Group Size: Seminar group-8-12 students Time Needed: 45 to 60
minutes Physical Set up: Circle or conference table Materials:
Recording material, whiteboard or flip chart, student journals,
Stress busters to the rescue handout, activity worksheet: Stress
busters. Goal: Students will learn short term strategies for
alleviating stress caused by specific situations. Procedure:
Meet & Greet Activity: Using Talking Leather technique, ask the
following question: A stress less moment for me is when I .
Distribute handout and activity sheet. Describe each strategy
and do the exercises as a group as outlined on the Activity
sheet. Allow the students to comment on the strategies as they
experiment with them. Follow-up: Conclude by having the students
decide on a particular strategy that they will try before the
next session. Reflection: Journal entry. Comment on the
usefulness of strategy. Describe the situation causing the
stressful moment, what it felt like physically, and how the
stress buster helped alleviate the te