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Addressing Adolescent Stress

Addressing Adolescent Stress. Imad Zaheer , Ph.D. Clinic for Evidence-based Practices in Schools Montclair State University. March 21 st , 2017. Bergen County Technical High School. Overview. Session 1: Overview of stress Session 2: Awareness Session 3: Mindfulness Session 4: Relaxation

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Addressing Adolescent Stress

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  1. Addressing Adolescent Stress ImadZaheer, Ph.D. Clinic for Evidence-based Practicesin Schools Montclair State University March 21st, 2017 Bergen County Technical High School

  2. Overview • Session 1: Overview of stress • Session 2: Awareness • Session 3: Mindfulness • Session 4: Relaxation • Session 5: Taking Action

  3. Overview of Stress Stress is a psychological and physiological response to challenging/threatening actual or perceived events • Defining and normalizing stress • Help recognize bodily, mood and behavioral symptoms • Explaining it’s psychological, biological and evolutionary origins • Explaining that stress is not necessarily bad • In fact, thinking stress is bad is the best predictor for having negative outcomes as a result of stress

  4. What if I fail?! I’m going to fail?I just don’t understand this problem…

  5. Good versus Bad Stress • Distress vs Eustress (good stress) • Context is important- when stress is useful versus harmful

  6. Stress Management Awareness, Thought Traps and Mindfulness Relaxation Orienting Towards Valued Action

  7. Awareness, Thought Traps, and Mindfulness • Increasing moment by moment awareness of stress and thoughts accompanying the stress • Thought traps • Perfectionism • Catastrophizing • Fortune telling • Mindfulness practice • Practice ”noticing” thoughts, feelings and bodily responses without trying to change them • Better able to stop and recognize a thought trap

  8. Relaxation Exercises • Deep breathing • Progressive Muscle Relaxation • Other strategies (asking students what works for them) • Social supportsExercising • Listening to music • Etc.

  9. Orienting Towards Valued Action • Shifting focus away from what we are afraid of, want to avoid or get away from To • What are our values and goals? • Develop a willingness to try, fail and keep going • Planning and organizing • Creating step by step guide to succeed

  10. Strategies for addressing stress

  11. Cautions • Not all stress can be “managed” • Normal life events, such as death in a family, are stressors that follow a course for recovery • For more extreme stress related concerns, professional help maybe required (panic/anxiety disorder)

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