Special Education Teacher’s “Mental Health Check in” for Students Inspires Other Educators
April 5, 2019
By: Caitlin O’Kane
Source: CBS News
A special education teacher from Fremont, California, made a “mental health checklist” for her students. Now, teachers around the world are doing the same.
Erin Castillo posted a photo of her mental health poster on Instagram and it went viral. She made a version of it available to download for free, and teachers around the world are posting photos of the chart in their classrooms.
The mental heath checklist asks kids if they are “great,” “okay,” “meh,” “struggling,” “having a hard time” or “in a really dark place.” Students are encouraged to write their names on the back of a post-it and stick it on the poster under the section describing how they’re feeling.