Kya's Health Annotation's by Kya London

Topics In the Podcast

kl982533 — 2024-04-30 02:27:49 UTC

Mental and Emotional Health

Physical Activity

Healthy Eating

Trauma

Preventing Alcohol/Drug Use

Death/Greif/Loss

Intentional Injury and Violence

Personal Health and Wellness

Effects of COVID-19 and the Rise of Physical and Verbal Abuse

kl982533 — 2024-04-30 02:59:44 UTC

This article goes over how the student’s mental health has worsened over the years, the rise in physical and verbal abuse in households may be to blame this is posted by APA.org. Since COVID there have been tons of kids experiencing and witnessing trauma through parents passing away or losing employment. There was also a rise in students experiencing verbal and physical abuse in the home. The need for students to receive mental health instruction and care is higher than ever before. Students in elementary are not exempt to experience these traumas and mental health crisis. Students need to have conversations in school about what to do in the scenario of having a panic attacks or a depressive episode. This article covers the importance of teachers acknowledging this crisis and being prepared to cover the topics at an age-appropriate level. Teachers can learn about the crisis occurring in general education classrooms and learn how to prepare themselves to teach students about their mental health.

Abrams, Z. (2023, January 1). Kids’ mental health is in crisis. Here’s what psychologists are doing to help. American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/monitor/2023/01/trends-improving-youth-mental-health

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Students in Pre-K-4 and Physical Activity

kl982533 — 2024-04-30 03:19:13 UTC

This article goes over how students need physical activity throughout the day and goes over the guidelines they have. This CDC article goes over the importance of student getting physical activity during the day. Specifically, students need 3 types of physical activity that the article lists. The first one is aerobic activities, following is muscling-strengthening, then finally is bone-strengthening. The students typically get 60 minutes of aerobic activity daily. The others should happen 3 days a week at a minimum. This important for teachers to realize so that way they can incorporate it into their lessons. During health students need to learn when and how to do physical activity, it needs to be encouraged in and out of school.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2020, October 7). How Much Physical Activity Do Children need? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/basics/children/index.htm

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Nutrition for Students

kl982533 — 2024-04-30 03:53:56 UTC

This article is made for students to understand their nutritional needs posted by Myplate, a government nutrition guide for all ages. Students can use multiple different games and educational materials to learn about their own nutrition. Some of the games in the article ask students to build their own plate, including the food groups and examples in each. In the article, there are so many resources for teachers as well. The source asks for the students to complete a pledge for maintaining a "healthy plate". Overall, this source can provide a lot of resources towards students' nutritional health. It's important for teachers to have access to all of these resources and curriculum. It can truly help students further their educational needs, as they grow. For teachers this source can allow for opportunities of learning that they may not have originally thought of.

U.S. Department of Agriculture. (2023). Kids | MyPlate. Www.myplate.gov. https://www.myplate.gov/life-stages/kids

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How Trauma Impacts School Performance?

kl982533 — 2024-04-30 04:13:43 UTC

This article explains to teachers any and all of the symptoms the students may be experiencing when they have gone through a traumatic event this was published by the National MHA. This website explains to teachers and adults what a trauma reaction is. The article discusses how males and females react to trauma differently and what teachers should look for in students. An example from the article is that males tend to show outward acts and can be more disruptive in the classroom. But females tend to turn inwards and react quietly. These are both important to adults in the students lives to look out for. Overall, this article is relating to K-4 students by explaining symptoms and behaviors that may be warning signs for a child going through a traumatic event.

How Trauma Impacts School Performance. (n.d.). Mental Health America. https://www.mhanational.org/how-trauma-impacts-school-performance

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Teaching Elementary Students About Drug and Alcohol Prevention.

kl982533 — 2024-04-30 04:45:58 UTC

This article talks about 6 different ways to discuss substance abuse prevention with elementary school students created by positive action. The students will benefit from this instruction, it gives a look into all of the negative of doing any alcohol or drugs in their lives. It talks about the statistics behind early prevention efforts in students' lives. The steps in the article include defining, equipping, introducing positive role models, discussing, promoting self-esteem, and discussing the role of social media. In an elementary classroom, talking about this in the early years can bring down the crime rate later on in the students lives. This article is important for the teachers in K-4 because it lists out so many different ways for the teacher to instruct this health education. Preventing students from using drugs or drinking alcohol is super important in health class, in K-4 the students most likely won't know what they are and its better to prepare them early.

Building Resilience: 6 Ways to Teach Kids Substance Abuse Prevention. (n.d.). Www.positiveaction.net. https://www.positiveaction.net/blog/teach-substance-abuse-prevention-to-elementary-students

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Supporting Grieving Students

kl982533 — 2024-04-30 05:17:14 UTC

This entire website gives resources and support to teachers when helping grieving students on the AFSA site. This resource talks about students needing different supports in understanding loss and how it's a natural thing in life. It allows for the teachers to find age-appropriate ways to explain events like funerals and unexpected deaths. On the site there is a section dedicated to the impact on the student's education while grieving. The students need grief education and this site supplies a lot of resources and even some curriculum on the topic. Students need to be able to be properly taught this information because its natural and every student will deal with it eventually if they haven't already.

Home Page. (n.d.). Coalition to Support Grieving Students. https://grievingstudents.org/

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Student's Mental Health Crisis

kl982533 — 2024-04-30 13:42:24 UTC

This article goes over the need for intervention with students in the rising mental health crisis posted by Standtogether.org. When reading the article, it covers the fact that students' doctors amended their program to start screening students 8 and up for anxiety. This is due to it becoming more common at a younger age, catching it early is relevant to students being taught coping skills for it. The article also states that due to the loss of childhood independence in recent year, it could be the cause of rising mental disorders in students. When reading the article, it gives key changes in society from the 1950's to now and explains how it may be impacting students. The website encourages parents to take a step back and allow for students to develop and gain independence in order to help their development. This source assists teachers and parents in K-4 because they are able to implement these practices early to help decrease the number of mental disorders. K-4 students are not helpless, this article goes over why we need to stop treating them as such.

Stand Together. (n.d.). Stand Together. https://standtogether.org/

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Germ Lesson for Students

kl982533 — 2024-04-30 14:16:33 UTC

This website has an entire lesson available for Pre-K students on germs and how they can affect personal health and wellness from Lysol. This source writes out different activities and the type of standards that pre-k students will learn about and be able to keep up with. This health lesson could always be adapted for older age groups as well. The article also includes a handwashing poster that helps students understand the importance of how germs spread. Starting out with the students when they are young helps germs stop spreading while they are young. In this article they specifically have a germ detectives' section as an activity and the students are able to go around the class and identify places where germs may be more popular and how they can get rid of them. Overall, this source is appropriate for K-4 students because in the younger grades, sickness goes around really fast because they are not knowledgeable about germs. The teachers will benefit from students knowing this content and can get students involved in light classroom cleaning to keep everyone safe and healthy.

Pre-K Lesson Plan: Germ Detectives. (n.d.). Www.lysol.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024, from https://www.lysol.com/clean-and-protect/protect-against-germs/prevent-germs-from-spreading/teach-kids-about-germs-lesson-plan#:~:text=STUDENTS%20WILL%3A%201%20Understand%20that%20germs%20live%20on

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