09.05.15Emotional Health

Lesson Plan

My Story (My story to help others open up about their stories)● Sharing pieces of my story with struggling with Emotional Health as a graduate student

○ How did it start/ what happened?

What are we talking about?● Brief activity to teach us about each different mental health

○ Group activity■ Use the board to “teach” the class about each mental health frequently

seen in college students & women in particular (depression, anxiety, Self Injury)

● How do we handle those with mental health issues?○ Clips from Brene Brown: Empathy vs. Sympathy or The Power of Vulnerability

● Discussing the stigma of mental health and use of therapy, where are we now on college campuses today?

○ How to find the appropriate therapist for your needs?● Discussing appropriate ways of managing stress

○ Completing one of the mantras/relaxation techniques from this summer? [online]○ Incorporating mention of other resources provided for students at Kent State

Let’s look at the big picture● Stats of rising mental health picture of college students/adult Americans

○ How does that shift how we “do business”■ Depression screening 10.10.15 on Kent’s campus

○ Concerns that rise with this picture■ Suicide, self harm, gun violence?

● Statistics of “happiness” development in US● Clips from Happy

○ What does it mean to be happy in America?■ What are the individual experiences, what does community mean? how do

we relate to others? ○ Reflection question: What makes you happy?○ What pieces seem to need to happen to make you happy and successful in

America today?○ How does social media play into happiness/ the things we do daily, does it?