Indiana Social Studies P.6.5
The Standard
Describe availability and appropriateness of various modes of treatment and prevention for people, including different types of therapeutic and medicinal approaches.
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare counseling, medication, and ways to lower mental health risks. They explain whether a person can get each option and whether it fits that person's needs.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain why telehealth counseling may help someone without transportation but may not work without private space. They can distinguish a medication prescribed by a clinician from a prevention step, such as getting regular sleep.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think medication works the same way for everyone or that counseling is always easy to access. They may also mistake a prevention step for a replacement for treatment.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: An adult has ongoing anxiety, no car, and no private space at home. Name two treatment options and one prevention step, then explain one access barrier and one reason an option might fit.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cards labeled counseling, prescribed medication, regular sleep, and crisis support; have them sort the cards and note when each fits.
Ask students to write which counseling option might fit someone without a car but with no private space at home, and why.
Play a matching game with fictional case cards and treatment cards; require each match to include one access barrier.
Have students check the 988 website for phone and chat options, then explain when crisis support fits better than routine counseling.
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