This is an SAUK-sanctioned survey about what people would want to see included in a K-12 health curriculum in terms of mental health and mental health issues. Replies will help to inform and support
No Silence, No Stigma, a grassroots advocacy project that aims to develop quality, publicly informed mental health curriculum and advocate for its implementation in public schools.
Our question:
What mental health topics and skills do you most think grade schools should teach in health class, and why?
Some sub-questions you *may* want to consider:
-What are the mental health lessons that come most directly out of your own lived experience?
-What have been the mental health lessons that have helped you the most personally?
-What kind of mental health education do you feel it would have served you to have received in grade school. (Or, if you are in grade school, what kind of mental health curriculum do you feel it would serve you to be learning currently?)
A summary of your responses will be posted in a sister thread on the No Silence, No Stigma website (any names, usernames, and other identifying information will be removed). We encourage you to visit the sister thread to A. make sure it captures the essence of what is being expressed here, B. see what other voices have to say about it, and C. to advocate for the inclusion of your favorite ideas from the thread in curriculum by supporting them with research, reasoning, and your own lived experiences.
The sister thread is
here.
Many thanks to all who participate!
**And many thanks to SAUK for stickying this!**