This kit offers five ready-to-use activities to promote the mental health of your high school students (ages 12–17) during the week of May 4–10, 2026. The tools address concrete topics such as sleep, body diversity, active listening, and mental health, while developing skills such as emotion management, making informed choices, and asking for help. Flexible and adaptable, they can be tailored to the specific context of each setting and can be implemented in whatever order works best for you.
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"Le Défi Réinspire" invites students to earn points by taking concrete actions to support their mental health, in connection with themselves, others, and nature. The basic goal is to earn 20 points during the week (individually), but we encourage you to adapt the challenge to your group, whether by adjusting the point target or by setting a collective goal for the class or school.
An educational resource developed by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA-Montreal). Through three progressive activities, it guides students to define mental health in their own words, identify factors that protect or undermine it, and recognize the resources they can turn to when needed. Flexible and easy to incorporate, it can be facilitated in class or during lunch break.
Using short, realistic profiles, students are invited to play the role of sleep detectives: identifying factors that influence sleep, understanding what helps or hinders it, and brainstorming possible, appropriate solutions. This activity aims to foster a nuanced understanding of sleep during adolescence, taking into account the biological, psychological, social, and cultural realities of young people.
This workshop guides school staff in helping teenagers and young adults develop active listening skills. Through two practical exercises, students learn to better understand their peers, paraphrase what they hear, and avoid behaviors that hinder communication. It is a simple and practical tool for strengthening relationships and improving the classroom environment.
This tool helps you foster a culture of acceptance of body diversity within your class. It helps your students develop a healthy body image and recognize appearance-based biases so they don’t adopt them or contribute to spreading them.
