Managing Stress in Secondary Schools: A Whole School Approach for Staff and Students

Managing Stress in Secondary Schools: A Whole-School Approach for Staff and Students, second edition, introduces a practical stress management programme for use in schools and colleges. Drawing from current theory and evidence-based practice on anxiety, stress and mental health, it offers student lesson plans, plus a staff self-training session, with concrete activities to develop crucial stress management skills in both staff and students.

The programme provides direct training in stress reduction skills, supported by online resources, designed to fit into timetabled PSHE lessons. Key features of this manual include:

• Simple and flexible lesson plans that can be performed either at the start of timetabled PSHE lessons or as full stress management lessons on their own.
• A staff self-training session plan that serves both as preparation for leading lessons with students and facilitates the development of stress management skills among staff.
• Downloadable audio relaxation recordings.
• Downloadable handouts to encourage students’ relaxation practice at home.
• Downloadable PowerPoint slides to guide tuition.

With lessons covering the causes and effects, as well as strategies on preventing and managing stress, this is an invaluable resource for teachers and other school staff involved in the PSHE curriculum. It would be of particular interest to those supporting students preparing for exams.

Table of Contents

Quick Start Guide

Section 1: Background

1. Introduction
2. Why Include Stress Management in Schools?
3. Student Stress in School
4. Staff Stress in School
5. Stress Theory: How Stress Starts
6. Stress Theory: How Stress Reduces
7. The Exam Stress Lesson Explained

Section 2: Training for Staff and Pupils

8. Staff Self Training
9. Before Starting Lessons with Students: Basic Preparation
10. Student Lesson Plans

Some Agencies Offering Help to Children and Young People

Resources

• Available to download from www.routledge.com/cw/speechmark
• Stress Management Powerpoint Presentation
• Audio Relaxation Recordings

List of Lesson Plans

• Information for Parents/Carers
• Lesson 1 Evaluation Questionnaire
• Lesson 9 Evaluation Questionnaire
• Lesson 1 Handout
• Lesson 2 Handout
• Lesson 3 Handout
• Lesson 4 Handout
• Lesson 5 Handout
• Lesson 6 Handout
• Lesson 7 Handout
• Lesson 8 Handout
• Lesson 9 Handout