Mental Health & Coping Strategy Cards for Teenagers

This Social Emotional Learning (SEL) lesson is designed to provide students with an understanding of key mental health themes through the use of 44 scenario cards. These scenario cards explore key themes related to mental health and encourage students to reflect on their own experiences and gain insight into helpful coping strategies to support good mental health and self-care practices.

✎✎✎ Topics Covered:

• Bullying
• Family dynamics and pressures
• Grief and loss
• Isolation & loneliness
• Anxiety & Stress
• Academic pressures
• Peer pressures
• Burnout and Exhaustion
• Self-esteem and Body image
• Diagnosis Specific behaviors (e.g., OCD, BPD, GAD, ADHD, Depression, eating disorders)

This resource serves as a powerful tool for opening conversations about mental health and self-care through realistic and relatable scenarios and reflective questions. By reflecting on these situations and discussing the questions, students can learn about key mental health themes that are prevalent among their peers, ultimately reducing the stigma associated with mental health and making it easier for individuals to seek help when needed.

Having an understanding of mental health can assist teenagers and adolescents in understanding and supporting their friends and family members who may be experiencing mental health challenges.

The acquisition of knowledge about mental health can empower individuals to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to build and maintain good mental health throughout their lives. This can also foster a sense of comfort when it comes to discussing their feelings and seeking help when needed.

THIS MINI LESSON IS A GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR COUNSELING OR SEL LESSONS! GREAT FOR INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP WORK.