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Topic of Sessions/Goals

1. Get to know each other, establish group norms, discuss purpose of the group.

2. Defuse - Start to notice thoughts and perceive them as pictures and words, not rules to be obeyed, truths or facts.

3. Accept - make room for unpleasant feelings and thoughts, without avoiding or suppressing them.

4. Connect with the present moment.

5. Clarify what is important and meaningful; identify healthy lifestyle practices that are most meaningful.

6. Set goals and take action.

7. What does defusing, accepting, connecting, acting look like, sound like, feel like?

GROUP PROPOSAL

Michelle Marriott

Format of Sessions

1. Check-in

2. Mindfulness exercise

3. Review of Homework

4. Theme/topic for the session - activity and discussion

5. Upcoming homework

6. Check-out

Target Population

Evaluation

This group will be open to any grade 12 students who are looking for tools to help them flourish as they deal with stressors that come along with transition out of high school to post-secondary.

Self-assessment will be ongoing through formal (exit slips) and informal (discussion) means. This will allow the members to track their learning and the facilitator to respond to needs of the group members.

Group Structure

Don't Just Survive Your Transition

Rationale

This group will be composed of 6 to 8 members. The group will be a closed group.

The group will run for 8 to 10 weeks (over the course of a semester). The goal will be to meet weekly over lunch for about one hour.

THRIVE!

Anxiety is the most commonly reported mental health challenge in youth (40%).

Fewer than 25% of youth receive treatment for any mental health disorder.

New university students face a new and unique set of stressors; 56% report feeling overwhelming anxiety; 10% report considering suicide.

Anxiety and Mindfulness - Background Information

Objective

This group will learn healthy lifestyle practices (including mindfulness strategies and meditation) to help members understand and balance emotions. Group members will learn to cultivate positive emotions such as compassion for self and gratitude.

  • Under acute or long term stress, emotions start to feel "out of control", leading to unhealthy coping mechanisms. This can lead to substance abuse (helps to avoid or suppress emotions) or constant worrying (becoming preoccoupied with emotions).

  • Mindfulness - the practice of purposeful attention without judgement; becoming aware of emotions and the present-moment experience.

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