1. Keeping A Healthy HS Student:
Time Management, Study Skills, Stress Management

2. What are the behaviors of a healthy HS student?

3. Working together to help our students develop better coping skills
Time Management
Working together to help our students develop better coping skills

4. Make time to manage time!
Planning is essential
Make do lists and stick to them
Schedule breaks, not just work
Work/Break in intervals
Estimate how much time is needed for a task – it’s always longer than expected
Multi-tasking is a myth: keep focused for shorter periods, but on one thing at a time

5. Effective Do Lists
Finish tasks and cross off the list – don’t hold on to finished items
Build flexibility into your schedule
Add new items as needed, but keep priorities in mind
It’s OKAY to say NO!

6. Procrastination Time management issue? Stress-related concern?
Without a plan and clear priorities, it’s easy to fall into a trap of procrastination
Stress-related concern?
When we put things off, it might be due to anxiety, fear of failure or perfectionism

7. Overscheduling Leads to Stress
Recognize the need for personal time and life balance
Urgent vs. Important items in life
Working hard vs. working efficiently

8. Working together to help our students develop better coping skills
Study Skills
Working together to help our students develop better coping skills

9. Study Skills Work in advance of deadlines Study with others
Ask for help when you have difficulty
Don’t try to cram
Take scheduled breaks
Backwards planning
Break up large projects into chunks
Explain concepts to others
Connect ideas to what you already know

10. Working together to help our students develop better coping skills
Stress
Management
Working together to help our students develop better coping skills

11. What is STRESS?? Difficult to define
Causes can vary among people
Responses can vary among people
Physical, Mental, and/or Emotional Strain or Tension

12. Stress Among Teens 2014 APA survey of 1,018 teens revealed:
31% feel “overwhelmed”
30% feel depressed or sad as a result of stress
36% feel fatigued or tired

13. How can we help students navigate stressful times?
Encourage:
Exercise
Sleep
Balanced diet
Model Healthy Lifestyle
How do you relax?
Do you make time for “downtime”?

14. How can we help students navigate stressful times?
Model positive, effective coping strategies
Focus on problem-solving
Create a family environment where talking, listening and sharing feelings is safe and comfortable

15. Successful Failures F.A.I.L. – First Attempt in Learning
Building resilience and perseverance
Are the expectations appropriate?
Recognize and celebrate strengths and areas of growth

16. When is it time to get help? Signs and symptoms of teen depression
Prolonged sadness or hopelessness
Withdrawal from friends and family
Loss of interest in hobbies and activities
Changes in sleeping and eating habits
Difficulty concentrating, irritability, anger
Fatigue or lack of energy and motivation
Talking about suicide

17. Resources