How to Foster Teacher-Student Connection During Stressful Times 

Instructors: Jenny Barrett and Dr. Anne Townsend 

Description:

Stress impacts your school day in so many ways. When adults and children experience high levels of stress, it manifests in behaviors that impact a child’s ability to learn and your ability to teach. In these three video lessons, you will learn about the role of stress on the brain and how common responses can either exacerbate or alleviate stress. You will also discover the power of your teacher-student relationship and one skill to start reducing stress right away. By recognizing the signs of stress in children and yourself, and by adopting a different approach, you can begin to make changes right away.

What you will learn:

• The role of stress in learning

•  The impact of stress on the brain

•  What can inadvertently flare the stress response

•  What children need when stress is high

•  The role of the adult-child relationship

•  One key communication strategy to reduce stress right away 

This course includes:

Three emails over 3 days, each containing:

• A brief message introducing the video along with some tips
• A short video lesson

Video lessons include:

• Understanding How Stress Disconnects Us

•  Harness The Power Of Feeling Understood 

•  A Key, No-Fail Strategy To Strengthen Connection