Chapter 5 Mental and Emotional Health

1. Chapter 5 Mental andEmotional Health Lesson 1 What Is Mental andEmotional Health? Teacher’s notes are available in the notes section of this presentation. Next >>

2. In this lesson, you will be able to • identifythe signs of mental and emotional health. • explainthe three most important influences on your personality. • describeresilience and how it affects mental and emotional health. • demonstratecommunication skills by showing empathy to others through active listening.

3. The ability to handle the stresses and changes of everyday life in a reasonable way • mental andemotional health A combination of your feelings, likes, dislikes, attitudes, abilities and habits • personality Identifying with and sharing another person’s feelings • empathy The ability to recover from problems or loss • resilience

4. Understanding Mental and Emotional Health When you have mental and emotional health, you get along well with others, have a positive outlook on life, and a strong interest in school. problems don’t get you down for long mental and emotional health The ability to handle the stress and changes of everyday life in a reasonable way

5. Where Mental and Emotional Health Begins If the physical needs of food, water, rest, and a sense of safety are not met, it can negatively affect your mental and emotional health. Social needs also play an important role in your mental and emotional health. Social needs include the need to give and receive love, to feel recognized, and to feel connected to people you can trust.

6. Accepting Who You Are You need to recognize your strengths and work on improving your weaknesses. In the next few years, you will learn a lot about your personality. personality A combination of your likes, dislikes, attitudes, abilities, and habits

7. Influences on Your Personality Behavior Heredity Environment • Your personality might have turned out differently if you had been raised in a different family. • Your behavior is how you act. • You have no control over what traits you received from your parents.

8. Influences on Your Personality Behavior • Behavior: • Your behavior is how you act. • You have the most control over how you act. • The actions you choose to take show how you feel about yourself and others. • Your choices reflect your core ethical values and can help you improve your mental and emotional health.

9. Signs of Mental and Emotional Health You can work to improve your mental and emotional health. Tips for building strong mental and emotional health include: • Have a good attitude and a positive outlook. • Recognize your strengths and work on your weaknesses. • Set realistic goals. • Act responsibly.

10. Signs of Mental and Emotional Health Tips for building strong mental and emotional health include: • Be able to relax and have fun alone or in a group. • Be aware of your feelings and express them in healthy ways. • Accept constructive feedback without getting angry. When your inner qualities are strong, your outer life shows it. Constructive feedback is the message people give you about yourself.

11. Signs of Mental and Emotional Health Tips for building strong mental and emotional health include: • Practice empathy. Giving Support to others when it is needed empathy Identifying with and sharing another person’s feelings

12. How to Build Resilience Teens with resilience show persistence, flexibility, and strong self-confidence. Resilience is like a rubber band. You can stretch it but it always snaps back into shape resilience The ability to recover from problems or loss Most resilient teens believe they can do something about their problems.

13. How to Build Resilience Make positive choices for yourself. Strengthen your refusal skills. Take part in school activities that you feelcan make a difference for you or others. Build strong relationships with family and friends.

14. Lesson 1 Review What I Learned VocabularyWhat is personality? Personality is a combination of feelings, likes, dislikes, attitudes, abilities, and habits

15. Lesson 1 Review What I Learned ListWhat are three ways to build mental andemotional health? Any three: Have a good attitude and positive outlook; recognize strengths and work on weaknesses; set realistic goals; act responsibly; relax and have fun; express feelings in healthy ways; show empathy

16. Lesson 1 Review What I Learned NameWhat is one environmental influence on yourpersonality? Any one: family, friends, neighborhood, school, climate

17. Lesson 1 Review What I Learned IdentifyWhat are two social needs that influencemental/emotional health? Any two: the need to give and receive love, the need to feel recognized, the need to feel connected to people you can trust

18. Lesson 1 Review What I Learned ExplainWhat are three ways a person might buildresilience? Any three: make positive choices, use refusal skills, take part in school activities, get support

19. Lesson 1 Review Thinking Critically EvaluateWhy do you think that showing empathy isa sign of mental/emotional health? It means that you care about others.

20. Lesson 1 Review Thinking Critically InferWhy might your mental and emotional healthsuffer if you don’t practice healthful eating? Poor eating habits negatively affect physical health which influences the health triangle.

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