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Creative Strategies in Working with Children/Adolescents

Creative Strategies in Working with Children/Adolescents. Lisa Karch , PhD, NCC, NCSC Assistant Professor, MSUM. Overview. Wash Away Tension Stress and Our Children Effects of Stress Methods of Relaxation Yoga Activity. Wash Away Tension. Stress and Our Children.

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Creative Strategies in Working with Children/Adolescents

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  1. Creative Strategies in Working with Children/Adolescents Lisa Karch, PhD, NCC, NCSC Assistant Professor, MSUM

  2. Overview • Wash Away Tension • Stress and Our Children • Effects of Stress • Methods of Relaxation • Yoga Activity

  3. Wash Away Tension

  4. Stress and Our Children • The public is increasingly aware of stress and its effects on children. • Experts estimate that up to 75% of all medical disorders are directly influenced by stress. • We need to break the cycle of stress in our children’s lives. • Stressful events fall along an entire spectrum.

  5. Stress and… • Modern Media – average 18-year-old has spent nearly 16,000 hours in front of the television, while only 13,000 hours are spent in the classroom. • Expectations – children feel pressure at an early age from well-intentioned adults.

  6. Effects of Stress • Stress creates many physiological changes. • Human body is effected by stress in predictable ways. • Close relation between stress and anxiety. • Anxiety is fear when there is no physical danger. • Adult anxiety was often learned during childhood.

  7. Effects of Stress • Anxiety may cause lower performance on intelligence. • Anxiety reduces a child’s ability to learn. • Several behaviors related to anxiety which interfere with problem-solving ability. • Highly anxious children often display attention-seeking behaviors.

  8. Methods of Relaxation • We all possess a natural mechanism to fight stress. • Progressive Muscle Relaxation • Hyperactive Children • Learning Problems • Regular Learners

  9. Methods of Relaxation • Active Imagination • Self-Talk • Music • Positive Visualizations • Yoga

  10. Positive Visualizations • I Am The Boss Of My Feelings • Do You Ever Mix Up Sads & Mads? • Turn Your Stress Into Success • What’s Going On In Your Head • Worries Can Wing Themselves Away

  11. Yoga Activity • Yoga Pretzels • 50 Fun Yoga Activities for Kids & Grownups • The ABCs of Yoga for Kids

  12. References • The ABCs of Yoga for Kids by Teresa Power • Positive Visualizations by Victoria Cull • Ready…Set…R.E.L.A.X. by Jeffrey Allen, M.Ed. And Roger Klein, Psy.D. • Yoga Pretzels by Tara Guber and Leah Kalish

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