Grade 10 Curriculum
Managing Anxiety & Building Empathy
Understanding and Managing Anxiety
A Bring It On Approach
🎯 CASEL Focus Areas
Self-ManagementResponsible Decision-Making
✝️ Catholic Social Teaching Lens
Option for the Vulnerable
Key Learning Points
- ▸Provides psychoeducation on anxiety, distinguishing it from fear and stress
- ▸Students identify the physical sensations of anxiety
- ▸Learn about the anxiety cycle and safety behaviors
- ▸Practice 'Palm Tree Coping' skills to respond to triggers without avoidance
Course Materials
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Verbal Villains & Empathy
Recognizing communication patterns that block empathy and practicing the '1, 2, 3's of Empathy'
🎯 CASEL Focus Areas
Social AwarenessRelationship Skills
✝️ Catholic Social Teaching Lens
Call to Community
Key Learning Points
- ▸Equips students to recognize and replace communication patterns that block empathy ('Verbal Villains')
- ▸Introduction to the '1, 2, 3's of Empathy'—Mirroring, Validation, and Empathy
- ▸Practice fostering deeper connection and understanding
- ▸Building empathetic communication skills