PLEASE Help!!! Idea needed for mental health teaching assignment!!!

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Hi everyone! I could really use some help. I'm in mental health clinicals and we have to come up with a UNIQUE health teaching session for some of the kids.

We can't do teaching on: nutrition, exercise, hand washing, and sleeping because the kids have been 'taught' these things by every nursing student they've encountered. I considered doing a lesson on stress management but the preceptor said no because these kids are in a residential facility on lock down essentially and the therapists would prefer to teach those techniques to the kids.

Can anyone think of a fun, simple teaching session? The average age of these kids are 7 to 13.

I would GREATLY appreciate any input you could provide.

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How about: 1. Drug/alcohol/dual diagnosis issues 2. Dealing with rejection 3. Attributional style 4. Setting personal boundaries 5. The 12- step concept of HALT (being aware and not letting yourself get too Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired)

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I think that doing something on anti-bullying would be a great idea. It's something that all kids are familiar with and you could make it interactive so both you and the kids could have fun with it.

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Specializes in PICU, Sedation/Radiology, PACU.

Could you do something on coping skills? Not stress management techniques, really, but just suggesting different things they can do to relax? Music, dance, art, etc?

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The exact setting and how long your session will be factor into what you will do. I used to work on an inner-city locked psych facility and that was a whole different thing than a posh suburban psych facility.

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Specializes in ICU.
Hi everyone! I could really use some help. I'm in mental health clinicals and we have to come up with a UNIQUE health teaching session for some of the kids.

We can't do teaching on: nutrition, exercise, hand washing, and sleeping because the kids have been 'taught' these things by every nursing student they've encountered. I considered doing a lesson on stress management but the preceptor said no because these kids are in a residential facility on lock down essentially and the therapists would prefer to teach those techniques to the kids.

Can anyone think of a fun, simple teaching session? The average age of these kids are 7 to 13.

I would GREATLY appreciate any input you could provide.

Judging by your user name I would choose to go with alcohol/drug prevention. The children will learn something useful and you will probably find the information interesting.

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