Who Can I Talk To About My Feelings?¶
Specification¶
The full specification below is extracted from Chapter 7: Mental And Emotional Health.
Type: graph-model
**sim-id:** who-to-talk-to-feelings-map<br/>
**Library:** vis-network<br/>
**Status:** Specified
Bloom Taxonomy: Remember (L1)
Bloom Taxonomy Verb: identify, recall, recognize
Learning objective: Students identify trusted people they can talk to about hard feelings by exploring a support-network map centered on themselves.
Purpose: Reinforce that help for emotional struggles is close by, using the same hub-and-spoke pattern as the trusted-adult map from Chapter 2, now applied specifically to feelings.
Node types: Center node "Me" (soft yellow circle); trusted-person nodes (soft blue circles) connected to "Me" — Parent/Guardian, Teacher, School Counselor, School Nurse, Another Trusted Family Member, Close Friend.
Edge types: A line connecting "Me" to each trusted person, labeled with the kind of help offered (e.g., "Helps me think it through," "Knows calming strategies," "Listens without judging").
Layout: Radial/hub layout with "Me" in the center.
Interactive features: Click any trusted-person node to reveal an infobox naming who they are and an example thing to say to them. Click the center "Me" node to reveal: "You can talk to more than one person, more than once." Drag, zoom, and pan supported.
Visual styling: Warm palette, simple circle shapes, no realistic depictions of people.
Implementation: vis-network with click-to-reveal infobox panels.