1. [ Slide IV-A ]
Goal
The goal of Module IV is to increase awareness of strategies to create an accepting classroom climate that promotes learning for all students, including those with mental health needs.

2. [ Slide IV-B ]
Objectives
Discuss the relationship between classroom climate, learning, and mental health
Give examples of strategies that promote a positive classroom climate by taking advantage of adolescent social-emotional development
Describe strategies for maintaining an accepting, stigma-free classroom climate
Describe instructional strategies that promote a positive classroom climate and mental health

3. The Context of Learning
[ Slide IV-C ]
The Context of Learning
Classroom Climate
Instructional
Strategies
Student
Characteristics
Peers
Community
Caregiver Expectations
School Characteristics

4. Positive Classroom Climate
[ Slide IV-D ]
Positive Classroom Climate
Classroom Climate
Definition: Perceptions about the overall setting where instruction and learning take place
Primary goal: To instruct to a range of individual differences while sustaining a caring atmosphere

5. Apply S.U.C.C.E.S.S. S: Spend time scanning the classroom.
[ Slide IV-E ]
Apply S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
S: Spend time scanning the classroom.
U: Use school resources.
C: Check out what feedback is most favorable to students.
C: Choose times, such as academic quarters, to determine the need for mini-lessons.
E: Evaluate the need for additional support.
S: Set up a systematic way to gauge effort against performance.
S: Size up your own progress.

6. Classroom-Focused Enabling: Instructional Strategies*
[ Slide IV-F ]
Classroom-Focused Enabling: Instructional Strategies*
Instructional Strategies
Plan to use a range of instructional techniques to present material.
Envision alternative methods to teach the same concepts.
Keep all learning styles in mind.
Vary instructional approaches and methods throughout a lesson.
*UCLA Resource Center for Mental Health in Schools

7. Classroom-Focused Enabling: Instructional Strategies (cont.)*
[ Slide IV-G ]
Classroom-Focused Enabling: Instructional Strategies (cont.)*
Instructional Strategies
Use different media.
Nest concepts into current events or relevant themes.
Practice.
Encourage students to be active participants in the learning process.
Create opportunities for student evaluations.
*UCLA Resource Center for Mental Health in Schools