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Supporting Students with Mental Health Challenges

Methods for Implementing Targeted Tier-Two Support is a great resource for all teachers to have. It covers a wide variety of strategies for students dealing with: 

  • Anxiety
    • All anxiety symptoms
    • Perfectionism
    • Fear of large assignments
    • Test Anxiety
    • Anxiety about time pressure
    • Intolerance to uncertainty
    • Reassurance seeking
    • Physical symptoms
    • Not participating
    • Tardiness & absenteeism
  • Depression
    • Defiance, irritability, cranky, & crying
    • Hopelessness, negative talk, loss of interest
    • Difficulty concentrating
    • Extreme fatigue or tiredness, refusal to complete tasks
    • Difficulty remembering
    • Difficulty completing tasks, refusal completing tasks
    • Social withdrawal, lack of participation 
    • Sensitive to criticism
  • Bipolar Disorder
    • All symptoms
    • Distractibility
    • Overly happy/silly/racing thoughts
    • Refusal to follow directions
    • Negative thoughts or attitude
  • Attention & Hyperactivity/Impulsivity
    • Improve executive functioning
    • Improve student's ability to pay attention
    • Hyperactivity & Impulsivity
    • Making careless errors or does not pay attention to important details
    • Cannot focus attention on a task long enough to progress with it
    • Unable to start a task
    • Not following directions or instructions
    • Forgetful or losing items
    • Distracted or concerned with extraneous details

Click on the following link to read the full resource: Methods for Implementing Targeted Tier-Two Support

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