Purpose
- Educate students about teen depression
- Spread awareness of how to help a friend
- Lead students to a trusted adult/mental health professional (school counselor, social worker, nurse, etc.)
Instructions
Materials
- Instruction poster
- Fact footprints
- Mental health professional footprint
- Blank footprint
- Tape
- Scissors (optional)
- Download full PDF for Thursday.
Assembly
- Print the fact footprints. There is also a blank footprint for you to customize with information about your school.
- You can cut out the fact footprints or leave them as a whole sheet of paper.
Application
- Attach the Fact Foot prints to the walls leading to the mental health professional’s office.
- Attach the mental health professional foot print to the door to their office. The mental health professional may want to have a bowl of lifesavers on their desk to encourage students to introduce themselves.
