1. Achieving Mental and Emotional Health
Chapter 3
Lesson #1
Pages 66-71

2. Vocabulary Activity

3. Developing your self-esteem
Objective 1: Identify the characteristics of good mental and emotional health.
Objective 2: Identify and apply how to improve your self-esteem.
Objective 3: Identify Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

4. The Characteristics of Good Mental/Emotional Health
The ability to accept yourself and others, express and manage emotions, and deal with the demands and challenges you meet in life.
People with good mental/emotional health demonstrate…
Sense of Belonging (Family, Friends, Teachers)
Sense of Purpose (Recognizing your value)
Positive Outlook (Sees the bright side & reduces stress)
Self-sufficiency (Having confidence to make safe & responsible decisions)
Healthy Self-Esteem (helps accept & recover from difficulties and failures)

5. Self-Esteem
Self-Esteem- How much you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself.
Taking healthful risks can raise your self esteem
Trying new challenges can also raise your sense of competence: or having enough skills to do something.
Self-talk: the encouragement or criticism that you give yourself, can affect your self-esteem.

6. Benefits of Healthy Self-Esteem
Feel proud of yourself and your abilities, skills, and accomplishments
Believe setbacks are temporary
Ability to confront challenges & overcome them
Confidence to try new things
Accept the things you cant change, and focus your energy on changing the things you can

7. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

8. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Level #5: Reaching Potential Needs
Self-Actualization (being the best you can be)
Level #4: Feeling Recognized
Need to achieve, to be recognized.
Level #3: Belonging Needs
Need to love or be loved, need to belong.
Level #2: Safety Needs
Need to be secure from danger
Level #1: Physical Needs
Need to satisfy basic needs of food, water, sleep and shelter

9. Lesson Review Concentration game;
Continue clicking on the squares until you feel the word matches the definition. Then click, “Check answers”.