Empathy
The ability to sense other people’s emotions and imagine what someone else might be thinking and/or feeling.
“Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes.”
Accept: To believe or come to recognize something (an idea, opinion, explanation, situation, place, or person, etc.) is as it is.
Adapt: To change one’s behavior so that it is easier to live in a particular place or situation, especially one that is challenging in nature.
Ambiguity: The quality of being doubtful or uncertain; capable of being understood in more than one possible sense or way; more than one interpretation; inexactness; uncertainty.
Anxiety: The body’s natural response to stress; a feeling of fear or apprehension about what’s to come (e.g., the first day of school, going to a job interview, giving a speech are typical events that may cause anxiety).
Assess: To evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of something.
Attention: The act of concentrating or focusing awareness on someone or something at the exclusion of other stimuli.
Awareness: The quality or state of being aware; knowledge and understanding that something is happening or exists; promotes a heightened sense of understanding of a something such as a problem.
Behavior: The way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward others; often an outward expression of a person's thoughts or feelings, and/or a response to a trigger in one's environment.
Behavior change: Any alteration or adjustment of behavior that affects a person’s functioning, brought about by a psychotherapeutic or other interventions or occurring spontaneously.
Choice: An act of selecting or making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities; a course of action, thing, or person that is selected or decided upon.
Control: To determine the behavior or supervise the running of someone or something including oneself; maintain influence or authority over; ability to control oneself; regulate (e.g., remain calm and reasonable despite provocation).
Coping: Used when a person effectively deals with something difficult.
Cue (Internal Cue): A physical sensation/stimulus that indicates something is going on.
Depression: A mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest, and can interfere with a person’s daily functioning.
Describe: To give an account, in words, of someone or something, including all the relevant characteristics, qualities, or events.
Desirable: Something or someone that is wanted or wished for as being an attractive, useful, or necessary course of action.
Empathy: Used to describe many experiences; it is the ability to sense other people’s emotions and imagine what someone else might be thinking and/or feeling, such as “putting yourself in someone else’s shoes.”
Environment: The surroundings or conditions in which a person lives or operates; including situations, places, and people that affect, impact, or influence a person’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Feeling: An emotional state or reaction.
Gratitude: The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.
Healthy: Having or promoting good health; well-being.
Mental Health: A state of well-being in which an individual realizes their own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively, and is able to make a contribution to their community.
Mental Illness: Health conditions involving changes in emotion, thinking, or behavior (or a combination of these); associated with distress and/or problems functioning in social, work, or family activities.
Mindfulness: The quality or state of being conscious or aware of something.
Mindful Moments: The times set aside to focus our attention and be in the moment.
Obstacle: Something that prevents or hinders a person from taking action.
Outcome: The way a thing turns out; something that follows as a result or consequence.
Plan: To decide on and arrange in advance.
Prioritize: To organize, designate, or treat (something) as more important than other things.
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS): An evidenced-based, three-tiered framework to improve and integrate all the data, systems, and practices affecting student outcomes every day.
Response: A reaction to something; an action performed or a feeling experienced as a result of a situation or event.
Self-care: The practice of taking action to preserve or improve one’s own health; the practice of taking an active role in protecting one’s own wellbeing and happiness, in particular during times of stress.
Self-talk: The internal narrative we have about ourselves–it is a key component of the story we construct about who we are.
Social Emotional Learning (SEL): The process through which children and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand and manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions.
Stigma: A perceived, negative attribute that causes someone to devalue or think less of the whole person; a set of negative and unfair beliefs that a society or group of people have about something.
Stress: How the brain and body respond to any demand like exercise, work, school, major life changes, or traumatic events.
Suicidal Attempt: A non-fatal attempt to die by suicide that may or may not result in injury.
Suicidal Ideation: Thinking about, considering, or planning suicide.
Suicide: Death caused by self-directed, injurious behavior with intent to die as a result of the behavior.
Tackle: To make determined efforts to deal with a problem or difficult task like stress.
Talk: Speaking to give information or express ideas or feelings; converse or communicate by spoken words; discuss personal or intimate thoughts and/or feelings.
Thrive: To reduce the negative impacts of stress on our lives in order to grow or develop well; prosper; flourish.
Thought: An idea or opinion produced by thinking or occurring in the mind; the action or process of thinking.
Triggers (External Triggers): Things in our environment, such as a situation, place, or person, that sparks or causes an intense or significant reaction.
Undesirable: Not wanted because harmful, objectionable, or unpleasant.
Unhealthy: Having poor health; harmful to health; sickly; unwell.
Warning Sign: An early signal that something bad or dangerous might happen.