Teaching Elementary School Health Education/Mental and Emotional Health

Introduction
Mental and Emotional Health is the area of health that focuses on: Each of these health goals have several components.
 * developing good character
 * interacting in ways that help create a positive social-emotional environment
 * developing healthful personality characteristics
 * choosing behaviors to promote a healthy mind
 * expressing emotions in healthful ways
 * seeking help if feeling depressed
 * using sucide-prevention strategies
 * coping with loss and grief in healthful ways
 * being resilient during difficult times

I Will Develop Good Character

 * /Values and Character/
 * /Self Esteem/
 * /Developing Good Character and Improving Self-Esteem/

I will Interact in ways that Help Create a Positive Social-Emotional Environment

 * /Social-Emotional Environment/
 * /Social-Emotional Environment and Health Status/
 * /Strategies to Improve the Social-Emotional Environment/

I will Develop Healthful Personality Characterisitcs

 * Personality (at Wikiversity)
 * /Personality Characteristics that Promote Good Health/

I will Choose Behaviors to Promote a Healthy Mind

 * /Mental Alertness and Mental Health/

I will Express Emotions in Healthful Ways

 * /Emotions and the Mind-Body Connection/
 * /Anger Management Skills/

I will Use Stress-Management Skills

 * /Understanding How Stress Affects Health Status/
 * /Stress-Management Skills/

I will Seek Help if I Feel Depressed

 * /Recognizing Childhood and Adolescent Depression/
 * /Treatment for Depression/

I will Cope with Loss and Grief in Healthful Ways

 * /Loss and Grief/