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Printable Materials and Handouts

Find printable handouts and fact sheets that can be used for health fairs, classes, and other food or nutrition-related events.

Cook up something new in your kitchen with these healthy, delicious recipes.

View four tips to help you save money when food shopping and help the environment.

View printable brochures and handouts with healthy eating tips based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 , including:

• Build a Healthy Eating Routine
• Cut Down on Added Sugars

Browse the MyPlate collection of printable tip sheets and resources. These materials are in the public domain.

Want your kids to learn how to build a healthy meal? Use these clever activity sheets to find ideas and tips!

View this fact sheet with nutrition tips for breastfeeding moms. 

View printable materials about food safety, including guides, activity books, and tip sheets.

View lessons, workshops, activities, and curricula for teachers. Topics include food, nutrition, physical activity, and food safety.

Use this checklist to track healthy eating and exercise habits throughout your day!

View tips for building healthy eating habits in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. This fact sheet is available in 13 languages.

Printable fact sheets for living with and managing diabetes.

FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition developed “Everyday Food Safety” resources to increase food safety awareness among young adults ages 18 – 29. Check out the materials available to use in your classroom, health expo, waiting room, or website.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated the Nutrition Facts label on packaged foods and beverages with a new design, making it easier to make informed choices towards healthy eating habits. 

This one-page handout highlights the key changes being made to the new Nutrition Facts Label.

Share these tips to reduce food waste, save money, and protect the environment.

Browse handouts and recipes for the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet. Topics include getting more potassium, staying on track, and meal tracking for different calorie levels.

Looking for materials about healthy aging for older adults? Download or order these free handouts and booklets on exercise, nutrition, and other health topics.

View science-based fact sheets and handouts for health fairs and community events. 

The Sisters Together program encourages Black women ages 18 and older to reach and maintain a healthy weight. Learn how to bring the program to your community.

Download, print,or order a free copy of this brochure on eating disorders. Also available in Spanish.

Access vitamin and mineral supplement fact sheets for the consumer or health professional. Available in PDF format, and in Spanish.

Find handouts that teach how to build a healthy eating routine, cut down on added sugars, cut down on sodium, and cut down on saturated fat.

Print and share these fact sheets and posters to help people learn key recommendations from the Physical Activity Guidelines. Find materials for adults, older adults, parents and kids, and during and after pregnancy.

Browse by health topic or resource type to find 1-page printable fact sheets written at the 6th- to 8th-grade reading level in English or Spanish.

Challenge yourself to eating fruits and vegetables in new ways by following along to this 30-day calendar.

What are healthy cooking methods, and what equipment do you need for each method? Read this handout to find out.

Use this 31-day calendar to challenge yourself to one choice for a healthy weight each day.

View a table of spices to learn about their flavors and uses.

Use this handout to measure your hunger level on a scale of 1 to 10.

Find handouts to help you manage your weight with healthy eating and physical activity. 

Use this handout to plan weekly meals and create a grocery list.

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FREE Medicine and Health Worksheets

Wouldn’t it be awful to get sick in a foreign country and not be able to communicate with the doctor or hospital staff learning english will not help your learners in every country but it will give them another skill that could come in very handy in this type of scenario. teachers have submitted 200 worksheets on this topic and more are added on a regular basis. this one-page medicine worksheet includes some common vocabulary learners can use at the doctor’s office as well as several useful practice exercises. the comprehensive teacher’s notes are included and make using this activity in your esl classroom simple. if the target structures in the textbook you are using are different from the ones included on this sheet, simply use this as inspiration for your own worksheet and then upload it for other busy teachers. medicine and health is a great esl topic that will come up several times. beginners will usually learn body parts very early on while intermediate students may talk about medicine and doctors when practicing giving advice. advanced learners could benefit from talking about the health care system in their country. this is also a very practical topic as students will be much better off if they can explain their symptoms when they get sick while traveling. completing a role play exercise will give them the practice they need to do this effectively. read more... ...less.

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A Sample of the Project School Wellness Curriculum

Teach students about the dimensions of wellness , fundamental health principles , the Wellness Wheel , healthy habits, and the health skills with these 11 free lesson plans. This free resource provides access to the first module of the middle and high school editions of the Project School Wellness Curriculum (a comprehensive, skills-based health education curriculum ).

The Middle School Preview

Students will understand the definition of health, how health connects to their life, and learn about the Wellness Wheel.

Students will learn about the dimensions of wellness and build a general understanding of each dimension of health.

Students will learn about the interconnected nature of health and identify how the status of one dimension of health affects another dimension.

Students will identify what characteristics would cause them to thrive and explore the difference between thriving and surviving. 

Students will understand what a healthy habit is and be able to identify healthy habits in their life.

As a more traditional assessment, give students a short-answer test. The questions will help determine if your students understood the functional knowledge and have adequately developed health skills. When students are complete, use the teaching guide and rubric to assess students’ understanding.

The High School Preview

Students will define what health is and analyze what it means to be healthy.

Students will review core health principles and summarize how the concept of health connects to their lives.  

Students will describe what their highest quality of life looks like within four core areas of life: self, others & community, your future, and play/fun.  

Students will design a visual representation of what their highest quality of life looks like within four core areas of life: self, others & community, your future, and play/fun.

Students will examine the health skills and discuss how practicing the health skills will enable them to take ownership of their health and live their best lives.  

Students will evaluate their well-being by utilizing a self-assessment tool.  

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There are many habits that you can have to be healthier and happier. This includes the things we eat and the daily hygiene habits we have. You may have heard the old saying "You are what you eat!", but not fully understood what it means. If you consume foods that are good for your body, your body will remain in good health and most likely improve. If you munch on foods that are bad for you regularly, this will have a negative influence on your body. You need to spend some time understanding what foods are good and bad for you. The best guide is to stay away from foods that are high in salt, sugar, and fat content. Foods that contain high levels of those substances are harmful for you and your growth.

What we eat does have a high impact on our health, but there are many other things that contribute to our overall wellbeing. Some of main habits to consider are regular exercise, reading, drinking water, staying social, and keeping a positive mindset. These all need to be part of your normal routine. Just because you went out for a jog or read a book a month ago, does not necessarily mean it is part of your routine. You should create a healthy routine that you enjoy for yourself. Maybe instead of jogging an hour every two weeks, walk for 10 minutes every day. Instead of reading a book a couple of times a year. Read for 5-10 minutes a day. Being consistent in all these areas is the key to maintaining a healthy lifestyle that will maximize your health. These worksheets will discuss many things that we should be aware of to maintain a safe and healthy environment for our bodies. We show you how to read food labels and make good decisions when decided what to eat. Students will learn about how diet affects our likelihood to fight off infections and lessen our chances of turning genetic diseases off. We will explore tooth care and healthy habits. Those habits including exercise and how regular physical activity can benefit our bodies.

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Reading Nutrition Labels

An average woman needs 2,000 calories a day to maintain a healthy weight. An average man needs 2,500 calories a day to maintain a healthy weight. Based on the number of calories in one serving of this product, would you consider this a healthy food? Why or why not?

Healthy Teeth

Look at each row of teeth. Put a check mark on the line next to the mouth with the healthy teeth. Put an X on the line next to the mouth with the unhealthy teeth.

Healthy Week Bingo Card

Think about the different ways you have made healthy decisions this week. Complete the bingo card.

Health Problems

What's wrong? Circle the correct answer.

Healthy or Not?

Would you consider each meal healthy or not? Explain your answer in the box.

General Health Facts

What is the difference between eating refined white sugar (added sugar) and eating a piece of fruit?

How to Brush Your Teeth

Read how to brush teeth properly. Pretend your pencil is a toothbrush and practice brushing the teeth.

Taking Care of Your Teeth

Cut and paste the pictures of healthy choices under the healthy mouth. Cut and paste the pictures of the unhealthy choices under the unhealthy mouth.

What Do You Know about Sugar?

The average American consumes 3 pounds (or 6 cups) of sugar in one week.

Can a Healthy Diet Reduce Cancer Risk?

When old cells, which normally die, grow uncontrollably and form new, abnormal cells instead, it is called cancer. Cancers can occur anywhere in the body.

QUESTIONS: Can a Healthy Diet Reduce Cancer Risk?

Can you improve your health my taking one or two supplements that contain individual, isolated phytonutrients?

Benefits of Exercise

Complete this crossword puzzle to answer the benefits of exercising regularly.

Healthy Foods

Circle the foods that are healthy.

Healthy Habits Weekly Checklist

Notch off when you do these things.

Healthy Habits Word Search

Find the health-related words in the puzzle.

Tiny creatures that can make our bodies sick are called germs. Germs are so tiny that you cannot see them without a microscope. There are different kinds of germs. bacteria can cause infections like ear infections, sore throats (tonsillitis or strep throat), cavities, and pneumonia.

Germs Questions

Name two ways you can help prevent the spread of germs. How do most germs spread?

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75+ Free Mental Health Worksheets & Handouts

75+ free mental health worksheets, handouts, and forms for mental health professionals or self-help.

(Updated 2/13/24) This is a list of nearly 100 mental health worksheets, handouts, forms, and more for substance use, mental health, and wellness.

Please repost and share with anyone who might benefit! New resources are added on a regular basis.

For more free downloads, click here for a list of PDF workbooks, manuals, and self-help guides.

For free mental health worksheets and resources from other sites, check out TherapistAid , GetSelfHelpUK , and Taking the Escalator .

Mental Health Worksheets & Handouts

Group ideas & topics.

A 3-page handout for group facilitators with strategies for managing resistance, disruptive behaviors, and a lack of engagement in group therapy.

A list of topics for substance use groups.

A 2-page handout for clinicians who facilitate group therapy with (adult) clients and their families. The questions were developed for an inpatient SUD setting.

A list of specific topics for substance use groups, such as refusal skills, the difference between a lapse and a relapse, and fun in recovery.

A list of group openers for substance use groups; can also be used in individual counseling sessions.

A list of questions for exploring the following topics: Conversation starters, mental health, addiction, personal development, values, family, relationships, and emotions. These questions can be used in a group setting, individually, or as journal prompts.

Group Activities

A worksheet with prompts for writing a short autobiography to be presented to the group.

Intended audience: Adults

A worksheet for clients to pass around to group members so each person can write a positive affirmation.

Intended audience : Adolescents, Teens, Adults

Good for newly formed groups. Each group member writes down their “first impression” of other group members. The facilitator then reads off the different categories and group members have the opportunity to share their answers.

Intended audience : Adults

An icebreaker activity, good for new groups. Give group members 15-20 minutes to collect signatures. The first person to collect all signatures wins.

Clinical Film Discussion Questions

• Ben Is Back -Discussion Questions
• Girl, Interrupted -Discussion Questions
• Pay It Forward -Discussion Questions
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower -Discussion Questions
• Rachel Getting Married -Discussion Questions
• When a Man Loves a Woman -Discussion Questions

A printable deck of cards with 128 coping skills for managing stress, anxiety, and other difficult emotions. Each card includes one simple coping skill.

Print/cut the cards, fold, and place in a container. Group members take turns drawing the cards and answering the questions.

A printable deck of cards with 40 positive quotes that can be used as affirmations.

A printable card deck with 27 affirmations for healing and empowerment.

These cards can be used in a SUD inpatient or outpatient setting to facilitate group discussions about recovery. Group members take turns drawing a card and answering questions. The facilitator can vary things up by letting group members pick someone else to answer their question once they’ve finished sharing. Alternatively, group members can take turns drawing cards, but all group members are encouraged to share their answers. This activity works best with a working group.

This is a revised version of the Recovery Question Cards.

Rumi Quote Cards

25 cards with Rumi quotes on love, suffering, and healing.

A card deck with 104 cards with thought-provoking questions intended to promote discussion. Topics include goals, values, emotions, relationships, spirituality, and more.

These cards can be used in a group or individual setting. The last page of the PDF includes additional values exercises for journaling, clinical supervision, couples, and groups. Tip: Print the cards on patterned scrapbook paper (blank on one side).

Mental Health Handouts

4 ways to stay calm before a stressful event.

A 1-page handout with simple “in-the-moment” calming strategies for anxiety-provoking events.

A simple 1-page handout that shows the 6 basic emotions.

A comprehensive list of 12-step and other support groups , such as AA, NA, SMART Recovery, Dual Recovery Anonymous, NAMI, etc.

A 1-page DBT-based handout with 25 examples of dialectics (i.e., two things that seem opposite and are at the same time both true).

These journal prompts can also be used in a group setting. The prompts include questions about values, potential, expectations, and more.

Instructions for Living from the Dalai Lama

A 1-page handout with 25 quotes from the Dalai Lama on topics such as kindness and happiness. Can be used in a group setting.

A 1-page handout that debunks five common grief myths and provides the truth about each one.

A 2-page handout with nine creative and soothing outlets for grief , such as music, dance, light therapy, and aromatherapy.

A 2-page handout with journal prompts for recovery, based on material from The Sober Survival Guide (created with the author’s permission).

Kindness To-Do List

A to-do list of kind deeds with blank spaces to write in your own ideas for spreading kindness.

A colorful 3-page handout with ideas for hobbies that fall under the following categories: Animals/nature, arts/crafts, collections, cooking/baking, entertainment, home improvement/DIY, outdoor/adventure, self-improvement, sports, travel, and misc.

A list with links to online grief support groups, forums, and communities.

A 1-page handout on PTG and how it may impact a person’s life, and the factors that contribute to PTG.

A 1-page handout with resources for suicide , including recommended books, apps, crisis lines, and suicide warning signs.

A 2-page handout that describes seven uncommon grief experiences, such as delayed or disenfranchised grief.

A list of 38 unique coping skills for managing difficult emotions.

A 2-page handout that lists values. Can be used as a standalone handout or with the values card deck .

A 2-page handout with two exercise routines, one designed for beginners and the other for more advanced exercisers.

Mental Health Worksheets

A 1-page worksheet for identifying things to be grateful for in different life areas.

A 1-page checklist with 30 ideas for spreading kindness.

A 1-page worksheet for exploring what makes someone a good friend.

Art Activity: H-T-P Test

In the House-Tree-Person Test, the picture of the house is supposed to represent how the individual feels about their family. The tree elicits feelings of strength or weakness. The person represents how the individual feels about themselves. (Source: How Projective Tests Are Used to Measure Personality – Simply Psychology )

Art Activity: Outer & Inner Masks

This art activity can be done in a group setting or individually. Clients design both outer – what the world sees – and inner – the hidden self – masks. The third page has questions for discussion. This activity can be used to target all sorts of issues from body image to values to character defects (in addiction) and more.

Art Activity: Self-Portraits

This worksheet can be used in groups or as a homework assignment. Encourage clients to be creative; instead of just drawing or coloring, they can use magazine cutouts, stickers, photos, etc. Suggested questions for discussion: How did you decide which identities to portray? Which portrait best represents your true self? Which portrait do others see the most? What, if anything, would you like to change about your portraits?

A 2-page worksheet for exploring the consequences of addiction.

Coping with Cravings

A 3-page worksheet with DBT-based skills for coping with cravings.

Coping with Jealousy

A worksheet for understanding jealousy, its impact, whether it’s pathological, and how to manage jealous feelings.

Couples Exercise: Affirmations

A 3-page worksheet for sharing self-affirmations and partner affirmations, including suggested questions for discussion.

Couples Exercise: Our Bucket List

A 3-page worksheet for couples to create a shared list of meaningful “bucket list” items to do together.

Couples Exercise: Our Bucket List (with dates)

A shared bucket list that includes spaces to write in when an item was added to the list and when it was completed.

A 1-page worksheet for affirmations, positive self-talk, and problem-solving strategies for daily challenges.

A basic mood tracker with emoji faces.

A blank schedule with hourly slots starting at 6:00 a.m. and ending at 10:00 p.m. Can be used as part of a relapse prevention, for depression management, or as a planner.

A 3-page worksheet for substance use recovery for planning leisure activities and enhancing wellness/spirituality.

A letter template for individuals entering long-term residential treatment for substance use, to be opened and read at treatment completion.

An 8-page goal-setting worksheet for health/wellness, relationships/social health, emotional wellness, intellectual wellness, education/career, financial health, spirituality, and leisure.

A 3-page worksheet for identifying and managing substance use relapse triggers.

A 1-page worksheet for identifying things that promote addiction and ways to get rid of or avoid these things.

A 3-page goal-setting worksheet for short-term and long-term goals.

A 12-step-based worksheet for identifying and exploring resentments.

A worksheet for creating poetry; print, laminate, and cut out the words.

A 1-page worksheet for examining past substance use relapses and strategies for avoiding future relapses.

A 5-page template for creating a substance use relapse prevention plan.

A 1-page worksheet for exploring ways to resist urges to use in early recovery.

A 1-page checklist with quick tips, self-soothing, and indulgent ideas for self-care.

A 3-page worksheet for developing a colorful self-care “map” to explore patterns and identify new practices.

A 3-page template for creating a self-care “menu.”

A 2-page writing assignment for self-discovery and awareness.

A 2-page worksheet for developing self-esteem.

A 1-page worksheet for exploring motivation for substance use recovery.

A fun worksheet for creating a bucket list of things that are only possible in sobriety.

Stress Management Worksheet

This 6-page worksheet helps with identifying and exploring stressors. From there, the worksheet can be used to build a stress management plan.

7 pages of feelings words.

A 6-page worksheet for describing problem areas, identifying goals, and exploring what has (and has not) been helpful in the past. This worksheet can be used to develop a collaborative treatment plan.

A 2-page worksheet for identifying and exploring wants and needs.

A simple form for tracking daily meals and snacks for one week.

A 2-page worksheet for identifying things that are controllable versus things that can’t be controlled.

A 3-page narrative therapy worksheet for exploring a past substance use relapse.

Laminate and use with fine-tip dry erase markers.

Workbooks & Bonus Materials

100-page printable workbook for working through grief and loss.

A companion workbook meant to be used with the book Staying Sober Without God (created with the author’s permission).

Daily Self-Inventory for Mental Health Professionals

A 10th step-based inventory for self-reflection for counselors and other mental health workers.

Free Coloring Pages for Adults

Links to 15 websites with free printable coloring sheets for adults.

Miscellaneous Printables

A list of 20 openers for individual therapy sessions.

A 2-page form for case conceptualization with sections for demographics, key findings, background info, case formulation, interventions/plans, and requested feedback or suggestions.

A list of interventions (action words) for clinical documentation.

A template for tracking attendance, cases discussed, and any other group topics.

A foldable coloring book with eight different designs.

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It is great to see that someone else wants to promote better care for clients and therapists alike using comprehensive resources (that are free!). Thank you!!!

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I can’t tell you how fortunate I am to have stumbled onto this. I am a Behavioral Health PSS in a drug and alcohol treatment facility and am looking forward to sharing some of these materials with our clients. I love the group activities and discussion prompts and will be using some in my next group. Fantastic resource! There is something for everyone here! Thank you so much for this. Be well 🙂

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37 Free Printable Mindfulness Worksheets & Exercises

In recent years, mindfulness has received increasing interest from the psychological and scientific community and now forms an essential element of several therapeutic approaches, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT; Giraldi, 2019).

Mindfulness frees the client from the “pattern of adding suffering to existing difficulty and pain” and has successfully treated various groups, from children to military veterans (Crane, 2009, p. 3).

In this article, we share over 30 mindfulness exercises and worksheets for use with adults, children, and youths, in educational, health, and workplace settings.

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Mindfulness is a powerful tool for treating clients with anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues in therapy. “It refers to the ability to focus one’s awareness on the present moment without judging the sensations, thoughts, feelings, or other characteristics of the experience” (Baker et al., 2019, p. 2).

“Research on the neurobiology of mindfulness in adults suggests that sustained mindfulness practice can enhance attentional and emotional self-regulation and promote flexibility” (Meiklejohn et al., 2012, p. 291).

The following worksheets are helpful for working with adults. If used with younger clients, take care to ensure the language is pitched appropriately and reworded as required.

• Nature Play Nature Play is a mindful walk where time spent in nature is valuable for heightening awareness and promoting mindfulness. These six simple steps encourage the individual to become more present and grounded by immersing the senses outdoors.
• FLARE for Anxiety and Fear Working through the steps identified by the FLARE acronym encourages mindful acceptance of negative emotions (such as anxiety) rather than resistance, along with self-compassion.
• Funeral Meditation Despite the daunting name, this meditation encourages individuals to embrace new challenges as opportunities rather than let life events hold them back.
• Emotional Mental Models Mindful visualization can be performed across multiple situations and scenarios to improve emotional awareness and offer deeply personal insights. Reflect on what you would do with one year left to live or if you had enough money to do anything with your life.
• Square Breathing Mindful breathing exercises activate the parasympathetic nervous system, invoking calm and relaxation. In this exercise , the adult practices inhaling, holding, and exhaling, each to a count of four, to encourage presence and grounding (Nestor, 2020).

Mindfulness training has proven valuable for classroom teachers, increasing their sense of wellbeing and teaching self-efficacy (Meiklejohn et al., 2012). Training schoolchildren in mindfulness has shown significant cognitive, social, and psychological benefits.

It positively affects their:

• Working memory
• Academic skills
• Social skills
• Emotional regulation
• Self-esteem
• Mood, including lowered levels of anxiety, stress, and fatigue

The following worksheets can be tailored according to the age and skills of the child or for group settings:

• Dragon Fire Breathing This worksheet helps children connect how they breathe with how they feel inside. It introduces a simple breathing exercise to enter a mindful state and diffuse physical tension within the body.
• Feelings Wheel We can all have trouble becoming aware and identifying how we feel; this is particularly the case for children. The Feelings Wheel  helps them attend to their feelings and describe them in words or drawings.
• Fun Mindful Eating This mindful eating exercise encourages children to slow down and enjoy their food more. They practice attending closely to how their food smells, tastes, and feels and what they hear and see.
• Meditation Grounding Scripts for Children Grounding is a valuable skill that children can learn quickly. It can prepare them for stressful times. We include two scripts : one for older children and the other for younger children.
• Mindful Listening Challenge We typically fail to notice the many sounds surrounding us. In this challenge , the child practices slowing down, paying closer attention, heightening their awareness, and becoming a more mindful listener.
• Teaching Others About Mindfulness This fascinating exercise uses the power of teaching to help the child learn and practice mindfulness before sharing with others to form a deeper understanding.
• Gratitude Gifts This drawing task encourages the positive emotion of gratitude to foster a more mindful outlook on the child’s environment, including the people, toys, and pets in their lives.

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As with children and adults, mindfulness is a powerful intervention for youths in groups and as individuals.

Success has been seen across various settings and associated with many different events, including when facing acute or chronic adjustment struggles, such as ill health or educational challenges (Jones et al., 2013).

We have collected some of our favorite activities for practicing mindfulness in youths:

• Countdown to Calmness Use this activity with young people experiencing emotions that leave them feeling out of control. They learn to count down from five to one acknowledging and mindfully embracing each of the senses.
• Connect the DOTS Unwanted thoughts and emotions can damage and upset young people. This exercise introduces four types of strategies for dealing with unhelpful thoughts and painful feelings.
• Creating a Mindfulness Anxiety Plan Youths are more likely to manage challenging emotions when they have a plan in place to deal with them. This exercise involves creating a mindfulness plan to anticipate and manage their anxiety triggers.
• Interacting With Your Emotions Becoming more familiar with emotions can make them less of a struggle when they surface. The clients are given a series of sentences to contemplate, encouraging them to think about the emotions that might arise from the various situations presented.
• Mini Mindfulness Bingo This exercise is a fun way to introduce mindfulness practices in a playful setting, especially in a group environment.
• Right Here, Right Now This activity would equally work with younger children. The young person takes a few moments to relax and then observes what they can see, hear, feel, smell, and taste.
• 3-Step Mindfulness Worksheet This is a valuable exercise for a more informal mindfulness practice involving three steps: stepping out of autopilot, becoming aware of each breath, and expanding awareness outward.

DBT is a modified form of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, encompassing elements of mindfulness and focusing on developing the skills required to manage highly emotional situations and events (Leonard, 2020).

Mindfulness is valuable for entering a calm space to identify, consider, and understand situations and emotions that clients struggle to accept. It helps individuals acknowledge that they cannot control every aspect of their experience and instead can choose to respond mindfully instead of reacting emotionally (Goodman et al., 2014).

DBT mindfulness training skills have proven valuable in reducing sadness, anger, and anxiety (among other mental health issues) in face-to-face and digital settings (Navarro-Haro et al., 2017).

The following worksheets either directly confront issues of negative thinking or help create a state of acceptance and readiness to reflect on them with less emotion.

• Observing Anxiety Mindfully Guiding the client through this script can help them handle their anxiety and self-judgment more compassionately, seeing negative emotions as less impactful and more manageable.
• Negative Thoughts Checklist We all experience negative thoughts. It’s natural, albeit unsettling. Use this checklist to identify those most frequently experienced by the client and begin to recognize and understand their patterns of thinking.
• Linking Feelings and Situations We often find it challenging to uncover the relationships between our thoughts and feelings. This activity is used to identify past situations and uncover emotions that are associated with them.

While the therapist can apply the following exercises to individuals, they are particularly valuable in group sessions:

• Silent Connections Mindfulness of our thoughts allows us to perceive them as they are: ongoing mental processes rather than facts. The group is tasked with building stronger connections and positive relationships through mindful nonverbal cues.
• Squeeze and Release This group activity involves the mindful experiencing and releasing of stress in a positive form, helping groups discover its energizing effect and potential for improving coping.
• Breath Awareness This simple exercise  can be performed individually but is extremely powerful in a group setting, where everyone is engaged and experiencing deep feelings of connection.

Mindfulness techniques offer positive and far-reaching benefits for both physical and psychological health, including immune function, stress reduction , better sleep, and our sense of self-compassion (Shapiro, 2020).

For depression

Depression can be accompanied by feelings of anxiety. Both can benefit from cognitive and behavioral treatments, particularly when advanced by the application of mindfulness (Hofmann & Gómez, 2017).

As a result, mindfulness-based treatment protocols have been integrated into DBT and ACT for clients with depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues (Hofmann & Gómez, 2017).

The following examples are valuable for working with clients presenting with depression or anxiety:

• Who Am I Beyond My Anxiety? Defining ourselves by how we feel can lead to a deeply negative self-view that can exacerbate symptoms of depression. Use this mindful reflection exercise to redefine how clients see themselves.
• Three Steps to Deep Breathing Breathing exercises are helpful for managing negative emotions and remaining more present. Share this activity with the client to help them practice abdominal, thoracic, and clavicular breathing.

For addiction

Complementary therapies such as breathing and mindfulness practices are increasingly used with those experiencing addiction. Their success may be due to targeting “multiple psychological, neural, physiological, and behavioral processes implicated in addiction and relapse” (Khanna & Greeson, 2013, p. 244).

Consider using the following to manage unhelpful or negative thoughts and emotions and foster a greater perception of control:

• Triangle Breathing This breathing exercise helps us regain a sense of calm and control over our body and mind and encourages increased feelings of wellness.
• Yogic Breathing Practiced for thousands of years, yogic breathing is a powerful technique for improving focus and choosing where our attention sits.
• Thoughts and Feelings: Struggle or Acceptance? Life can sometimes feel like a struggle. It’s helpful to identify what lies beyond our control and commit to life-enhancing actions rather than damaging ones.
• Being Present When we feel present and strongly linked to this moment, we are more aware of how we feel and what is happening around us. It means we are less likely to be tempted by unhelpful or unhealthy actions or thoughts.

For workshops

Mindfulness-based workshops have proven successful in treating a wide variety of conditions, from eating disorders (Godfrey et al., 2014) to schizophrenia (Langer et al., 2017).

The following two examples are ideal for sharing and practicing in the context of a workshop:

• The Raisin Meditation This eating exercise can be shared with a group to enter a mindful experience. Each person is given a raisin to hold and experience through touch, sight, smell, and taste.
• The Five Senses Worksheet Perform this exercise in a group setting to encourage individual and shared mindfulness experiences. The group is asked to notice five things they can see, four things they can feel, three things they can hear, two things they can smell, and one thing they can taste.

Research confirms the value of mindfulness in the workplace . A 2018 study exploring the impact of mindfulness interventions in insurance and pharmaceutical firms found marked improvements in morale, empathy, and more successful teams (Karlin, 2018).

• Workplace Mindfulness Our working environment need not be a place of constant stress; it can be somewhere we can practice and experience mindfulness. In this exercise , the employee considers three elements of mindfulness in relation to their workday.
• STOP the Panic The STOP acronym is a helpful reminder of four steps to manage feelings and thoughts when panicking at work or elsewhere.
• Focus on the Little Things Ikigai is a valuable tool for creating a sense of flow and focusing on the little things at work , increasing our experience of being grounded and mindful.
• Alternate Nostril Breathing Practicing breathing techniques can positively affect our physical and mental health and quickly restore a sense of control.

One of our most valuable resources is the Mindfulness X© course , which will help you further develop and master your mindfulness skills.

If you want to empower your clients and enhance your therapy practice, try Mindfulness X, which offers a comprehensive eight-week training template to transform your approach to mental health and wellbeing.

You will gain access to a tried-and-tested program that can be seamlessly integrated into your existing practice.

Mindfulness X© includes:

• An instruction manual for you as a practitioner
• A PDF workbook for your participants
• 8 Pillars of mindfulness video course
• 8 Slide deck presentations
• Transcripts of all the presentations
• Expert guided meditations in MP3
• A complete train-the-trainer course
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Developed by experts in positive psychology, this course has been thoughtfully designed to provide a solid foundation in mindfulness techniques and practices.

If you’re not quite ready to sign up for the course, but you are looking for more science-based ways to help others enjoy the benefits of mindfulness, check out this collection of 17 validated mindfulness tools for practitioners . Use them to help others reduce stress and create positive shifts in their mental, physical, and emotional health.

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Mindfulness has been shown to address various mental health concerns effectively while enhancing attention, emotional self-regulation, and adaptability.

Once limited to contemplative traditions, mindfulness now plays a central role in many therapeutic approaches, including DBT and ACT.

Research shows that such practices contribute to physical and psychological wellbeing, bolstering immune function, aiding stress management, promoting better sleep, and nurturing self-compassion.

As a result, mindfulness has become an invaluable tool for fostering mental wellness and treating mental health issues across different settings and age groups, including anxiety, depression, and addiction for adults, children, and youths in educational, healthcare, and workplace environments.

Many of you are already using mindfulness practices with your clients. We invite you to explore some of our many additional resources you may not have encountered before.

For therapists new to these techniques, take a moment to review the article and free worksheets and consider trying those that resonate with you, your practice, and your clients.

We hope you enjoyed reading this article. Don’t forget to download our three Mindfulness Exercises for free .

Ed: Updated April 2023

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This article is focused on Health Education – Independent living . They are geared toward 11 th and 12 th graders. As students reach late high school, it is important that they begin to learn how to live more independently.

After high school many students go to college, join the military, or move out from their family home. All of these things require a level of independence.

As adults, we sometimes think that independent living skills are inherent. In actuality, a lot of these skills need to be explicitly taught.

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Worksheet #1 – preventing health issues.

NHES Standard – 1.12.1

As an independent adult it is important to understand how your actions affect your health. This worksheet focuses on healthy behaviors that can prevent illness and disease. Students will circle healthy habits from a list and then brainstorm some was that they can be healthy at school and home. It also has them think of how they can encourage their family and friends to be healthy. This is a very important skill for these students to have especially if they have grown up in a house where healthy habits are not encouraged.

Worksheet #2 – Peer Influence

NHES Standard – 2.12.3

A part of becoming an independent adult is being able avoid being negatively influenced by peers. This worksheet ask students to evaluate how they would respond in situations where peer pressure was present. The activity help students to think critically about their responses in uncomfortable situations and will help them when they are faced with peer pressure.

Worksheet #3 – Determining Need for Healthcare

NHES Standard – 3.12.4

As a child, parents often decide for children when they need to go to the doctor. A factor of independent living is evaluating a medical situation and understanding if it is necessary to go to the doctor or determining if it can just be taken care of at home. This worksheet has students look at situations and decide if professional medical care is necessary. It also has students create examples of a time when someone should see a doctor, dentist, and eye doctor. The worksheet also includes an extension activity where the student researches their own doctors and writes down the phone numbers so they know how to reach them. As an 11 th and 12 th grader, students can begin to start being responsible for scheduling their own appointments.

Worksheet #4 – Communicating Effectively

NHES Standard – 4.12.1

Becoming an independent adult means understanding how to communicate with others effectively. This is a necessary skill to have in high school, college, and in future careers. Email is one of the main forms of communication in the present era. This worksheet teaches students about the different parts of an email and then has them practice writing a sample email to a teacher.

Worksheet #5 – Assessing Personal Health

NHES Standard – 6.12.1

Part of living independently is managing a healthy diet. It is easy to eat junk food all day, but it takes a lot of learning to be able to plan out meals in a healthy way. This worksheet has students think about their day and then plan out healthy options for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. A research element can be added to this project by having students search for the nutritional information of the foods they are choosing.

Worksheet #6 – How Environment Affects Health

NHES Standard – 1.12.3

As a teen, it can be difficult to understand how the surrounding environment can affect health. Students need to learn how to put themselves in healthy situations and remove themselves from situations that are dangerous for their health. This worksheet gives students different scenarios where the environment is unhealthy. They must figure out what they would do to get out of the harmful situation and into one that is healthier.

Worksheet #7 – Healthy Behaviors Dice Roll

NHES Standard – 7.12.2

Learning is always more fun when it is a game! This activity is the healthy behaviors dice game. Students will roll the dice and based on the number they get, they will have certain conversation with their partner about healthy behaviors. Having these discussions with a peer will help students further develop their independent living skills by getting new ideas from friends.

Worksheet #8 – Independent Living Message

NHES Standard – 8.12.2

This worksheet hits a higher level of Blooms Taxonomy because the students are creating a poster that promotes how to live as a healthy, independent adult. Students will take what they have learned so far and make it into a concise message to put on a poster. This is a great project for students that helps them gather their thoughts and encourage others.

Worksheet #9 – Creating Healthy Goals

NHES Standard – 6.12.3

Goal setting is such an important skill for students to learn. This is a skill that will help them for the rest of their life especially as they transition into the phase of independent living. This activity has students choose health goal for the week such as exercising 30 minutes every day. Then they fill out a chart monitoring their progress each day. At the end of the week there is a reflection piece where the student looks back on their week and how they did with their goal. Reflection is another important, higher level thinking skill that all students should learn.

Worksheet #10 – Resolving Conflicts

NHES Standard – 4.12.3

Resolving conflicts as an independent adult is extremely important. No longer can you depend on your parents or a guidance counselor to help you through your issues. This worksheet has students evaluate various situations where a conflict arises. Students have to write about how they would manage and resolve the conflict in a respectful manner. This activity will help students have an idea of what to do the next time they are in a conflict.

This worksheet series will help 11 th and 12 th graders learn the skills necessary for independent living. As they head off to college or the workforce, it is important that they have the background knowledge to be able to successfully take care of themselves in a healthy way. The NHES standards help educators stick to a curriculum that is created by the CDC to promote healthy living. As students work through these activities they will start to gain the skills and confidence to become happy, healthy, independent adults.

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Health Education

School-based health education helps adolescents acquire functional health knowledge, strengthen attitudes and beliefs, and practice skills needed to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors throughout their lives.

Schools can play a critical role in reducing adolescent health risks through the delivery of effective health education. 1-3

The specific content and skills addressed in health education, including sexual health and other related topic areas (e.g., violence prevention, mental and emotional health, food and nutrition), are commonly organized into a course of study or program and often summarized in a curriculum framework.

Health education curriculum should include:

A set of intended learning outcomes or objectives that directly relate to students’ acquisition of health-related knowledge, attitudes, and skills.

A planned progression of developmentally appropriate lessons or learning experiences that lead to achieving health objectives.

Continuity between lessons or learning experiences that clearly reinforce the adoption and maintenance of specific health-enhancing behaviors.

Content or materials that correspond with the sequence of learning events and help teachers and students meet the learning objectives.

Assessment strategies to determine if students have achieved the desired learning.

Health education is effective at addressing adolescent behaviors

Youth behaviors and experiences set the stage for adult health. 1-3  In particular, health behaviors and experiences related to early sexual initiation, violence, and substance use are consistently linked to poor grades and test scores and lower educational attainment. 4-7  In turn, providing health education as early as possible can help youth to develop positive well-being, academic success, and healthy outcomes into adulthood.

Health education tends to be more effective when it is taught by qualified teachers, connects students to health services, engages parents and community partners, and fosters positive relationships between adolescents and adults who are important to them.

Research suggests that well-designed and well-implemented school health programs can influence multiple health outcomes, including reducing sexual risk behaviors related to HIV, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and unintended pregnancy, decreasing substance and tobacco use, and improving academic performance. 8-10

Schools can promote safe and supportive environments by improving students’ connections to schools and increasing the support they receive from parents.

See CDC’s  Characteristics of an Effective Health Education Curriculum  to learn more about research on effective curricula in school health education.

Standards for Health Education

Health education standards are designed to establish, promote, and support health-enhancing behaviors for students in all grade levels. 11 These learning standards have been updated or are currently being revised by multiple professional organizations in school health. Versions of these standards are available here  and here .

Sexual health is a critical component of health education

School-based sexual health education provides youth with the knowledge and skills they need to protect their health and become successful learners. Increasing the number of schools that provide health education on key health risks facing youth, including HIV, STDs and unintended pregnancy, is a critical health objective for improving our nation’s health. 12

National Sex Education Standards

The National Sex Education Standards outline foundational knowledge and skills students need to navigate sexual development and grow into sexually healthy adults. The standards are designed to help schools focus on what is most essential for students to learn by the end of a grade level or grade span and can be used to create lessons and curricula with aligned learning objectives. 13

Learn more about CDC's program guidance for school-based HIV/STD prevention.

Access CDC resources to support health education teaching and learning.

Develop, revise, and evaluate health education curriclua using CDC's Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT).

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Take the Moment

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This year, NAMI is celebrating Mental Health Awareness Month with the Take the Moment campaign. We encourage you to join us in fostering open dialogues, cultivating empathy and understanding. We also urge you to share our resources to support individuals and families on their journey towards mental wellness. Through "Take the Moment," we shine a spotlight on NAMI's array of signature programs including: NAMI Basics , NAMI Family-to-Family , NAMI Family & Friends , NAMI Homefront , NAMI In Our Own Voice , NAMI Peer-to-Peer , NAMI Support Groups and our invaluable NAMI HelpLine , which is a free, nationwide peer-support service providing information, resource referrals and support to people living with a mental health condition, their family members and caregivers, mental health providers and the public.

This campaign also champions the importance of destigmatizing mental health by normalizing the practice of taking moments to prioritize mental health care without guilt or shame.

We at NAMI National have created this in order to support NAMI State Organizations, NAMI Aliates, partners and ambassadors in efforts to promote Mental Health Awareness Month.

Join us, take the moment and let's make a difference together. Download our toolkit for more insights on this campaign, downloadable graphics, and more!

Throughout May, we invite you to share with us on social media why or how you are taking moments to prioritize your mental health. Please use the hashtag #TakeAMentalHealthMoment in your posts.

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Take the Moment: Join NAMI's Mental Health Awareness Month campaign as we spotlight our signature programs! Let's break the stigma together! nami.org/mham #TakeAMentalHealthMoment #MentalHealthMonth

Our mental health journey starts with a single moment. Take it! NAMI's 2024 campaign is here to empower you with resources like NAMI Family-to-Family. Let's prioritize mental well-being together. nami.org/mham #TakeAMentalHealthMoment #MentalHealthMonth

Seeking mental health support? Look no further than NAMI's comprehensive suite of programs! Join us in making a difference today! nami.org/mham #TakeAMentalHealthMoment #MentalHealthMonth

Join us and NAMI this month in normalizing the practice of taking moments to prioritize mental health care without guilt or shame. Programs. nami.org/mham #TakeAMentalHealthMoment #MentalHealthMonth

Share some of our graphics below ( access our full set of graphics here ). Don’t forget to tag us at @NAMICommunicate on Instagram and Twitter and @NAMI on TikTok and Facebook and use our hashtag #TakeAMentalHealthMoment #MentalHealthMonth!

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The NAMI Teen & Young Adult (T&YA) HelpLine offers a direct connection with another young person who shares similar experiences and is prepared to offer information, resources, and support to help you move through difficult times to a better place.

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