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Journaling: Mindfulness for Better Mental Health

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Author:

Elisia Doonan, Adults with disAbilities, OTAN

Additional Websites:

La Maidra Project/Journaling

Tech Product/Equipment:

Computer and projector, Computer

Activity Description

This lesson plan will provide the basic steps to journaling for your learners.

Preparation

Check the website to ensure it is not blocked at your site.
The website provided in #1, has a great 24 min video, for learners and instructors.
Read through the lesson plan.
You may want to provide a folder, notebook, pens and/or pensils for your learners.
Print and make copies of any handouts, if you find additional ones for your use. I will provide a prompting handout.

How-To

-Instructor will decide when to present a time for journaling fits best for your class.

-Options for journaling:

-beginning of class

-a certain time/day of the week

-every time you meet

-end of the class, last 20 minutes

Teacher Tips

You may want to offer different ways of journaling to learners, as listed above. Many learners dislike journaling for the writing aspect.

More Ways

Journaling may also include:

-drawing

-gluing,pasting, taping pictures to a page in a notebook

-doodling

-or making an auditory recording of your thoughts

Program Areas

AwD: Adults with Disabilities

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Warm-up

Engagement

Instructor may ask learners ,"what does journaling mean to you."

Introduction

Engagement

Instructor may write on a whiteboard, Journaling: Pros-Cons

Learners can openly discuss their thoughts on journaling and enter onto whiteboard.

Presentation

Engagement Enhancement

https://youtu.be/dB1d1sjIiU4?si=rsM3v0hythUZFj2c Journaling - 5 Ideas to Start ( just under 7 minutes)

Here is a great video on ideas for journaling. This is very informational with great prompts.

This video is given with permission from www.jetpens.com

Practice

Engagement Enhancement Extension

Instructor will provide notebook,paper, magazines, pens, pencils, glue, paste and/or tape for journaling.

1. First step would be to decorate their journal, inside and or outside with their name or art work to identify that it's theirs.

2. Instructor will designate a spot for the journals to stay.

3. When writing in a journal, grammer, spelling and/ writing ability does not matter.

4. If learner would like to share what they wrote, that is their option. This journal is for the learner, not you.

5. Learners have the option of drawing also. This is their journal.

6. Instructor will create a safe environment for learners.

7. See handout for journal prompts,if needed.

Journal Prompts

Evaluation

Engagement Enhancement Extension

Instructor can see if this is a difficult activity for learners. If so, instructor can show different ways to journal, as discussed in Practice.

Application

Engagement Enhancement Extension

At the end of the activity, Instructor may ask,

-Can you do this at home

-Are there any benefits to journaling

-How many think this is hard

-What else could you do instead of journaling

For more information :

https://lamaidaproject.org/resources/- Journaling

https://www.calm.com/

https://www.headspace.com/

Journaling-5 Ideas to Start - youtube.com/watch?v=dB1d1sjlilU4

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