Title: Identify healthy strategies to manage stress.
Course: Life Planning (19257-36) > Section: Examining Components of Individual and Family Wellness

Identification should include

- definition of stress
- types of stress
- symptoms (e.g., physical and emotional) of stress
- triggers of stress and the body's reactions to them
- healthy strategies and goal setting to manage stress
- stress-reduction techniques.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- What are some possible stressors?
- How can positive stress affect health? How can negative stress affect health?
- Which stress-management techniques are most effective for you?

Communication

- How can good communication alleviate stress?
- Why is it important to have refusal skills?
- How is stress reflected in nonverbal cues?

Leadership

- How can delegation skills ease stress?
- How can stress cause conflict?

Management

- How can effective stress management enable you to accomplish simple and complex goals?
- How can the use of the planning process help manage stress?
- How can goal-setting or planning help manage stress?