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Lions Quest: Skills for Adolescence

Lions Quest: Skills for Adolescence, offered by Lions Club International, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades 5-8 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades 5-7. Programming for grades K-4 are available in the companion program, Lions Quest: Skills for Growing. Translated materials for Lions Quest: Skills for Adolescence are available in 46 languages, including Spanish, French, Mandarin, and Arabic.

Grades
Middle (6-8)
Settings
Classroom Schoolwide Home Community
Program Outcomes
  • Improved SEL skills and attitudes
  • Improved Identity Development/ Agency
  • Reduced Problem Behavior
  • Improved School Connectedness

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Mental Health Essentials Student Curriculum

This course has been designed for educators working with students in grades 7 to 12.

This is a non-credit, online curriculum that consists of 6 modules designed to be taught sequentially in 6-12 hours of classroom time. Modules include all course materials including learning objectives, lesson plans and all materials needed to deliver the curriculum in perpetuity. All student-facing materials are also translated into Spanish and Portuguese. Also includes one year of data collection and analysis via Osprey Research Group (pre/post surveys). After analysis, lifetime access to curriculum updates and quarterly Community of Practice Meeting access.

Learn more about this course, including program background and learning objectives, at Mental Health Collaborative.

Mental health literacy is the foundation for mental health promotion, prevention, and care and can be developed through classroom based curriculum implementation that has been scientifically shown to improve mental health related outcomes for students and also for their teachers. Curriculum aligns with National Health Education Standards and CASEL competencies.

In this course, educators will learn how to apply this classroom-ready, web-based, modular mental health curriculum resource as well as develop their own mental health literacy. Educators can then use this resource designed to be delivered to regular classrooms to successfully address mental health-related curriculum outcomes designed to be delivered by classroom teachers to students in grades 7 to 12.

Grades
Middle (6-8) High School (9-12)
Settings
Classroom
Program Components
  • Understanding stigma and strategies for stigma reduction
  • Understanding how to foster & maintain positive mental health
  • Understanding how to seek help effectively
  • Understanding common mental health disorders, signs and symptoms, and treatments
Program Outcomes
  • Advocate for reducing stigma associated with emotional and mental and behavioral health
  • Compare & contrast emotional, mental-behavioral illness, mental well-being and concurrent disorders
  • Explain how to help someone who is thinking about attempting suicide
  • Identify school and community resources that can help a person with emotional, mental and behavioral health concerns

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Merrells’s Strong Kids

Merrell’s Strong Kids provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades K-12 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness in grades 1-6. Translated materials for Merrell’s Strong Kids are available in Korean.

Grades
Elementary (K-5) Middle (6-8) High School (9-12)
Settings
Classroom Schoolwide Home
Program Outcomes
  • Reduced Emotional Distress

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Michigan Model for Health: Middle School

Michigan Model for Health: Middle School, offered by the Michigan Department for Health and Human Services, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades 6-8 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades 6 and 7. Programming for grades K-5 are available through its companion program, Michigan Model for Health: Elementary School.

Grades
Middle (6-8)
Settings
Classroom Home
Program Outcomes
  • Reduced Problem Behavior

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Mindful Practices & Class Catalyst: An Integrated SEL Approach

Mindful Practices & Class Catalyst: An Integrated SEL Approach, offered by Mindful Practices LLC, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades Pre-K-12 and demonstrated evidence of effectiveness at grades Pre-K-2. Translations of all materials are available in Spanish.

Grades
Pre-K Elementary (K-5) Middle (6-8) High School (9-12)
Settings
Classroom Schoolwide Home Community
Program Outcomes
  • Improved SEL skills and attitudes
  • Improved School Connectedness

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MindUp

MindUp, offered by the Goldie Hawn Foundation, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades Pre-K-8 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades 4-7. Translated materials for MindUP are available in Spanish.

Grades
Pre-K Elementary (K-5) Middle (6-8)
Settings
Classroom Schoolwide Community
Program Outcomes
  • Improved SEL skills and attitudes
  • Reduced Emotional Distress
  • Improved Identity Development/ Agency
  • Improved Prosocial Behavior

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Mosaic

Mosaic, offered by ACT SEL, provides a lesson-based approach to SEL. It includes programming for grades 6-8 and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness at grades 6-8. Translated materials are available in Spanish and Arabic.

Grades
Middle (6-8)
Settings
Classroom Schoolwide Home
Program Outcomes
  • Improved SEL skills and attitudes

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Move This World

The Move this World curriculum provides a lesson-based, movement oriented approach to SEL and offers programming for grades Pre-K-12. A CASEL-approved evaluation demonstrates evidence of effectiveness in grades K-3. In this video-based curriculum the Move This World “hosts” lead lessons with pauses for educators to facilitate in-person discussion. A selection of foundational video content is translated into Spanish.

Grades
Pre-K Elementary (K-5) Middle (6-8) High School (9-12)
Settings
Classroom Schoolwide Home
Program Outcomes
  • Improved Academic Performance

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NAMI Ending the Silence

NAMI Ending the Silence is an engaging, educational presentation given by presenters with mental health lived experiences, that helps audience members learn about the warning signs of mental health conditions and what steps to take if a student or loved one begins showing symptoms of a mental health condition.

Grades
Middle (6-8) High School (9-12)
Program Components
  • Understanding how to foster & maintain positive mental health
  • Understanding how to seek help effectively
  • Understanding common mental health disorders, signs and symptoms, and treatments
  • Understanding stigma and strategies for stigma reduction
Program Outcomes
  • Advocate for reducing stigma associated with emotional and mental and behavioral health
  • Explain how to help someone who is thinking about attempting suicide
  • Identify school and community resources that can help a person with emotional, mental and behavioral health concerns

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NAMI In Our Own Voice

NAMI Ending the Silence is an engaging presentation that helps audience members learn about the warning signs of mental health conditions and what steps to take if you or a loved one are showing symptoms of a mental health condition.

Grades
Middle (6-8) High School (9-12)
Program Components
  • Understanding how to seek help effectively
  • Understanding stigma and strategies for stigma reduction
  • Understanding how to foster & maintain positive mental health
Program Outcomes
  • Compare & contrast emotional, mental-behavioral illness, mental well-being and concurrent disorders
  • Describe how self-harm or suicide impacts other people
  • Identify school and community resources that can help a person with emotional, mental and behavioral health concerns

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