Inclusion and diversity

Coping with stress on education

A five-day course on stress in education: its symptoms and causes in students, its positive and negative effects, and healthy ways to cope. It covers self-confidence, anxiety and anger control, conflict management and stress management models, with practical techniques teachers can use with students and for themselves.

5 days
Certificate of attendance
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Who it is for

Teachers
School directors
School staff
Students

What you will learn

Understand stress, its symptoms and its causes in students
Understand the positive and negative effects of stress and the optimal stress level
Learn healthy ways to cope with the negative effects of stress
Build self-confidence and deal with tension, anxiety, distress and anger
Use conflict management and effective communication to prevent stress
Learn stress management models and techniques

By the end of the course, you will be able to

Recognise the signs of stress in students and in themselves
Choose healthy coping strategies and relaxation techniques
Help students build self-confidence and control anxiety and anger
Apply a stress management model in their school

Programme, day by day

Day 1Stress and healthy living

Introductory meeting: practical arrangements, timetable and venue
Icebreakers and introduction to the course
What stress is; joy of life and healthy living

Day 2Symptoms, causes and the role of the coach

Cognitive, emotional, physical and behavioural symptoms of stress in students
The role of the coach: reframing triggers, stopping rumination, changing self-talk
Building coping resources and resilience; preventing burnout
Positive and negative effects of stress; the optimal level and the Yerkes-Dodson law

Day 3Coping with the negative effects

Unhealthy ways of coping and the damage they cause in the long run
Personality traits that make stress harder to deal with
Stress-related psychosomatic problems

Day 4Confidence, anxiety and anger

Self-confidence, self-efficacy and self-esteem; winning and losing
Stress and anxiety: causes, techniques and when to seek help
Relaxation, meditation and the power of humour
Conflict resolution and dealing with difficult people
Anger control: practical steps

Day 5Communication and stress management models

Effective communication and persuasion under stress
Stress management models: the transactional model and the health realisation model
Stress management techniques
Final workshop
Certificates ceremony

How the course runs

Predominantly active methodology
Case studies and practical examples
Group work
Activities built around the participants' personal and professional interests

Certificate of Attendance, issued by BragaMob, and Europass Mobility, issued by your school and completed with us. Accommodation, meals, transfers and cultural integration activities can be added to the course: your quote lists each service you choose. Dates on request.

Inclusion and diversity