stress management

The Personal & Social Skills series gives you "the skills to teach the skills" of communication, decision-making, goal setting and stress management. Level 3 offers strategies that will challenge the critical-thinking and problem-solving skills of older adolescents or students who have had considerable experience with skill bulding.

The Personal & Social Skills series gives you "the skills to teach the skills" of communication, decision-making, goal setting and stress management. Level 1 builds the foundation for skill development. Strategies are designed for young adolescents or students who have limited experience with personal and social skill building. Based on students' developmental level and learning style, skill-building strategies can be broken down into smaller sections.

Between school, friends, and planning for the future, it's easy to feel stressed out. Written by a psychotherapist specializing in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and featuring brand new exercises,The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens, Second Edition shows how mindfulness skills can help you relax, prioritize, and keep calm during stressful times. Your teenage years are some of the most stressful of your life. With pressure about grades at school, parents who just don't seem to get it, dating, and friends who drive you crazy, it's no wonder. But here's thegood news! If you learn a few strategies for getting stress under control now, you'll have the skills you need to deal with problems and difficult feelings that life sends your way--in high school and beyond. The Stress Reduction Workbook for Teens is a collection of simple workbook activities that will teach you to reduce your worries using a technique called mindfulness. Mindfulness is a way to be aware of your thoughts and feelings in the present moment. You can use mindfulness when you start to feel as though things are spinning out of control, so you can stop worrying about what might happen and focus instead on what's happening now. If you're like many people, you find it easy to look at your negative qualities or feel there is no way to fix your problems or stress. This book is about building on the resources, skills, and positive qualities that you might not even realize you have. It is a way to move from "I'm powerless" thinking to "I can do it!" thinking. Hundreds of teens in mindfulness-based stress reduction classes have used activities like the ones in this book, and here is what some of them have said: "I have learned to let things go and move on from bad experiences." "I felt that the coping skills learned are easy enough and effective enough to be used when I need. I now feel at the very least that I have the ability to reduce my stress." "I learned new and different ways to stay relaxed and how to deal with stress and now I don't worry much." If they can do it, so can you! By practicing the skills outlined in this workbook, you'll be well on your way to developing lasting resilience and a new kind of strength--one that comes from within. Why not get started today?.

A workbook for teens that is designed to help them zero in on and reach their goals, turn disappointment into opportunities, and manage stress.

Offers ways to reduce stress every day.

"Create a personalized path to healing with this step-by-step guide to holistic change. Comprehensive and accessible no matter your skill level, Yoga Therapy for Stress and Anxiety helps you understand what creates a stress-filled life so that you may choose a life of ease instead. Through yoga practice and the lesser-known lifestyle aspects of yoga, you will be able to face all situations from the calm perspective of the higher self"--Provided by publisher.

"[Provides teachers] with answers, ideas, and specific classroom strategies to move children in positive directions"--Back cover.

A teacher's guide to helping students manage stress and emotions.

Presents mindfulness strategies and activities to help children relax, concentrate, and take control of their emotions.

"A self-help books for teenagers and young adults about how to handle stressful situations in their lives"--.