A Problem-solving Approach to Stress Management

What is Stress Strategies?
Stress Strategies looks at stress as a problem that can be addressed solved, or at least improved, using practical problem-solving methods.
Stress Strategies:
provides a variety of research-backed stress management strategies
shares real life stories of how people use these specific strategies to manage their stress more effectively
guides you through a few questions to help you make use of these various strategies
When finished, you’ll be able to download or print your own personalized stress management plan.

This webinar presentation, which will be delivered in English, will enable participants to understand the different types of stress, our brain’s response to stress, as well as how to adopt positive mental health hygiene practices.

At the end of the presentation, participants will be better positioned to understand the steps they can take and habits that can be adopted in order to maintain strong mental health hygiene.

Strong Minds make for Strong Kids
Strong Minds Strong Kids, Psychology Canada is committed to promoting the mental well-being of children and youth in Canada. We are dedicated to nurturing resilience in kids with the use of psychological science so they can manage, learn, and grow from the many challenges in life.

The outcome for this artifact is to see student engagement and introduce vocabulary. It is based on recommendations from a Speech and Language Pathologist for students with Autism. This was part of an Eiip goal. When creating these stories it is important to keep the following suggestions in mind.

· Stories should be created using simple vocabulary and sentences. The stories should also be created using a repetitive format which will lend itself to allow the student to, eventually, fill in blanks in the story by handing picture cards to the reader (e.g., “Peter plays in the snow with ____.”).
· If there is, eventually, an expectation for students to point to individuals in his/her personalized stories (e.g., mom, dad), he/she will need to have separate pictures to be taught who is who in pictures. Begin this process using errorless learning. This means that the student’s finger should be guided to select the right person he/she has been asked to identify in the picture.
· If the student has demonstrated an interest in turning pages in books, it may be beneficial to use ‘page fluffers’ in the personalized stories to make the pages easier for him/her to manipulate and turn. (Joelle Lowen, 2016)
Ideally the student will be able to complete the cloze sentence either by using a picture or saying the word.

"The Student Transitions Guide is intended to provide school staff in Saskatchewan a framework to support students who are transitioning to a new school. This document explains the correlation between transition to new schools and reduced levels of achievement. It also outlines the importance of supporting new students, helps schools identify if a student needs support, what may be required and an action plan that will assist schools.
There may be local considerations that are not included. It is strongly recommended that each school in Saskatchewan develop a local student transition protocol to provide the best opportunity for success for all the new students in their school." (p.2)
From the Government of Saskatchewan at saskatchewan.ca

This document shares and outlines effective FNME partnerships that could inspire work within your own school or division.

This document provides a framework for welcoming EAL students into Sun West School Division.
It addresses the role of: administration, the classroom teacher, EAL support teacher, student support teacher. It also looks at assessing the learner's needs and working through the four layers of language acquisition.

"This information portal features a repository of resources and intends to provide information to all Saskatchewan educators to support English as an Additional Language (EAL) learners in their classrooms. Whether you're a new teacher or new to the world of EAL learners, you may find useful and practical information on this site.

It may take approximately two hours to complete the five modules in this portal.
You may need additional time to explore the embedded hyperlinks and review the resources in the Helpful Resources sections.
Although the modules are not meant to be sequential, as a first time teacher of an EAL learner it may be helpful to go through the modules in the order they appear. "

Access:
*parent helpline phone
*resources
*videos
*brochures
*more

This is the presentation by Shannon McJannet from the May SBA meeting on supporting staff mental health.

"To make a difference in the life of a child ... I made the commitment to tell my personal story," says educator Lisa Godwin. In this moving talk, she shares her experience of overcoming childhood trauma with the quiet, unwavering support of a teacher and school counselor — and shows how educators can help students and families navigate hardships by sharing their own stories.

The purpose of this guide is to support facilitators to assist and teach learners with intellectual disabilities about various dimensions of health and wellness. Tell It Like It Is is comprised of ten modules, however, you may elect to pick and choose which modules to facilitate with your own group.
Created by the Saskatchewan Association of Community Living

This is a resource list for teaching students of all ages the life skills needed to be successful within the school and after transitioning out of the school building.

This document contains links to and descriptions of resources for a variety of communication skills, social skills and basic life skills. Some resources require purchase, while others are free.

The Rick Hansen Foundation School Program is a comprehensive set of resources for administrators, teachers and students designed to:

increase disability awareness, accessibility and inclusion; and
empower young people to make a difference in their school, community and the world.
The RHF School Program Resources are:

FREE – English and French
Easy to implement – ready made lessons
Updated each year
Designed with Universal Design for Learning principles
Supported with Differentiated Instruction
Toolkits available online and/or in hard copy
Supported by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education, and
Connected to Saskatchewan Curriculum Outcomes and Ministry Education Priorities

Multiple health topics available as text or in audio format. Written for teens to understand.

"Download our Toolkit for Promoting Empathy in Schools. You can download the toolkit in Spanish, French, and Korean, too.

The Start Empathy Toolkit is the product of interviews with more than 60 educators and leading social entrepreneurs. We asked quite simply, “What works?” We wanted to know what it would take to create a classroom where kids’ social and emotional needs are met and how to cultivate the kinds of skills that are critical for success in today’s (and tomorrow’s) world. The result is not a prescription or a formula, or a silver-bullet fix. Consider this a living set of tools: tools that will grow and evolve over time, as each of us adds our own. We encourage you to think beyond your classroom walls to what it takes to mobilize your entire school community. Together, let’s creatively reimagine what changemaking education can look like.

The toolkit contains the combined wisdom of dozens of teachers, organizations, and people who live this everyday: tips and tools, lesson plans and examples, and, most importantly, insights that can help inform everything from how you design your classroom to your daily interactions with students and colleagues. Some exercises can be done in as little as two minutes, while others can take the form of months-long class projects, applied to a range of subjects. Others simply offer a strategy you can adapt to your existing lesson plans, and tips that are proven to improve teacher and student performance alike. Some you may be familiar with, and others may be new. We invite you to test these in your classroom, and use them to generate ideas of your own."

This 5 minute video explains how to transcribe audio or video files. This can be very helpful for some students as an accommodation, to best meet their learning needs.

Make sure you use the WEB version of MSWord to do this. It will not currently work with the desktop version.

1. Open MSWord (web)
2. Click Dictate
3. Click Transcribe
4. Open your video/audio file and click open

*files can be wav, mp3, mp4, m4a and they must be under 200MB
*you can transcribe up to 300 minutes a month

"Pulling your hair out with children biting, throwing things, or just not listening? Working with families in crisis? Tried everything? At wits end? Feeling alone?

Not sure what to do?

Let’s get you the confidence and skills needed to tackle even the most difficult behavioral problems. Do what currently feels impossible."

***PD learning opportunities!

This website contains Canadian information and resources on Adverse Childhood Experiences
It is critically important to acknowledge, however, that interpersonal violence is not the only source of trauma. Trauma can be experienced as a result of structural violence, or experiences that happen to children because of who they are, how they live, and lack of opportunities.

This resource from the DLC explores the truth about mental health, the symptoms of depression and anxiety, what we can do for students, where you can go to get help, suggest resources, and mindfulness exercises.