Emotional Health and Self-Esteem Unit for High School Special Education

Description

This unit is on Emotional Health and Self-esteem contains over 200 pages of material specifically designed for students with special learning needs, especially autism who are in middle or high school. It addresses the main aspects of what it means to be emotionally healthy and includes material on building positive self-esteem.

It covers calming techniques, appropriate emotions, having a positive outlook, and how to build positive self-esteem.

All the information is presented in a simplified but rigorous way for students with diverse learning needs to make meaningful and authentic connections to the material. In addition, many of the activities and assessments include more than one version, suggestions for differentiation, and options for presentation.

✩✩✩ Also includes PRE-RECORDED POWERPOINT SHOWS with automated advancement to use in your lesson or for students to listen to on their own.

✩✩✩ There are also 15 days of DETAILED LESSON PLANS with lots of suggested activities you can do with the included materials.

See the preview for a more detailed look at the contents.

*****************************************************************************

Emotional Health Unit Includes:

• 15-day lesson plan
• 43-page book on emotional health
• 22-page book on self-esteem
• 2 recorded PowerPoint shows
• Vocabulary board
• 15 Vocabulary cards
• Circle maps
• Sorting activities
• Identifying appropriate feelings
• Identifying positive outlooks
• Positive affirmation writing prompts
• Vocabulary puzzles
• Fill in the blank worksheets
• Assessment (3 versions)

Most activities (not books) are in color and BW.

*****************************************************************************

Much of what I have learned about curriculum development is incorporated in these units. For example, do not be afraid of repetition. It is critical that students with significant disabilities get to experience material over several days to be able to fully assimilate what is being taught. Also, adding visual supports to your printables and class activities helps students be able to pay more attention to the content you are presenting rather than the mechanics of what is expected. Finally, ask questions. Good questions!! Regardless of the material, if we can ask students good questions it will push them to think more deeply than before.

>>>I also have an Introduction to Health unit that is perfect to start with. CLICK HERE to check that out.

♥As always please take a moment to leave feedback or post any questions you may have. 

♥I am currently developing more units, and any feedback I get helps me make improvements in the future. Plus, it just means a lot to me.