Mental health issues
This lesson focuses on helping students to understand mental health issues.
Year level
7-12
Duration
5 minutes
Type
In class activity
Whole school and year assemblies
Online learning
SEL Competencies
Self-management
Learning intention
Students know how to identify and seek support for mental health issues.
Key outcomes
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
identify the signs and symptoms of a mental health issue
explain how a mental health issue can be supported or managed.
Materials needed
Access to the ReachOut.com video clip ‘What is mental health?’
Mapped to
Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education
Refine protective behaviours and evaluate community resources to seek help for themselves and others (AC9HP8P08)
Plan, rehearse and evaluate strategies for managing situations where their own or others’ health, safety or wellbeing may be at risk (AC9HP10P08)
Australian Curriculum: General Capabilities
Personal and Social Capability:
Self-management
Self awareness
NSW PDHPE Syllabus
Examines and evaluates strategies to manage current and future challenges (PD4-1)
Assesses their own and others’ capacity to reflect on and respond positively to challenges (PD5-1)
Plans, implements and critiques strategies to promote health, safety, wellbeing and participation in physical activity in their communities (PD5-7)
Victorian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education
Examine barriers to seeking support and evaluate strategies to overcome these (VCHPEP125)
Evaluate situations and propose appropriate emotional responses and then reflect on possible outcomes of different responses to health and wellbeing (VCHPEP147)
Activity 1
Instructions
5 minutes
As a group, watch the video clip ‘What is mental health?’.
After watching the video, ask students to write down or share with a partner:
three signs or symptoms to look for that signify a mental health issue
three top tips that could be used to support or manage a mental health issue.
