The Lessonbee Mental Health Awareness Package offers a comprehensive and skills-based learning experience that allows the user to explore and learn the facts about mental health. These topics include general mental health knowledge, stress management, resilience, healthy coping mechanisms, and living with mental and emotional disorders. Students will learn how to manage stress and build resilience, and explore different mental and emotional disorders. Students explore these topics through simulated text messaging and social media experiences in this self-paced and interactive learning module. This course is approved by the Chicago Public Schools Office of School Wellness Programs.

Mental Health

This skills-based package of three courses introduces students to the concept of mental health. Students will learn how to manage stress and build resilience, and explore different mental and emotional disorders. Students explore these topics through simulated text messaging and social media experiences in this self-paced and interactive learning module. With this packaged learning experience, students will have access to three diverse courses and additional character details that add further context to each course.

Mental Health Awareness 

Describe how mental and emotional health can affect health-related behaviors.

MEH1.8.11

Examine the importance of being aware of one’s own feelings and of being sensitive to the feelings of others.

MEH1.8.29

Demonstrate how to effectively ask for assistance to improve personal mental and emotional health.

MEH4.8.6

Set a realistic goal to improve or maintain positive mental and emotional health.

MEH6.8.2

Describe the relationships among physical, mental, and social health factors during adolescence (e.g., the effects of stress on physical and mental performance, effects of nutrition on growth).

23.C.3a

Mental health influences the ways individuals look at themselves, their lives, and others in their lives.

ORH.I.2

An individual’s mental health is impacted by emotions, social relationships and physical health, and has an impact on the way an individual  thinks, feels, and behaves.

ORH.C.2

There are many factors that can influence one’s mental health, including  family, environment, genetics, brain chemistry, health behaviors, personal values,  peers, media, technology, culture, and community.

1A.lb

Individuals analyze the influences of views on mental health and mental  illness (self, family, peers, culture, society, media, etc.) Other Required Health  Areas Functional Knowledge.

3D.la

Analyze the relationship between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and demonstrate healthy techniques for managing reactions in times of emotional stress.

Evaluate the importance of social groups and peer influences and explain how they can affect individual mental health and wellness.

Describe how internal and external factors influence self-esteem.

Identify and develop strategies for setting long-term personal goals.

Identify decision-making skills that promote individual, family, and community mental health.

Create and discuss personal life goals that one wishes to achieve and consider the financial impact of graduating from high school, having a full-time job, and waiting until marriage if one plans to have children.

14.C

Examine ways to influence peers positively and promote resiliency in others in stressful situations.

Examine how the family influences the health of adolescents.

2.8.1

Describe how peers influence healthy and unhealthy behaviors.

2.8.3

Determine when professional health services may be required.

3.12.4

Discuss how emotions change during adolescence.

MEH1.8.3

Explain the causes, symptoms, and effects of anxiety.

MEH1.8.14

Describe the signs, symptoms, and consequences of common eating disorders.

MEH1.8.15

Analyze the risks of impulsive behaviors.

MEH1.8.26

Describe situations that call for professional mental and emotional health services.

MEH3.8.4

Locate valid and reliable mental and emotional health products.

MEH4.8.7

There are many factors that can influence one’s mental health, including  family, environment, genetics, brain chemistry, health behaviors, personal values,  peers, media, technology, culture and community.

1A.Ib

Individuals can describe the warning signs, risk factors, and protective  factors for depression, anxiety eating disorders, and suicide.

3A.Ib

Individuals acknowledge that there are issues that cannot be managed  independently and require support/assistance.

3B.Ia

Individuals can take action (individually or with support) to positively impact  their own mental health.

1A.Cd

Individuals can develop coping skills to work through challenging situations.

1A.Ce

Demonstrating empathy, compassion and acceptance can support  others who are dealing with mental health issues and is important towards reducing stigma.

2B.Cc

Many trusted adults and community resources are available to help  individuals with their mental health needs.

3C.Ca

Hypothesize others’ feelings and perspectives in a variety of situations and explain the reasons for one’s conjecture.

2A.3a

Discuss the influence of childhood trauma and how to recognize, process, and  overcome negative events.

Describe methods to support others who have long-term physical health conditions.

Describe the consequences of disordered eating and eating disorders such as bulimia, anorexia, and binge eating disorder and the importance of seeking help from a parent or another trusted adult for oneself or others related to disordered eating.

Discuss the suicide risk and suicide protective factors as identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the importance of telling a parent or another trusted adult if one observes the warning sign in self or others.

Research and discuss protective factors and healthy self-management strategies to avoid self-harming behaviors.

Examine how the use of suicide prevention resources such as the National  Suicide Prevention Hotline can reduce the likelihood of suicide.

Explains what stress is and discovers personal stressors.

ST.E.1

Distinguishes between positive and negative stress and documents personal stressors.

ST.I.1

Documents and analyzes the impact of physical, emotional, social, family, school, and environmental stressors on personal health.

ST.I.2

Identifies, investigates and monitors physical and emotional reactions to personal Mental health.

ST.E.3

Describes, researchers, analyzes and evaluates personal stressful situations and current ways of dealing with them.

ST.E.4

Selects and applies a strategy to manage stress in health-enhancing ways.

ST.I.5

Clarifies expectations of self and others and their relation to personal stress.

ST.I.6

Recognizes personal capabilities and limitations in relation to personal stress.

ST.E.7

Monitors, evaluates and adjusts the personal stress management strategies for wellness and coping with stressful Situations.

ST.I.8

Stress management can reduce feelings of anger.

VP.E.14

1A.Ie

Resilience is the ability to bounce back from adversity, failures, and difficulties.

1B.Ic

Individuals can take action (individually or with support) to positively impact their own mental health.

1A.Id

Individuals can build resilience by working through adversity and they can build it by communicating with.

1B.Id

Individuals experience a full range of emotions and can learn to recognize them and predict their normal course.

1C.Ia

Individuals can develop healthy ways to identify, express and respond to their emotions; this is an important part of self-care and can impact mental health.

1C.Ib

Individuals who are mentally and emotionally healthy use self-care to promote  mental health and overall well-being of others who have been through similar experiences.

1A.Ca

Analyze similarities and differences between one's own and others' perspectives.

Explain how adolescent brain development influences cognitive processing, emotions, and decision making.

Identify and describe how environmental influences such as air, water, or noise can affect an individual's mental health.

Differentiate between healthy and unhealthy self-management strategies for stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, loss, and grief.

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