The document outlines a psychosocial debriefing activity for Grade 7 students focused on validating emotions and normalizing reactions to crises. Students are instructed to identify and graph their feelings, analyze common reactions, and recognize that their emotional responses are typical and valid. The session also emphasizes coping strategies like deep breathing and letter writing to help manage stress.

1. Psychosocial
Debriefing
July 29, 2024
“Validating Feelings and Normalizing Reactions”
Gr. 7

2. ACTIVITY: Graphing Feelings
Identify about 5 feelings or
emotions that you have
experienced during the past
few weeks or days. Write
them down on the piece of
paper. (5 minutes)

3. ACTIVITY: Graphing Feelings
 On the same paper create a graph or a pie
chart of feelings/emotions that you have or
may have had during all the crisis situations
that you experienced. An example is given.

4. ANALYSIS:
 What were the feelings that were
mentioned a lot?
 What did you notice about your
reactions to the different situations?
Are these normal reactions to
everything that you experienced?

5. It’s good that you realized that these
are normal reactions as of this time.
You must also realize that it is okay
to not feel okay

7.  What are the feelings on your activity
which are the same with hand out
“When terrible things happen?”
 Today we learned that our reactions to
any stressful event/disaster are normal
and valid. How can you apply this
learning to your life?

13.  Now that you knew that what you were
feeling or how you were reacting was
similar to the one on the list, how do you
feel now about yourself?

14. Always remember that your reactions to the
stressful situation are normal at the moment or until
about three months. Most young people will react in the
same manner. You are not being crazy when you have
those feelings. Also, the next time you feel that way, try
to take ten deep breaths. Slowly. And then try to do
letter writing and send the letter to your close friends.
This will help you calm down.

15.  Can we try to do that together? Count
1-10 as you breathe in and out. You
will be given 10 to 15 minutes to finish
your letter and read it to the class. (some)

16. Compare how you feel now that you know that those
feelings were normal and valid?
Say to yourself: my feelings are valid. My
reactions are normal. My feelings and reactions
are valid and normal.