🛡️ Student Mental Health Series *coming soon
Course overview
Lesson Overview

16.46 – How to Practice Emotional First Aid: Emotional first aid is caring for your mental wounds with the same urgency you’d treat a physical one. When disappointment, rejection, or failure hits, your mind bleeds too, and ignoring it only deepens pain. Start by acknowledging the hurt instead of minimizing it. Then apply comfort: positive self-talk, support from others, or rest. Identify the “wound type”—is it stress, sadness, or shame—and match it with the right treatment, like grounding or journaling. Practicing emotional first aid builds resilience because it turns pain into awareness and recovery into action. It teaches you that healing doesn’t always need to wait; you can start immediately. Over time, you become less afraid of emotional injuries because you know how to tend to them. Emotional first aid turns self-care from theory into practice, creating a foundation of self-trust and gentle strength.

About this course

Trauma-informed mental wellness lessons that help students manage emotions, build resilience, and stay safe in real-world situations—like bullying, grief, violence, and poverty. Built for schools, youth programs, and Medicaid-compliant services.

This course includes:
  • Step-by-step guidance for handling social pressure, conflict, and unsafe situations
  • Stories and messages that encourage students to speak up, stay safe, and take control of their future
  • Flexible learning options for classrooms, after-school programs, and independent use

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