Mindfulness techniques have been proven to help your student improve their attention spans, improve their mental health functions, and become more resilient to stress. These techniques can be taught to your student and once learned your student can practice them on their own when feelings of stress and tension arise in their life.
Stress Management can be important skills for your teenage student to develop and use throughout their life. When your teenage student develops a relaxation response and stress management skills they may feel less helpless and will have more choices available when responding to stress.
In this time of COVID-19 and distance learning it is very important to manage your time. Time management is the act or process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency or productivity. In short, it is the way you organize and plan how long you will spend on things that you need to do.
While schools are closed due to COVID-19, it is important to keep an organizational routine to support you and your student’s transition to distance learning. Organization skills are key in a student’s success to keep a balance between school and family time. Organization skills vary from keeping a clean work space to creating a daily schedule, these among other tips are included on this page.