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Mockingbird Education
Mockingbird Methodology
Trust-Building
Mental wellness
Strategies
At A Glance
Mental Wellness is…
State of Your Mind’s Wellbeing
Three Mental Wellness Skills
- Self-Awareness
- Ability to Regulate and Manage Emotions
- Awareness of Others and Ability of Managing Social Relationships
Crete a shared definition of mental wellness and identify three priorities*.
*Remember cultural trends on how different cultures view mental wellness
Make it easy for students to SELF-SCREEN for potential challenges.
Informal screening tools are useful for both students and staff. The informality of the tools makes them easy to use and provide QUICK INDICATORS.
Visual and Sensory MANIPULATIVES that help students express themselves in difficult conversations.
Teaching that ACKNOWLEDGES that learning is a biopsychosocial process.
Learning recognizes EMOTION AND SOCIAL ELEMENTS of learning.
We must TALK about learning psychology and social interactions as a vehicle in learning.
Integrate strategies that FRAME psychological aspects of learning in a SAFE AND APPROACHABLE manner.
We cannot IGNORE emotions in learning.
Three Framing Tools
- Reach Inside
- Internal Dialogue
- Talk to Me
Resources that help learners with mental wellness within the classroom
- Prevention & Coping
- Competency & Self-Awareness
Resources that help learners with mental wellness OUTSIDE the classroom
- Prevention
- Competency
- Whole Person
Create contextualized lessons that integrate mental wellness concepts into existing lesson plans.
See Mockingbird MindStrong Strategies
Free Resources
How about some resources!
Download the following resources to use in your classroom and to help you remember the information that you learned.
Mental Wellness Playbook
Summary of Strategies
Mental Wellness Spectrum
One Page Informal Screening Tool
Screening Tools
Summary of Screening Tools
Journaling Prompts
Journaling prompts related to mental wellness
