Emotional Health Write the date and underline it

Emotional Health

Write the date and underline it. Copy the 3 green learning objectives What is it? Why is having good emotional health important? EMOTIONAL HEALTH LEARNING OBJECTIVES What are the challenges to our emotional health? What can people do to cope with ups and downs and maintain good emotional health?

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Are people born with good or bad emotional health?

How come some people have lots of difficulties in their lives but still manage to achieve?

Copy This in to your book… Resilience The ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune

Copy this in to your books… People are not born with good or poor emotional health. It depends on the circumstances they grow up in, as well as the knowledge and skills and experience they collect throughout their life, and of course, the way they use them.

� Emotional health is part of your overall health. � It is about how we think and feel. � Emotional health is all about recognising how you feel and being able to cope with a range of feelings � Having good emotional health doesn’t mean you are always happy – it just means that you can cope with a range of feelings and bounce back from times when you feel bad.

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WHY IS EMOTIONAL HEALTH IMPORTANT? � Success in school � Success out of school � Ability to form relationships � Health � Home life

What do you think might cause stress for young people? What might knock them off balance? Task In your book – write down 3 things that could cause a young person stress or worry – Be prepared to share your ideas with the group.

LOOKING AFTER YOUR EMOTIONAL HEALTH Can you think of ways that might help you cope or deal with stressful or challenging times? Imagine you have a friend who has come to you, they are feeling very stressed about a whole mix of things. What advice might you give them?

“Positive coping strategies” Use a safe website to look at how other young people are feeling Confiding in friend Counselling and family Thinking about the advice you would give a friend in the same situation Asking for help, advice or support Making a list of good things about yourself/life Talking about worries or problems Burning off stress and thinking things through by exercising Finding out about local services Writing feelings down Doing something you enjoy Using a helpline

Remember the little things you do every day help you keep the balance – as well as the big things. And… remember, life is full of ups and downs, it’s how we deal with them that matters.

FINALLY. . . You have 60 seconds to write down as many key words as you can. . . I’ll start you off with the first one health. . .

HOMEWORK TASK � Interview 2 people in your family and find out how they deal with stress or worries in their everyday lives.

Choose 1 of the following tasks… Create a 3 page information leaflet which covers • What is good emotional health • What might set us off balance? • What can we do to help us stay emotionally healthy? Your leaflet should be colourful and informative and directed at teenagers. Visual appeal, as well as content is very important! Draw a detailed mind map with ideas that show • What is good emotional health • What might set us off balance? • What can we do to help us stay emotionally healthy? Write a column for a teen magazine that informs young people of • What is good emotional health • What might set us off balance? • What can we do to help us stay emotionally healthy? This article should Your mind map cover all the above should be divided areas. Your will need into sections. And to plan it out before then sub-divided you start. You will again to break the need to think of a information down. heading. Perhaps Make you mind map give an example of visual by adding an individual colour and pictures