The document outlines the learning objectives and agenda for a session on stress management and substance misuse. It includes learning about stress responses, healthy and unhealthy coping strategies, types of substances, and support options for managing stress and substance misuse issues. A variety of interactive activities are planned, such as identifying stress causes and symptoms, matching drugs to their names and effects, and considering scenarios to research appropriate support services.

1. Understanding Wellbeing
Week 3: Stress & Stress Management
Substance Misuse

2.  LO 1: Outline how people can respond to a stressful situation and give
examples of how stress can change behaviour (4.2, 4.3)
 LO 2: Identify a range of healthy strategies for preventing and reducing the
effects of stress (5.1) Homework presentation
 LO 3: State the benefits of using healthy strategies (5.2) Homework
presentation
 LO 4: Describe how using one healthy strategy has helped to prevent or
reduce the effects of own stress (5.3)
 LO 5: Give examples of harmful strategies people may use to cope with stress
(5.4)
 LO 6: Identify situations when people may need additional or professional
support (5.5)
 LO 7: Identify support available to people experiencing stress (5.6)
 LO 8: Identify different types of substances (1.2): Card Matching task
Session 3 Objectives
Stress & Stress Management/Substance Misuse

3.  Write 1 thing you know (not too personal) about 1 person in the
room – Do not write their name
 Think about activities that we’ve already done where people
have shared information about themselves or discussions that
you’ve had with others.
 This person must not be sat at your table
 You will share this with others and they are to guess which
person it is
IceBreaker

4.  Work in groups around your table to provide answers to the following;
(You can only buzz in when the person has finished writing the answer in
full!)
 List 3 different types of stress
 Identify 2 ways that stress can be harmful
 List 4 causes of stress
 List 5 symptoms of stress
 Give 2 reasons why people may react to stressful situations differently
Recap last session – Buzz In!

5. The impact of stress
If stress continues, it can begin to have a serious negative impact
upon our wellbeing.
Commonly, it takes a toll on:
• The body (unpleasant physical symptoms)
• Behaviours / actions / the things we do
In turn, this can lead to psychological difficulties, and
exacerbate or create other mental health problems.

6. Diverse cultures perceive stressors
differently and respond to stressful
situations in other ways
Personality and life experiences are truly affecting the way we respond to stress, but
do you know that other factors like gender and culture can contribute to our
different responses to stressors?

7. Stress and behaviour
 Being snappy / irritable
 Withdrawing
 Doing less (generally)
 Taking on more (work, chores etc. to distract)
 Avoidance and / or escape
 Procrastination
 Eating more (comfort eating) or eating less / starving self
 Risk taking
 More excess (drinking, smoking etc.)
 Reduced sexual activity / function

8. Psychological impact
 Burn-out
 Reduced self-esteem / confidence/ self-belief
 Unhelpful thought patterns
 Negative view of self, world, others
 Catastrophic thinking, excessive worry

9. Other mental health problems
 Depression / low mood
 Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
 Panic
 Other anxiety disorders
 Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
 Social anxiety / social phobia
 Health anxiety

10. Homework
Discussion/information
presentation on stress
management techniques

11. Tips for managing stress
• Eat sensibly and get plenty of rest
• Minimise caffeine, alcohol, and smoking
• Avoid drugs / stimulants
• Time management techniques
• Don’t take on too much at once
• Plan time for yourself
• Make use of relaxation techniques
• Breathing techniques and muscle
relaxation

12. Tips for managing stress
• Do at least one thing you enjoy each day
• Take up a new hobby, particularly:
• Something creative
• Something practical
• Set yourself goals
• Start small, and build up
• Connect with others and give back to
others

13. Coping with stress
 Use the small whiteboards to write answers to the following
question;
What are 5 unhealthy strategies that people use to cope with stress?
Once you have finished writing all 5 answers, press your buzzer!

14. Unhealthy ways of coping with
stress
•Smoking
•Drinking too much
•Bingeing on junk or comfort food
•Zoning out for hours in front of
the TV or computer
•Withdrawing from friends,
family, and activities
•Using pills or drugs to relax
•Sleeping too much
•Procrastinating
•Filling up every minute of the day
to avoid facing problems
•Taking out your stress on others
(lashing out, angry outbursts,
physical violence)
These coping strategies may temporarily reduce stress,
but they cause more damage in the long run:

15.  #1: Get moving
 #2: Engage socially
 #3: Avoid unnecessary stress
 #4: Alter the situation
 #5: Adapt to the stressor
 #6: Accept the things you can’t change
 #7: Make time for fun and relaxation
 #8: Adopt a healthy lifestyle
So what could you do...?

17.  Hypnotherapist
 Yoga therapist
 Reiki healer
 Massage therapist
 Colon hydrotherapist
 Pilates teacher
 Reflexologist
 Psychologist
 Mental Health Nurse
 And others…
Jobs related to stress
 To look at any of these
jobs in more detail you
could use;
https://nationalcareersserv
ice.direct.gov.uk/advice/pl
anning/jobfamily/Pages/de
fault.aspx

18. Workbook
Complete Pages 5 & 6.
Make sure you read and answer the questions fully.
Sign your additional evidence (homework) and include it in
the back of your file.
Ask if you are unsure.

19. 15 minutes = Plenty of time for
a brew, chat, drink of water,
toilet visit 
BREAK TIME

20. Activity – Support available
Work in pairs
1. Choose 3 scenarios – highlight which ones
2. Use your own knowledge and/or the internet to
research and identify support services appropriate
to the ‘scenario/character description’ you chose.
3. Make sure the services are accessible to the
individual described.
Complete Page 7 – Hand in your Stress unit and all
signed additional evidence for this unit. This will be
assessed, ready for next week.

21. Seeking more support
• Self-help information
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/wellbeing/resources/online-
resources/
http://www.ntw.nhs.uk/pic/selfhelp/
• Referral to Mindsmatter

22. Unit 04: Develop an
awareness of substance
misuse

23.  Identify different types of substances (1.2): Card
Matching task
 Identify reasons for using (1.1) & factors from
someone’s background that may lead them to use
(1.3)
Outcomes Reminder
Substance Misuse Unit

24.  Work in pairs/groups of 3 to create a list of different substances
that people may use/misuse.
 You have 3 minutes to list as many as possible
 Winners will receive CHOCOLATE!
What do you already know?

25. There are many different types of substances that can be misused. The
following group task is designed to help you think about some of the most
commonly used/misused . Work together to match up:
Work together and help each other out – answers will follow
Activity 1 - Different types of drugs…
Picture
cards
Name
cards
Effects
cards

26.  LO 1: Outline how people can respond to a stressful situation and give
examples of how stress can change behaviour (4.2, 4.3)
 LO 2: Identify a range of healthy strategies for preventing and reducing the
effects of stress (5.1) Homework presentation
 LO 3: State the benefits of using healthy strategies (5.2) Homework
presentation
 LO 4: Describe how using one healthy strategy has helped to prevent or
reduce the effects of own stress (5.3)
 LO 5: Give examples of harmful strategies people may use to cope with stress
(5.4)
 LO 6: Identify situations when people may need additional or professional
support (5.5)
 LO 7: Identify support available to people experiencing stress (5.6)
 LO 8: Identify different types of substances (1.2): Card Matching task
Session 3 Objectives
Stress & Stress Management/Substance
Misuse – Did you...?

27.  You need to research so that you are able to answer the
following criteria in your workbook (Page 11) Please ensure you
follow what your workbook asks so that you provide enough
information.
Homework
3.1 Identify harmful effects of substance misuse on
individuals
3.2 Identify harmful effects of substance misuse on
society
3.3 Give examples of where to get support and advice
on substance misuse