Schizophrenia Lesson Plan
Schizophrenia Lesson Plan
Schizophrenia Lesson Plan
2. Standards:
P.6.3 Identify and describe the theories of abnormality.
P.6.4 Discuss major categories of abnormal behavior and distinguish which disorders fit under which categories DSMIV/DSM-V
3.Assessment:
Students will be assessed on participation, completion of notes, and answering chapter questions provided.
4..Co-Teaching:
One teach-One observe
5.Prior Knowledge/Connections:
Knowledge of major theories defining abnormality.
6.Lesson Introduction/Hook:
Discuss John Nash, a Nobel Prize winning mathematician who helped create Game Theory, who developed paranoid schizophrenia and claimed he
was the king of Antarctica, there was an impending alien attack, and that he was a political prisoner being held against his will. (5 mins)
8.Lesson Development:
Ppt lecture on schizophrenia (30 mins)
When we get to the subtypes, have students watch videos and describe the positive and negative symptoms they see
Compare to diagnostic criteria of DSM-V on next slide.
Handout 16-4 worksheet on schizophrenia (Homework if dont finish in class)
9.Specific Questioning:
How can behavior give us clues to underlying problems?
What is the frontal lobe thought to control?
How do we know there is a genetic component?
10.New Vocabulary:
Schizophrenia
Tardive dyskinesia
Catatonic
Echolalia
12.Materials/Resources:
PowerPoint with embedded videos
16-4 Worksheet