Navigating Mental Health, Stress, and Resilience in Education
Exploring key topics such as mental health, stress, and resilience in the educational setting to help individuals build emotional strength, combat negative biases, and maintain peak performance. Discussions include understanding stress triggers, recognizing mental health nuances, and fostering resilience to mitigate adverse effects.
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Being well and achieving potential in 2019/20 Romero Catholic Academies A Beacon of Excellence in Catholic Education
Before we begin Using the paper and pens in front of you; Please can you write a brief summary of a stressful situation you have recently been in. Consider what triggered the stress, how you spotted it and how you reacted. Don t worry, you won t be sharing this with anyone.
What will we cover? 1.Introducing mental health, stress and resilience. 2.We are hard-wired to stress. 3.Building resilience; a. Mindfulness. b. Practically combating negative cognitive biases (negative/ unhelpful thinking). c. Breathing to combat disarray.
Mental health, stress and resilience 1. What is mental health? 2. What is meant by mental ill health? 3. What is stress? 4. How does stress impact your body? 5. What is resilience? On your tables take 10 minutes to discuss these questions with your colleagues.
Resilience is The ability to mitigate the effects of stress. For example, factors such as emotional, cognitive, physiological, behavioural responses to work, the work environment or the organisations (Levi, 2000 EU Guidance on Work Related Stress)
Peak performance Yerkes Dobson Image result for yerkes-dodson curve
Maintenance of peak performance An internal locus of control Strong Problem-Solving Skills Strong Social Connections Identifying as a Survivor, Not a Victim Being Able to Ask for Help
Imagine us all on an even playing field Let s identify 3 practical routes to improving resilience.
Use STOPP! Stop! Take a breath Observe the feelings, images, thoughts, body sensations, triggers Pull back / Put in some Perspective Practice what works
Negative thinking patterns dealing in facts Is there substantial evidence for my thought? Is there evidence contrary to my thought? Am I attempting to interpret this situation without all the evidence? What would a friend think about this situation? Will this matter a year from now? How about five years from now? Remember thoughts are NOT facts!
ABC Model Activating Event (Trigger) Belief Consequences Upset I m probably going to get fired. I always mess stuff up. I m no good at anything Annoyed with myself Anxious Give up Avoid colleagues at work I made a mistake at work Still a bit upset Less anxious Try again I messed up but mistakes happen. I m going to work through this I made a mistake at my work Talk to colleague about how to correct it
Breathing With the person next to you; Take a 5 minutes to have a look at the Breathing Techniques poster in front of you and try some. Discuss how they make you feel.
Processing your stressful situation Identifying the dispute between the human and the chimp Recognising when it is becoming an issue for you Deploying a toolkit Being present acknowledgement without obsession Combating cognitive biases processing the facts Breathing combating physiological stress
Image result for calm app Image result for headspace app logo Stop, Breathe & Think Related image Helpful Apps Worry Time Image result for breathair app logo Relax Melodies Worry Tree Insight Timer BreathAir
