Increasing concerns associated with mental health related issues have forced educators and researchers to address it. Societal pressure, peer pressure, and parental pressure have exposed students to unprecedented stress levels! Even the hardest of metals, steel and Titanium included suffer from metal fatigue when stressed, so how much more can a child's mind tolerate? The mad rush for marks, qualifying in entrance exams, limited career options, and competition in the job market have impacted the mental health of all people, and mostly children. Children are more vulnerable to stress because of their growing minds. It is for this reason that all schools need to introduce SEL programs in their schools. Shared under are a few slides that can be used to introduce SEL programs in schools. To view the slides, kindly click on each slide and view it in its original form.
It is very important to have a plan, and teaching children to plan their days can help immensely. Short term plans, and long term plans, micro-planning and macro planning, all of them, essentials of Smart Goals have an important role to play in improving emotional and mental health. The slide posted below depicts how stressed out students can be, how planning can help them get into grips with their lives. Although the slide is meant to provide suggestions for better planning for exams, it can also be used to plan out the entire year.
There used to be a saying that stated, "All play and no work makes Jack a dull boy!' However the opposite has become true! Today a more apt saying would be, "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!" The fact of the matter is that today our children do not know how to play with each other. Children find it difficult to connect with each other and if they do, then it is probably to gang up and bully others. Children today are strung up, they go to school, attend coaching classes, do home tuitions, and have hardly any time to live life like they are meant to.
