Curated OER
Figuring Solutions
Students discuss their attitudes and feelings to discover possible ways to constructive respond to their resistance to learning academic concepts.
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Dorothea Dix: Reform in Massachusetts
Students examine the life and reform efforts of Dorothea Dix on behalf of people with disabilities. They discover how her efforts resulted in the passage of legislation. They also examine the care people with disabilities receive.
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The Duties of Governments: Dix vs. Pierce
Students examine the role of Dorothea Dix on behalf of people with disabilities. They discuss President Pierce's veto of legislation she helped create. They address the rights and responsibilities of citizen's and the role of government.
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A Woman's Crusade: Dorothea Dix
Students examine the life and reform efforts of Dorothea Dix on behalf of people with disabilities. They also examine the role of women in the 1840s and 1850s. They discover different sources of examples of citizen's rights.
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Elders As Resources
Students engage in a lesson that uses discussion groups for communication. The focus of the lesson is upon the respect for authority that should be given to older adults. Students engage in class discussion about the information that can...
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Alcohol Tolerance in Drosophila and You
Students develop and run a laboratory comparing alcohol tolerance in flies with and without the ADH enzyme.
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Dreaming of a Healthy City
Ninth graders design a healthy city. They identify the essential elements of a city and describe how climate and geography can determine the layout of a city. They create a blueprint of their design and share in small groups.
Mental Health America
Mha: Recognizing Mental Health Probelms in Children
This resource provides a check list for recognizing mental health problems in children.
Other
National Mental Health Awareness Day: Materials
Posters, banners, notes and tips for speeches and newspaper editorials, a proclamation template, pamphlets and other great materials you can use to raise awareness about children's mental health issues or participate in Children's Mental...
University of California
Ucla: Screening Mental Health Problems in Schools [Pdf]
Long-standing policy controversies have heated up as a result ofincreasing proposals for using schools to screen for mental healthproblems (e.g., depression screening).This brief highlights the following issues: How appropriate is...
The National Alliance on Mental Illness
Journal of School Health: Mental Health Screening in Schools
The National Alliance on Mental Illness presents this article from the Journal of School Health. It discusses the importance of screening students in schools for mental health problems.
Other
Mindyourmind
Teens with mental health issues often don't get the help they need in order to recover. This amazing site is designed by youth for youth and provides mental health information and personal stories from young people who have overcome...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Are Psychotic Disorders?
This study resource for the NCLEX-RN explores the topic of "psychotic disorders" and is part of the mental health section.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Lesson Plan: Veterans Day and the Meaning of Sacrifice
Use this PBS NewsHour Classroom lesson plan to help learners explore the challenges facing our nation's veterans today, including mental health issues and long wait lines for treatment.
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Kids Health: Adoption
When someone is adopted it isn't always easy for them to deal with the reasons that it happened. This article attempts to help those with similar issues cope with the thoughts and feelings that surround being adopted. Links to related...
Other
Sophe : Focus Areas: Sophe Health Topics
Provides short synopses of the many health issues and causes of illness or disability facing students today.
Other
Children Now: Talking With Kids About Tough Issues: Violence
Parents are given the confidence to talk with students about difficult issues like drugs, violence, and alcohol. The subject addressed is violence. Discussion topics and answers to common questions are included.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Psychology: Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
This learning module looks at how normal behavior is defined and perceived by society. The definitions of normal behavior shifts as societal norms change over time. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is a...
Arizona State University
Jiae: Indian Juvenile Delinquency So Different?
This site from Journal of American Indian Education shows the 1967 article calls for a focus on the commonality of Indian and non-Indian people, when dealing with mental health issues, rather than treating them like two different problems.
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Current information on substance abuse with regard to many issues: military families, health, trauma and justice, public awareness and support and housing and homelessness. Also, find information on prevention of substance abuse. Many...
Childnet
Childnet: Online Safety: Digital Well Being
Going online and using technology can impact our emotions and mental health. Digital well-being is about recognizing the way going online makes us feel and knowing how to manage this. It includes questions and answers and tips for...
ReachOut USA
Reach Out Usa: Trust Issues
ReachOut fact sheets are written by young people for young people and edited by a mental health professional. This page discusses the importance of trust, how it can be difficult to trust others, rebuilding trust, and how to learn to...
National Institutes of Health
National Center for Biotechnology Information: Stigma in Psychiatry
Addresses the issue of stigmatization of mental health disorders, its roots, attitudes of public and professionals, the impact of stigma, and efforts to combat stigmatization.
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Association: Transgender Individuals and Gender Identity
Find answers to questions concerning transgender issues. This addresses the definition, categories of transgender people, possible causes, the types of mental health problems and discrimination they may face, and the kinds of support...