Stress is hugely prevalent in today’s busy society and very much so in schools where teachers so often report feelings of stress and burnout both in themselves and their students. It’s important to acknowledge it, and put in place strategies to help relieve it.
Our education and special education resources to curb stress include:
A 3-episode training video course for early career teachers looking to develop their resilience, through tips on improving wellbeing and workload management. Using terminology from the ITT framework, it covers routines, mentors, colleague support and overall wellbeing.
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This is an accessible guide for schools explaining how to implement effective techniques to improve staff mental health.
This book provides steps to ensure that self-care and family time do not slip under the radar in the face of increasing pressure and limited resources.
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This is an accessible guide for schools explaining how to implement effective techniques to improve staff mental health.
This book provides steps to ensure that self-care and family time do not slip under the radar in the face of increasing pressure and limited resources.
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Using the principles of CBT, these illustrated worksheets help adults to understand and manage feelings of stress.
The activities follow the framework of a typical CBT course: how it works, looking at the nature of stress, linking thoughts, feelings, behaviour and physiology cycles, exploring different levels of thinking and beliefs, and identifying goals and future planning.
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Through 18 short chapters, Aidan Harvey-Craig scours every corner of psychology – from neuroscience to psychodynamics – to uncover the unexpected secrets of hacking your wellbeing. With tips for students on areas such as sleep, relationships, stress, identity, and our dependence on smartphones.
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This workbook contains a host of practical activities for teachers and other adults supporting young people with learning differences, whether at home or in the classroom.
The tried-and-tested worksheets present a much-needed alternative to a diagnosis-led approach. They can be used with any teenager, with or without a diagnosis, in classroom settings, intervention groups, or one to one work.
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As young people are exposed to more and more pressure at school, exam stress comes hand in hand. This workbook, a fun and interactive resource aimed at children and teens aged 10 and over, offers teachers, other professionals and parents tried and tested techniques to support young people’s wellbeing through revision and exams.
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Co-written with psychologists and a college student who has experienced anxiety herself, this is a relatable and straightforward guide to managing worry in emerging adulthood.
The guide uses a range of evidence-based approaches, including CBT, DBT, Compassion Focused Approaches and Mindfulness so you can work out the techniques that are best for you.
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The two Mind Mechanics books (for both Children, and for Teens and Young Adults) are comprehensive resources to support schools in teaching pupils about mental health.
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Mind Mechanics can be used flexibly as a full programme as part of the school’s Personal, Social, Health and Citizenship curriculum, as a targeted intervention for a group or individual, or as a resource bank of individual activities to use as and when needed.
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This activity book has been developed by expert child psychologist Dr Karen Treisman. The first part of the book is a colourful illustrated therapeutic story about Binnie the Baboon, with a focus on worry and anxiety. This is followed by a wealth of creative activities and photocopiable worksheets for children to explore issues relating to anxiety, worry, fears, and stress, and how to find ways to understand and overcome them.
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Stressed out by exams? Then the exam stress gremlin is in town!
Part of the award-winning Starve the Gremlin series and full of engaging activities, this self-help workbook explains what exam stress is, how it develops and the impact it can have – providing the reader with an understanding of their own exam stress.
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Use the discount code: STRE21 for 20% off any of the books in this list.