Mental Emotional Health

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Mental Emotional Health

• Developing Good Character/Developing A Healthy
  Mind
• Lessons 8/9

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Vocabulary

• Self Respect- A high regard for oneself because
  one behaves in responsible ways
• Self control- The degree to which someone
  regulates his or her behavior.
• Delayed gratification- Postponing an immediate
  reward in order to complete a task.
• Good character- Using self control to act
  responsibly

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Building Blocks of Good Character

• Compassion- care for others, showing sensitivity
  to others needs
• Good Citizenship- Obey rules laws and respect
  authority and physical environment
• Fairness- treat others equally and do not take
  advantage
• Respect- Treat others as you wish to be treated
• Responsibility- Do what you promise and
  accountable for actions
• Trustworthy- Dependable, loyal and honest
• Honesty- Refuse to lie cheat or steal

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Self-Esteem

• Belief about someone's own personal worth
• Attitude- Feeling or emotion you have toward
  something
• Negative Self-Esteem- Belief that one is not
  worthy and does not deserve the respect of others
• Social-emotional environment- The quality of
  contacts with whom he or she interacts
• Social-emotional booster- A personal contact that
  helps a person feel encouragement and support

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Personality Type

• A persons usual way of focusing energy,
  gathering information, making decisions and
  getting work done.
• 4 Categories
• Focusing energy
• Gathering info
• Make decisions
• Get work done.

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Focus energy

• Extrovert - You are energized by people or things
• Introvert you are energized by images or ideas

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Gathering Information

• Sensor- Person who trusts tangible info that you
  gather from senses
• Intuitive Person Gives more weight to
  information from their imagination or insight

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Decisions

• Thinker- Makes decisions based on tangible
  evidence and objective principles
• Feeler- Goes more on gut feeling and against
  peoples issues and concerns

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How you work

• Judging- Someone who likes structure and
  organization
• Perceiving- Prefer open ended deadlines and adapt
  methods of how you do things.
• Pg 83

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Vocab

• Attitude- Feeling or emotion you have toward
  something
• Relapse- Return to a previous behavior
• Addiction- Desire to use a substance or continue
  behavior despite negative side effects
• Support Group- Family and friends come together
  to help one get better

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Class Question Box

• One life scenario what would place a persons
  character in to question?
• What building block would this situation be
  testing for a persons character?
• Compassion- Good Citizenship-
• Fairness- Respect- Responsibility Trustworthy-
  Honesty-

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• 1. If you had to choose, would you rather be the
  same or different from everyone else? Why? Would
  you choose the same thing in your school right
  now as you would when you grow up?
• 2. Is it possible to affect great change if you
  embrace the status quo the way things are, the
  normal?
• 3. In our school/youth culture today, how are
  your peers different from the crowd?  Do we
  embrace those differences or do we usually just
  make fun of them?
• 4. What are the things about our world today that
  have become the normal, but that need to change?