Teaching Resilience and Mental Health Across the Curriculum A Guide for High School and College Teachers

Written by a teacher for teachers, Teaching Resilience and Mental Health Across the Curriculum is an integrative approach to pedagogy for educators at the high school and college level to survive, thrive, and sustain in the profession. Blending theory, research, and practice for a comprehensive program for teachers to incorporate well-being tools into the classroom, each of the book’s five foundations includes engaging information, strategies, real-world examples, interactive reflection questions, and activities that can be directly applied to teaching and life. Practical guidance in designing real-world curriculum is offered alongside accessible strategies for engagement, investment, and active learning in student-centered classrooms. An essential guide for teachers, it includes techniques for incorporating well-being that are grounded in culturally responsive teaching, trauma-informed instruction, mental health, resilience, and emotional literacy. Teachers will also gain insight on how to make the career sustainable through practices for self-compassion and authentic self-care so they can not only survive, but flourish in and out of school. For all the challenges that students and teachers face, this book defines what it means, and what it takes, to teach in today’s classrooms.

Meet the Author Acknowledgements Introduction Foundation 1: Purpose A. Find Your Why B. Curriculum: Aligning Goals, Instruction, and Assessment C. Application: Curriculum Design and Projects Bibliography Foundation 2: Investment A. Relationships B. Ownership C. Application: Community Partnerships Bibliography Foundation 3: Relevance A. Culturally Responsive Teaching B. Trauma-Sensitive Instruction C. Application: Emotional Literacy Bibliography Foundation 4: Mental HealthMindfulness in Physical, Mental, and Social Well-Being Stress Resilience C. Application: Self-Care and Self-Compassion Bibliography Foundation 5: Resilience A. Types of Resilience B. Relentless Sparkle C. Application: Leading Positive Change D. Conclusion Bibliography Appendix A: Sample Curricular Units and Syllabus Appendix B: Learner Statements Appendix C: Recommended Books for Further Study

Linda Yaron Weston is the author of Mindfulness for Young Adults: Tools to Thrive in School and Life. A National Board Certified Teacher with twenty years of classroom experience teaching academic and well-being courses at the high school and college level, she lectures at the University of Southern California, where she developed their undergraduate mindfulness course. Across grade levels, she regularly leads professional development for educators on how to integrate mindfulness and well-being supports in the classroom.