Statistically, 1 in 5 people show signs of mental health disorders. Some examples of mental health disorders are depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorders. What surprised me about talk therapy was it can also make things work for someone with a mental health disorder. It can make things worse because children don't want to remember past memories of their disorders or talk about it. It can cause them to get more frustrated, anxious, or depressed. However, a teacher can use activities like art to reveal what the student wants to share, since art isn't in oral communication. This can help a teacher create that teacher student relationship and help the teacher understand what the student is going through with their disorder. A great way a teacher can help students like this is to have mirror books. Mirror Books are books on real life events that student go through, it is books that students can see themselves in. For example, a book can be on a boy who joins a gang becoming a bully, his father dies, and he wants to get out of the gang and re-shape his life. Mirror books can help students see a resolve or a way to get out of tough situations.
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