Ben and I covered the lesson Dealing with Anxiety and Depression. We discussed the following topics: understanding anxiety, understanding depression, causes and effects of depression, apathy and getting help for depression. He answered the lesson review questions.
Ben read Lesson 3 Coping with Loss and Grief and we discussed the topics and key terms: acknowledging loss, expressing grief, the grieving process, the stages of grief, closure, coping, mourning, coping with death, community support, showing empathy, and coping with traumatic events. He answered the Lesson 3 Review questions.
Ben and I completed Lesson 2 Managing Stress. We discussed chronic stress, the relaxation response, and stress-management techniques. He completed the Lesson 2 Review questions. He created a poster illustrating the habits that can help you manage stress.
Ben reviewed the following key terms: emotions, hormones, empathy, defense mechanisms and hostility. We discussed questions to ask yourself when feeling a strong emotion, and activities to perform to reduce the intensity of emotions. He verbally completed the Lesson 3 review questions. We discussed.
Ben started Lesson 3 Expressing Emotions in Healthful Ways. We discussed the following key terms: emotions, hormones, empathy and defense mechanisms. We discussed the following defense mechanisms: repression, regression, denial, projection, suppression, rationalization and compensation.
Ben and I reviewed the following key terms: personal identity, personality, role models, character, integrity and constructive criticism. He completed the activity "Your Sources of Support" in which he listed people in his life who fall under the following categories: material support, emotional support, information support and appraisal support.
Ben and I began Lesson 2 Developing Personal Identity and Character. We read through and discussed the following key terms: personal identity, personality, role models, character and integrity. We reviewed Maslow's Hierarchy of needs and he orally completed the Lesson 1 review questions.
Ben and I read about Maslowe's Hierarchy of Needs on page 58 in the textbook. We discussed each level from the foundation up: physical, safety, belonging, feeling recognized and reaching potential. He replicated the pyramid in his notes.
Ben continued taking notes on developing self-esteem. He wrote down the terms and definitions: self-esteem and competence. We discussed. We discussed specific strategies for improving self-esteem and he recorded some he would like to work on in his notes.
