1. Emotional Health Looking After Ourselves

2. Aims To develop an awareness of the signs and symptoms of stress. To understand the contribution of lifestyle to maintaining emotional health and wellbeing. To understand the principles of effective time management.

3. Teaching – An easy job? Long holidays – 13 weeks. Short days – finish at 3pm. Extra days for training.

4. Current Pressures on Teachers Emotional labour. Ethos within education. Pace of change. “Malevolent” inspectorate?

5. Definition of Stress “Stress is a process of mental, physical and emotional reactions, caused by a significant increase in pressure, without strengthening of coping resources”

6. Signs and Symptoms of Stress Try to identify at least two effects of stress under any of the headings below: How do you feel? How do you behave? How do you think? What happens to your body? Then discuss with your neighbour.

7. The Stress Curve TOO FEW DEMANDS TOO MANY DEMANDS Hebb, D 1972

8. Maximising our Resilience Lifestyle Questionnaire Sleep Diet Exercise Relaxation

9. Relaxation (not Distraction) Progressive muscle relaxation Deep breathing Massage Visual imagery Mindfulness Meditation

10. Effective Time Management I work well if… Task management Delegation Guidelines for saying “No” Practical hints to boost resiliency

11. Evaluation “Something I shall do as a result of this session is…”