Traditional and Conventional Healing Supports Map¶
Specification¶
The full specification below is extracted from Chapter 4: Emotional Well-Being and Mental Health.
Type: graph-model
**sim-id:** traditional-conventional-healing-supports-map<br/>
**Library:** vis-network<br/>
**Status:** Specified
Bloom Taxonomy: Understand (L2)
Bloom Taxonomy Verb: explain, describe, classify
Learning objective: Students describe a range of traditional and conventional healing supports and explain that these approaches are complementary rather than competing.
Node types: Central node "Emotional Well-Being" (blue circle). Traditional practice nodes (green circles): Talking Circles, Connection to Land, Ceremony, Elder Guidance, Storytelling. Conventional support nodes (teal squares): School Counselor, Healthcare Provider, Trusted Adult.
Edge types: "Supports" (solid lines from every practice/support node to the central node). No edges shown between traditional and conventional nodes, deliberately, since the point is that both connect independently to well-being rather than one replacing the other.
Layout: Central node in the middle, traditional practice nodes arranged on the left arc, conventional support nodes arranged on the right arc, visually implying two complementary groups rather than a hierarchy.
Interactive features: Hover a node to see its label; click a traditional practice node to open an infobox with a respectful one-sentence description of that practice; click a conventional support node to open an infobox describing that support; click the central node to reveal a summary explaining that combining traditional and conventional supports is a valid, common choice; zoom with mouse wheel, pan by dragging background.
Legend: Color/shape key distinguishing traditional practices from conventional supports.
Implementation: vis-network JavaScript library; canvas responsive, default 800x500px.