Stress Management

The goal of this unit is for students to demonstrate the ability to apply stress management strategies and skills to enhance personal health.

Stress Management: Personal and social skills comprised of multiple subskills, that when performed together, enable an individual to manage positive and negative change in health enhancing ways. Stress management is performed as a separate skill and often in conjunction with the other health skills.

Stress Management covers the following topics:

• Eustress vs. Distress

• Expectations & Stress

• Personal Strengths and Weaknesses

• The Fight or Flight Body Response

• Long-Term Effects of Unmanaged Stress

• Positive vs. Negative Ways of Coping With Stress

• Selecting a Stress Management Strategy

Health Content Highlight: 

• Self Injury

            Safe Alternatives

            Medline Plus - Stress

•  Eating Disorders - Anorexia, Bulimia, Binge Eating Disorder, Bulimorexia, Disordered eating

            Capital Region Association for Eating Disorders - 464-9043

            National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)

            Academy for Eating Disorders        

Grades for this unit will include, but are not limited to the following assignments/tests:

• Stress Management Packet

• Stress Log Homework

• Understanding Eating Disorders- Group Role Play

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