ALEX Classroom Resource

  

Time to Talk: Talking to Your Parents

  Classroom Resource Information  

Title:

 Time to Talk: Talking to Your Parents

URL:

 https://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/conditions/time-talk-talking-your-parents

Content Source:

 Other
Mental Health America
Type: Informational Material

Overview:

The resource is informational material about communicating to trusted adults, specifically your parents, about mental health. The information provides strategies on communicating effectively to adolescents parents. The resource is from Mental Health America and gives other resources about mental health. The overview is about how to communicate effectively to parents, but it also includes teachers, relatives, and guidance counselors. This is a great resource on explaining when input from a health professional, counselor, or trusted adult would be helpful.

This alignment results from the ALEX Health/PE COS Resource Alignment Summit.

Content Standard(s):
Health Education
HE (2019)
Grade: 9-12
Health Education
HE.1.2) Describe the interrelationships of emotional, mental, physical, social, spiritual, and environmental health.

a. Identify symptoms and methods of treatment of mental health disorders, including depression, and stress.

b. Identify warning signs and prevention strategies for suicide.
Health Education
HE (2019)
Grade: 9-12
Health Education
HE.4.4) Demonstrate how to ask for and offer assistance to enhance the health of self and others.

Examples: accessing crisis hotlines for suicide, sexual and physical abuse, and human trafficking; community resource materials
Health Education
HE (2019)
Grade: 9-12
Health Education
HE.5.2) Develop a thoughtful decision-making process in health-related situations.

a. Predict the potential short-term and long-term impact of various alternatives on self and others.

b. Identify warning signs of suicide in self and others and discuss effective coping skills.

c. Demonstrate refusal skills and explain when to use them in high risk situations.

Examples: Saying no to sex, alcohol, and other drugs
Health Education
HE (2019)
Grade: 9-12
Health Education
HE.5.3) Justify the appropriateness of individual vs. collaborative decision-making in various situations.

Example: explaining when input from a health professional, counselor, or trusted adult would be helpful
Tags: Collaborative Decision Making, Communication, Health Education, Help, Mental Health, Suicide, Valid Resources
License Type: Custom Permission Type
See Terms: https://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/site-policies#Terms
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Partnered Event: Health/PE COS Summit
AccessibilityText Resources: Content is organized under headings and subheadings
Comments

This resource provides informational material that would be collected to develop your own activities to teach the appropriateness of individual vs. collaborative decision-making in various situations.

  This resource provided by:  
Author: Amber Ensley
The event this resource created for:Health/PE COS Summit