Conflict-Stress-- Kids...and Teachers

Many of the children and youth we work with and teach come from environments with toxic levels of stress.

People can experience...4 Categories of Stress….

•       Developmental

•       Economic/Physical

•       Psychological

•       Reality

Know this:

Kids in stress create in adults their feelings,

   and if not trained and conscious of this,

the adult will mirror their behavior!!

Learning the skills to provide "emotional first aide" is critical when working with kids that live in environments of high stress.

Many of the kids we work with are in a state of "hyper-arousal".

As teachers... this stress is contagious and we need to create classrooms and that provide "less" not more stress.

Teaching children and their teachers the social and emotional skills necessary to handle themselves is critical to our work...