A set of conversation topics, activities and conversation guides to accompany a Mental Health Shabbat.
This resource explores how traumatic events impact students' learning, behavior, and relationships.
This Candian site is short and relevant, with a great graphic on the bottom to guide educators on their roles and responsibilities vis-à-vis mental health (“Aligned and Integrated Model”).
This is a model policy (from Virginia) from 2013, which is a 14-page document (+ 25 pp appendix). The chapters include: 1. Defining Bullying 2 .Prevention and Intervention 3. Reporting, Investigating and Recording Incidents
For children, separation and divorce can be an especailly sad, stressful, and traumatic time. But there are ways for cargivers, parents, and educators to help children cope during this difficult time period.
This video features an interview with Tal Ben Shahar, an American and Israeli teacher, lecturer at Harvard University and writer in the areas of positive psychology and leadership. Tal speaks about tips for happiness and good mental health.
This article details Yael University's most in-demand class, Psychology and the Good Life.
Angela Lee Duckworth in her TED Talk "GRIT: The power of passion and perserverance, talks about what it means to exhibit GRIT and how get there.
Jenny Fox-Eades, character strengths researcher and educator, shares examples of using character strengths with children in a practical and impactful way.
A schoolwide focus on cultivating traits like self-discipline, courage, and perseverance helps students meet high expectations.