Thank you so much for joining the Stress Management Tips and Strategies session today. We hope that you were able to add to your emotional wellness toolkit that will help during times of stress for your family. We are so thankful for our generous sponsors of Go Public and Firstmark Credit Union for making this session possible. We hope that you will join us for more sessions around mental health and emotional wellness. To check out our upcoming sessions please visit klrn.org/events.
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Resources from our Presenters
Hilda Young shared
Tips to Manage Anxiety and Stress
Here is a great site packed with resources from ADAA (Anxiety and Depression Association of America).
Valerie Moczygemba shared
Alamo Wellness Group, LLC, was established in December of 2012, to promote mental health and well-being in our community. The organization has continued to support the community by providing psychoeducation, counseling, and coaching, by supporting other organizations in the community, and by establishing additional resources to equip and empower mental health professionals.
PBS and KLRN Resources
Parent Articles
Creating healthy habits of rest at a young age empowers kids to continue to be resilient in all life brings. What a gift to give your kids!
Virtual learning can be frustrating for children and grown-ups. Here are one mom’s ideas for adding routine to your day.
Grades PreK-2nd
In this video excerpt, Daniel Tiger and his friends sing a song about conquering anger by counting to four. They find that getting mad when things go wrong is normal, but when you get mad, stop, count to four, and then you'll be able to reflect and come up with a solution to the problem that makes you happier. In the related activity, use music and movement to help children practice slowing down and controlling their actions. Before children can think clearly enough to deal constructively with their angry feelings, they need self-control in order to slow down and calm down.
In this episode of Happy Healthy Kids, Miss Kelsey highlights how to count down to keep calm. Learn how to “count the moments” and keep your breathing steady with clips from Ready, Jet, Go and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.
Colbie Caillat and Common team up with Elmo to help you calm down when you're feeling mad or bad. Use this tune to exercise the belly breathing strategy for keeping calm.
In this episode of Happy Healthy Kids, Miss Kelsey illustrates how breathing encourages self-control. Practice ways to relax using only your breath.
In this episode of Happy Healthy Kids, Miss Kelsey encourages kids to explain how they feel to their grown-ups. Watch a clip from Arthur and see how sharing his feelings make him feel better.
In this episode of Happy Healthy Kids, Miss Kelsey helps us keep our focus by reminding us to get enough sleep. Our bodies rest so we can grow strong and smart!
Looking for a quick and easy way to find a calming moment during the day? In this video from PBS Wisconsin Education and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for Healthy Minds, learn a simple exercise called “Tracing Fingers” that children — and adults, too — can do every day. To do this activity, children monitor their breathing as they trace one of their hands with their finger. This short video is part of a series of well-being videos for children called Get Up and Go!
Learn why nutrition and movement are important for maintaining a healthy body.
Grades K-6
Meet the GIRL!: Sasha is 17 years old and had a difficult time in school due to being bullied. She found her outlet through art. She painted her feelings and then decided to share her art with others. She leads art classes at her local boys and girls club with an emphasis on bullying awareness and education. She wants to make sure others feel empowered to speak up for themselves and take action. She leads by example.
Meet the GIRLS!: Lexi (9) and Lauryn (14) are sisters and are each other's biggest cheerleader. Lexi is a strong gymnast and Lauryn is right there encouraging her and helping her every step of the way. Lauryn is a musician and shares her talent in her community. Lexi supports her sister’s efforts. Sometimes our greatest power is empowering others!
Grades 4-8
Samuel Davis (age 11, Louisiana) describes his use of garden vegetables in his Healthy Lunchtime Challenge winning recipe for Sam’s Southern Savoring Salmon Supreme (S5), in this video from WGBH. Sam shows off his family’s backyard garden, where tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and more, grow. He looks forward to getting gardening tips from First Lady Michelle Obama, who describes the White House garden as a way to spread the ideas of eating well, growing your own food, and making friends with vegetables. Sam encourages his family members to eat brown rice instead of white rice and a salad instead of pizza. He now has the opportunity to share his knowledge of healthy eating with his community.
In this lesson students learn how to cope with stress.
Grades 6-12
Horticultural Therapy is the use of plants and gardening to help treat a variety of mental illnesses, traumatic brain injuries and memory impairments.
Siblings Hannah and Charlie Lucas developed a smartphone app to give people with mental health challenges a quick way to connect with trusted contacts in times of crisis. The notOK app serves as a digital panic button that enables people to contact a pre-selected list of five trusted contacts at any time. This segment is part of You Are Not Alone, a youth mental health series produced by KET.
Sensitive: This resource contains material that may be sensitive for some students. Teachers should exercise discretion in evaluating whether this resource is suitable for their class.
Trauma takes many forms. Understanding and addressing childhood trauma lies at the heart of supporting children and teens. This video segment is part of Not Broken, a candid and hopeful documentary about seven young people fighting to live their dreams despite their mental health challenges, produced by Arizona Public Media.
Sensitive: This resource contains material that may be sensitive for some students. Teachers should exercise discretion in evaluating whether this resource is suitable for their class.
Other blog post resources:
Here are emergency kits, video clips and activities to help parents, caregivers and educators cope in these challenging times.
Help the children in your life with their social emotional development using these resources for parents, caregivers and teachers.