Depression: Integrated Literature Resources for 3rd Graders

Fiction Book:

Title: Danny and the Blue Cloud

Author: James M. Foley

Publication Date: 2016

Publisher: MAGINATION PRESS (American Psychological Association)

Description of Book: Danny is a bear who has a “blue cloud” over his head. Some days are worse than others. He is sad, doesn’t want to get out of bed, upset and isolated from his friends. One day, his friend Barnaby the rabbit came by and persuaded him to come outside and be “defunkified.” Barnaby teaches him some ways to feel better and be happier by changing the way he thinks about himself and the world. He told Danny, “Did you know that if you change the way you think, you can change the way you feel? It sounds like you are thinking about all of the bad things and not the good things that are possible.” Barnaby gets Danny to jump and dance around, making Danny feel better. Barnaby shows Danny his “Feel-Good Rules” to remember when he’s feeling down. His rules were, “Think about the GOOD things instead of focusing on just the BAD things,” “Think about what you CAN do and not what you CAN’T do,” “Dance even when you don’t want to dance. MOVING MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER,” and “Think GOOD things about yourself, even if it feels easier to think bad things.” Danny began to feel better and continued to dance, showing his other friends how to dance like him. When his “blue cloud started to feel heavy and dark” Danny practiced the things barnaby told him to do, which made his blue cloud change color. The cloud became lighter and brighter. The oil who was in charge of the Grand Forest Parade named Danny as the Official Forest Dance Instructor and Grand Marshal of the Forest Parade because of his amazing dance moves. Danny looked up at his cloud and saw that it had become a rainbow full of beautiful colors and that Barnaby’s Feel-Good Rules had worked!

 

Why it’s the best: First, this book was published by MAGINATION PRESS, which is part of the American Psychological Association, making it a very credible and helpful book for mental health. Also, the author, James M. Foley is a licensed psychologist so the information in the book comes from a credible source. The book has really nice illustrations that help children understand the emotions and thoughts Danny has throughout the book. It gives great examples of how depression can look and feel, especially through the eyes of a child. Not only that, but the book has some great strategies to feel better about yourself and to be happier that are kid-friendly. In the back of the book, there is information for parents to further help their child who is struggling with depression and has information that backs up the strategies they put in the book. They state that Barnaby’s Feel-Good Rules stem from Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. They give more ideas about how to help children dealing with depression (communicating, listen first, patience, observe behaviors, encouragement, physical activity, etc.). They also list some common childhood depression signs like: anger, opposition, withdrawal, changes in eating and sleeping routines/habits, increase in negative self-statements, increased crying, lack of interest in activities they like, talking/focusing on death, thoughts of self-harm or suicidal plans. Overall, I think the story is nice, entertaining and fun to read and it provides helpful strategies for kids.

NHES:

NHES 5: Students will demonstrate the ability to use decision-making skills to enhance health

  • PHW5.5.3 Explain how family, culture, peers or media influence a decision related to mental and emotional health (e.g., dealing with interpersonal conflict, managing emotional stress).

HBO:

MEH 1: Express feelings in a healthy way.

MEH 6: Get help for troublesome thoughts, feelings, or actions for oneself and others.

Learning Objectives:

Students will be able to identify what behaviors may be concerning to mental health, and identify strategies to help themselves or others express their feelings in healthy ways.

Core Integration:

We will use this book to do an Interactive Read Aloud lesson for 3rd graders during literacy time. Beginning the read aloud, we will ask students, “Have you ever felt really sad? What do you do to make yourself more happy?”. We will stop 2-3 times within the story to clarify for the students, answer any questions students may have, and to point out key details. After reading the book aloud to the students, we will then ask questions to prompt for understanding of the main message or lesson of the book. For example, we will ask questions like, “How did Danny feel throughout the book? How was the way Danny felt at the beginning different from how he felt at the end? What did Barnaby do to help Danny? How could you use Danny’s story to help you when you or a friend is sad?”. The students’ answers to these questions should be enough to know if they understood about what depression looks like and how we can help ourselves and others, but we would follow up with the students making their own personal list of things they can do to help themselves or a friend when they’re feeling down.

CCSS:

Reading Literature 3.2: Recount stories to determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed throughout the key details of the text.

Excerpt From the Book:

NonFiction Book:

Title:  Teaching Students with Mental Health Disorders-Resources for Teachers

Author: The Ministry of Education Special Programs Branch

Publication Date: 2001

Publisher: The Ministry of Education Special Programs Branch

Description of Book: This book is a guide for teachers on how they can support students with depression in the classroom. It gives a description of what is depression and its types, causes and contributing factors, characteristics of students with depression myths about depression in students, and developing support strategies for students with depression and working with families.

Why it’s the best: I think this book was the best because it gave more detailed description of what depression by including its types and descriptions of each (adjustment disorder with depressed mood, major depressive disorder and bipolar mood disorder). Unlike other books it actually talked more in depth on the contributing factors of depression such as chemical imbalances and genetic links. This is different from other books that briefly talked about environmental factors such as major life events. I especially appreciated how it gave specific intervention strategies on how you can support students with depression, instead of just listing broad categories such as create an inviting classroom it would actually list ways to support students and then would go into each strategy in greater depth. This book also lets teachers know that we cannot diagnose students but it talks about how we can be helpful in this process such as keeping records of student observations. These can later be useful to school counselors and school psychologists.

Excerpts:

NHES:

NHES 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health

  • PHW1.5.2 Identify examples of emotional, intellectual, physical, and social health.

NHES 4: Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risks.

  • PHW4.5.6 Demonstrate how to effectively communicate support for others.

HBO:

MEH 3: Prevent and manage interpersonal conflict in healthy ways.

MEH 8: Establish and maintain healthy relationships.

Learning Objectives:

Students will be able to show understanding of how to help themselves or others struggling with mental health by writing a short narrative of a potential situation where they may need to.

Core Integration:

We will use this nonfiction text during a unit of short narratives for 3rd grade during writing time. We will adapt this teacher resource text to be 3rd grader friendly information, and ask each child to write a short narrative about talking to a person they may think is struggling with their mental health. This will assess for understanding of how we can help others who may be struggling, and how to be good listeners and friends. The short narratives can be displayed in the hallways as a resource for other classrooms to learn from.

CCSS:

Writing 3.3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.

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