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A students project from the vocational school of occupational therapy in Reutlingen, Germany for the ENOTHE Annual Meeting Year of Development Rus, Bulgaria 2015 by Julia Knievel, Maria Steigmiller, Annika Hammann, Kristin Schubach


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A students project from the vocational school of occupational therapy in Reutlingen, Germany

for the ENOTHE Annual Meeting “Year of Development” Rusé, Bulgaria 2015 by Julia Knievel, Maria Steigmiller, Annika Hammann, Kristin Schubach

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Questions related to stress

  • What is the definition of stress?
  • How can we encourage students to

deal with the issue of stress?

  • How can occupational therapists

intervene and do their part?

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Ideas for a project

stress has many consequences people have to deal with stress at a young age stress is a daily companion

Goal of our school project

school  making students aware

  • f the topic “stress”

 individual approach to stress relieve

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Project facts

In a mixture of group and individual work, students were asked to reflect on questions, participate in activities and talk about their stress experience. The collected input was structured and then discussed among the group.

Place: Secondary School Reutlingen Period: 3 x 90 min on three different days Age of students: 13-15 years (grade 8) Number of students: 15

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 12 students reported:

  • disputes
  • school, exams
  • family, daily life
  • dissatisfaction (with themselves)

 3 students reported:

  • no stress exists

Day 1

Exercise 1: What is causing stress in your life?

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Exercise 2: How does stress affect you?

behavior

trembling (5) sleeplessness (4) loss of appetite (3) bad temper/ aggression (1)

physical reaction

insecurity (4) headache (3) helplessness (1) restlessness/ impatience (1) nausea/ sickness (1)

thoughts

dissatisfaction (4) Troubled thoughts (3) thinking barriers (2)

feelings

grief (3) racing heart (3) nervousness (1)

Day 1

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Exercise 3: barometer of stress

  • I am stressed prior to an exam.
  • I am stressed when I have to do a

presentation in front of the class.

  • I am stressed when I am missing

class.

  • I am stressed when there is

fighting at home.

  • I am stressed when I am fighting

with my friends.

Day 1

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Exercise 4: stress prevention

Friends and Family:

  • having trustful relationships
  • talking to friends and family about problems

Sports:

  • kickboxing
  • running

Leisure time, regeneration:

  • sleeping
  • going outside
  • spending time in nature
  • being alone

Planning:

  • study plan
  • to-do lists
  • weekly schedule

Day 1

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Evaluation of Day 1

  • Stress exists
  • Different physical and emotional symptoms
  • Students are open to talk about stress

Day 1

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Day 2

  • interruptions by family or friends
  • electronic gadgets
  • inadequate space for studying
  • inattention

Most important causes of distraction:

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  • Input: story about a teenager
  • Discussion
  • Developing a personal daily schedule
  • Goal:

to train a sense of time + structure a daily schedule

Day 2

Developing a daily schedule:

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Evaluation of Day 2

  • Defining personal priorities & exchange experiences
  • Organize a daily routine & create an overview

Day 2

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Day 3

Summary of the Evaluation Sheet „Goodbye Stress“

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Have you learned something? Were the topics interesting? Will you adopt ideas from the project?

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very good good

  • kay

not good

Day 3

How do you evaluate the whole project?

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Summary Day 3

  • Positive student rating
  • Students especially liked games, practical exercises

and theoretical parts

  • Creation of a poster as a reminder of the content

Day 3

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Reflection on the project

  • additional time for the project would have been useful
  • very good cooperation with school
  • school would gladly participate in further cooperation

school

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Outlook & the role of occupational therapy

  • stress prevention & coping with stress

 to be adressed at schools

  • new field for German occupational therapists
  • Occupational therapist

 trained to look at daily life and the priorities of their clients

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References

Stangl, Werner (2006): http://entwicklungspsychologie.stangl.eu/stress.shtml (online on: 12.08.15, 14:45) Beyer, Anke (2006): Stressbewältigung im Jugendalter, Hogrefe Verlag, Göttingen

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Thank you for your attention! Any questions?

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