Welcome back to [ED]ssential and to our third episode on mental health! Today we are unpacking the term stigma and why it is so important to eliminate all stigma surrounding mental health. We have a very special guest on with us today; Evan Sambasivam. He takes us on his discovery and ongoing journey with his mental health. We have a video for you to watch called: 5 Ways To Reduce Mental Health Stigma! and you can find the link to that on our website www.edssentialpodcast.com. As always we are leaving our students with a task based on an expectation from the media literacy curriculum and mental health and crisis resources.

We would both like to thank you for joining on this new journey- hopefully this mini series helps you welcome the topic of mental health into your classroom. Please leave us a comment - we can't wait to hear your thoughts!

Here is the breakdown of this episode in case you would like to jump around to different parts or skip right to the lesson!

Introduction and Teacher Talk: 00:00 - 10:28

Student Talk - 10:28- 45:00 + 4 minutes for the video (approx. 40 minute lesson)