Stress Management an Elective High School Course Outline

1- Welcome to Class

• Health Links
• Welcome to class!

2- Stress Concepts

• Definition
• What is Wellness
• Social Wellness
• Cultural Wellness
• Physical Wellness
• Spiritual Wellness
• Emotional Wellness
• Intellectual Wellness
• Life Planning Wellness
• Environmental Wellness
• Leading Health Indicators
• Quiz: Stress Concepts
• Assignment: Stress Concepts Study Guide

3- Healthy Lifestyles

• Eating Right
• Staying Active
• Starchy Foods
• Leisure Activity
• Fat Intake
• Physical Activity
• Children and Young People
• Children and Young People (cont)
• Women
• Women (cont)
• Adults
• Elderly
• Elderly (cont)
• Persons with Disability
• Quiz: Healthy Lifestyles
• Essay: Healthy Lifestyles Essay

4- Stress Relief

• Four Types of Stress
• Vitamins
• Herbs
• Exercise
• Caffeine and Sleep
• Aromatherapy
• Quiz: Stress Relief
• Essay: Four Types of Stress

5- Stress Is Everywhere

• Stress is Everywhere
• Stress Management
• Coping with Stress Today
• Quiz: Stress is everywhere
• Essay: Stress Is Everywhere Essay

6- Understanding Stress

• Pinpoint Stress in Life
• Introduction
• Out of Balance
• Anxiety
• Assuaging Anxiety
• Depression
• Memory
• Stress and Genes
• Types of Stressors
• External Stressors
• Internal Stressors
• Quiz: Understanding Stress
• Assignment: Understanding Stress Website Activity

7- Pin-Pointing Stress in Life

• Targeting Stress
• Assignment: Stress Management Plan

8- Targeting Stress Effectively

• Guidelines
• Introduction
• Recent Experiences
• Recent Experiences (cont)
• Stress Diaries
• Stress Diaries (cont)
• Stress Analysis
• Stress Management Plan
• Stress Management Plan(cont)
• Applying to Life
• Quiz: Targeting

9- Work Overload

• Dealing with Work Overload
• Job Analysis
• Pace Yourself
• Time Demands
• Sequencing and Prioritizing
• Quiz: Work Overload

10- Surviving Problem Jobs

• Introduction
• Job Analysis
• Career Planning
• Career Planning (cont)
• Intrinsically Stressful
• Applying Methods
• Quiz: Surviving a Problem Job

11- Co-Workers and Stress

• Colleague-Related Stress
• Colleague-Related Stress (cont)
• Office Conflict Resolution
• Difficult bosses
• Workplace conflict
• Getting Support At Work
• 12 Principles
• 12 Principles (cont)
• Quiz: Co workers
• Essay: Coworkers and Stress Essay

12- Environmental Stress

• Reduce Environmental Stress
• Introduction
• Furniture
• Lighting
• Air Quality
• Working Environment
• Tidiness & Maintenance
• Commuting
• Quiz: Environmental
• Essay: Environmental Stress Essay

13- Performance Stress

• Stress and Performance
• Introduction
• Anticipating Stress
• Thought Awareness
• Thought Awareness(cont)
• Performance Planning
• Post-Performance Reviews
• Quiz: Performance

14- Reducing Stress

• Symptoms
• Causes of Stress
• Improving Diet
• Diet (cont)
• Improve Eating Habits
• Sleep Routines
• Tension
• Quiz: Reducing Stress

15- Final Exam

• Quiz: Final Exam

16- Course Survey

• Course Survey
• Handout: Course Survey
• Assignment: Course Survey