B Approach holds the belief that all youth and their families/communities have the ability to recover from adversity. It aims to reveal a young persons internal strengths and resources.

It is not about denying that youth experience problems & these still need to be addressed. But starting with the problem often focuses on what the young person lacks

S-B APPROACH

• Absolute belief that every student has potential
• Start with small successes and build upon them
• Students need to know that staff care

CREATING A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT

• 5 most impt characteristics
• General strategies for achieving this
• At least 2 specific activities for achieving this

WORKING IN GROUPS

• Encourages participation through active involvement
• Foster self esteem - everyone can contribute & feel valued
• Learn from others by encouraging people to share ideas
• Help students to learn empathy, cooperation & social skills
• Give students an understanding of difference

ASSIGNING GROUPS

• No one feels left out
• Greater variety in members
• Practice social skills

ASSIGNING ROLES

• Resource manager
• Reader, recorder
• Reporter
• Motivator
• Timekeeper, coach

MONITORING GROUPS

• People understand the task
• Communicating freely
• Contributions are valued
• People are reviewing objectively
• Energy and emotions are channelled

YOUR OWN GROUP ACTIVITY

HEALTH EDUCATION 2014

LAST TIME

• Gaining knowledge (ONGOING!)
• Review the MOE suicide guidelines
• Understanding group work in health
• Co-constructing a positive environment in health

TODAY

• Consider a planning process
• Have a go at some activities
• Critically review activities

A PROCESS

• Prepare yourself - safety & knowledge
• Found out what your students need & know
• Use the curriculum & above to plan a unit
• Use AOs to create LI's and SC
• Create teaching activities & assessment

CONTD

• Co-construct a positive classroom environment
• Communicate learning intentions & success criteria
• Form groups - random or chosen?
• Icebreakers/co-operative activities
• Learning journals

A LEARNING JOURNAL

• Checks success criteria is met
• Encourages reflection
• Provides further exploration
• Deals with shyness problem
• Informs future planning

TEACHING AS INQUIRY

• Start with working out what is important and worth knowing
• Next, identify strategies likely to help students learn this
• Check the outcome of implementing this?
• Start again....a cycle

INQUIRY BASED CYCLE

RANDOM GROUPING

CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES

• Review your designated activity
• Facilitate it with your group
• Facilitate evaluation of the activity
• Explain 1 improvement
• Come up with another activity for same AO

MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS

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