Mental Health Mindsets: Skills for Thriving

Students actively engage in their mental health through guided instruction and class discussion on important topics such as handling stress, neurodiversity, coping skills, neurobiology, and brain hacks. Learners explore their own needs and responses in a supportive, accessible, interactive environment. The content learned is linked to healthy sleep and wake cycles, decreasing intensity of difficulties, and creating optimal wellness for the heart, brain, and lungs. This class is for all learners—whether your stress is at a high level 10 or low level 1—all brains can benefit from these skills. 

The class begins with a check-in and is followed by an introduction to the topic of the day. The topic of the day features one of the subjects listed below, including its background and significance, with conversation woven throughout. My teaching style is highly engaging and learners are encouraged to participate in any way that is comfortable for them (participation is NOT mandatory). As a neurodivergent mental health professional and neurodiversity consultant, different operating and learning styles are highly celebrated and centered in my student spaces. 

December 2021:
- The Neuroscience of Friendship: Is human neurology set up for making relationships?; exploring both difficult and healthy human social connections
- TBD
- TBD


Example Class Schedule:
1. Introduction: 3 minutes
2. Guided Instruction: 10-12 minutes
3. Discussion (woven throughout class time): 20-30 minutes
4. Wrap Up and Checkout: 3-5 minutes

If there is a section you would like and do not see listed, message me and I will do my best to accommodate. 

Brief slideshows, video clips, discussions, and guided written/typed activities are all incorporated into the various skills taught each week. This course is one-of-a-kind and adaptable. If there is a way your student learns best, please let me know how I can meet their needs most effectively.