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Managing Stress

How to help your student (and you) manage stress

Agenda/Goals

• Brain Development and Education on Brain Function in

relation to stress

• Strategies and tools to manage stress
• Practice

Brain Development and Function

• Dr. Siegel and the Hand Model

Name It to Tame It

First steps for Name It to Tame It

• Communication is key, you need to communicate about whatis

going on in order to “name it”

• Once you have named the “stress” you can help your student move

from the emotional brain to the thinking brain and begin to problem solve

“Three R’s” of Emotional Regulation

• Three R’s: Recognize, Reduce, Restore
• Recognize the signs of escalating stress.
• Reduce the stress.
• Restore energy.

Practice!

• Managing stress is an ongoing challenge, you must practice in order

to be effective.

• Carve out a time in the day that the whole family is going to practice

stress management. It doesn’t have to be long, it can be a 5 minute breathing exercise or a family check-in where your student can name their stress and then work with you on problem solving.

Second Step, Staying In Control

• Notice
• Recognize your physical and mental signs.
• Pause
• Use your pause signal
• Think Twice
• Use your brain
• Calm Down If Necessary
• Use your calming down strategies
• Reflect

Tools you can use...

• Stop, Breathe, Think App
• How it works

Resources

• Dan Siegel: Name it to Tame it
• Stop, Breathe, Think app
• Erika's Lighthouse Toolkit
• Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child (and You) Break the Stress Cycle

and Successfully Engage with Life. Dr. Stuart Shanker and Teresa Barker