How Stressed Out is Your Teen?

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How Stressed Out is Your Teen?

• Cathi Cohen LCSW, CGP
• Director and Founder
• In Step PC
• www.insteppc.com
• 703-876-8480

Ann Dolin, Director and Founder Educational
Connections 703-
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What is stress?
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True or False?
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Stress Truths
Girls and boys stress out differently
Temperament matters
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Your Stress is Their Stress
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What Stresses Your Child Out?
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Top Five Kid Stressors

• 1 School Work
• 2 Parents
• 3 Romantic Relationships
• (or lack thereof)
• 4 Peers Friends and Enemies
• 5 Over scheduling

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Homework

• Organization
• Managing Time
• Decreasing Procrastination

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Study Skills and Exams

• Planning Ahead
• Studying Effectively
• Active Reading Strategies
• Practice Tests
• Study Groups

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The Right Amount of Help

• Too Much
• Not allowing setbacks
• Hovering and micro-
• managing
• Not Enough
• You should be able to
• do this by now!
• Backing off too far
• Just Right
• Knowledgeable about school and friends
• Still around, but on monitor status

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Create Peace

• Family Dinners
• Routines
• One-on-one Time

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Stress Busters for Teens

• Remove the words should ,always , and never
  from your vocabulary
• Journaling
• Encourage sleep
• Write notes
• Bask in imperfection

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EGNOG

• You may need rum, but I cant recommend it.
• Empathize
• Get Neutral
• Narrow
• Optimize
• Get Moving

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Get Help When
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Last Slide with identify information