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- 2. Aims • To understandthe term stress and be able to describe how levels of demand, control and support affect how much stress a person feels (knowledge) • To practice using tool managing stress and explore options (skills) • To understand that other people experience feeling differently, and to appreciate how stress is the result of differing reactions to situations (attitudes/values).
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- 4. What puts youunder pressure? • Demand: This refers to the level of challenge or difficulty. A little bit of challenge is good. It helps us to strive to be better, and helps us grow. However, where a challenge is very great, or there is a very difficult situation that we are facing, it can be a major contributor to stress. • Examples: exams, tests, moving, bullying, pressure to look or act a certain way
- 5. What helps whenyou are under pressure? Taking Control: when things are out of control we are likely to experience more stress. For example, a teacher may give you some homework. You may not be able to control what homework you are given but you should have some control over when you do it and how. Examples: solving the problem, positive thinking, choosing not to react, planning
- 6. What else helps? •Support: the one thing that will help the most, if demands of life are high, and we are experiencing a lack of control, is support. Generally support comes in the form of friends, relatives, teachers. They can help us to cope with the pressures and lower stress. • Examples: talking to friends, counselor, teacher, family
- 7. Stress management- Case studies Stressis a very general word to describe all sorts of pressures. Each person in the case studies is feeling under pressure for different reasons, and has decided to visit the counselor just to talk things through. Work in pairs, take role of counselor and try to work out answer to the following questions 1.How is the person feeling? 2. What is causing the stress, what are they worried about? List their thoughts. 3. How is the stress affecting their behavior and life?
- 8. Action Planning When peoplefeel stressed it can be tempting to tell them what to do. No one really likes to be told what to do. It is hard to really understand all the details of someone else's situation. It can be better to help them explore what the options are so that they can make their own decisions.
- 9. Option 1 Fill inthe planning grid •What could the person do to improve their situation? •What would be the consequences of making this choice? •Usually you would ask the person what they want to do, but in this case you will have to choose. •Suggest an action plan for them
- 10. Option 2 • Workin pairs, using role play • One person is the counselor and one person is the case study. • The aim is to come up with an action plan to help them improve their situation. • The counselor has a difficult job because they are not allowed to suggest any ideas. • You should explore the options using open questions.
- 11. Readings and viewings Spendsome time reading and viewing the links on my blog. OR Spend some time looking at information about stress on the internet, article or videos. Post anything interesting you find on your blog.
- 12. Write a reflection •People who are stressed often change the way they act, have you experienced this? • We need to talk to stressed people about how they are thinking and feeing. Have you ever had to do this? • Do you ever feel stressed and not know why? • What are some good ways to deal with stress? • How could NIS help HS students manage stress?