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From Stressed Out to Chilled Out
Stress Lessons From Stress Out to Chilled Out for Grade 7 to 9: Provides educators with a student-centred inquiry-based approach to teach stress-management strategies and skills and build emotional resiliency in their students and themselves.
Goals of the program
The goals of the program are to:
Provide educators with a psychologically sound Canadian learning resource that’s relevant to a range of curriculum requirements.
Provide students with opportunities and specific skills that will foster their social and emotional competence, resilience and well-being.
Help educators and recreational staff create emotionally healthy learning environments by promoting self-awareness, empathy and mindfulness.
Rationale for the program
Grade 7 to 9 is a time when students are facing a whole range of new developmental, social and academic stressors and pressures as they transition from childhood to adolescence. Researchers believe children at this age may have a heightened sensitivity to stress due to aspects of brain development and hormonal changes that affect brain function.
When students are stressed, they can’t learn. Educators have long known that the optimal mind/body state for a student is one of relaxed alertness.
Stress-related problems affect a student(s) performance in school, and many stressors are related to the school environment. Excessive stress can have a dramatic effect on learning and social development. It can interfere with executive functions such as attention, memory, organization and integration. And, over time, it can damage brain cells and shrink main memory structures. Long-term, excessive stress can also cause digestive problems, stunt growth, and cause chronic health problems such as hypertension, heart disease and a weakened immune system, to name just a few.
Wetaskiwin Regional Public Schools by request
Stress Lessons (FSOTCO) (Grade 7 to 9)MHCB Program Manager Notes:
From Stressed Out to Chilled Out (SOCO) is a low cost program, and costs range from $0 to $25 per curriculum.
SOCO is a Canadian resource
SOCO is research-based