The Teacher's Ultimate Stress Mastery Guide; 77 Proven Prescriptions to Build Your Resilience

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ISBN: 9781412970938 | 1412970938
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Copyright: 11/5/2009

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Why do some teachers thrive under pressure while others quit? What kinds of skills can empower teachers to effectively deal with the challenges they face both in and out of school?

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xv
About the Author	p. xvii
Understanding the Real Causes of Your Stress	p. 1
How Stress Can Kick the Health Out of You	p. 3
Learning Objectives	p. 3
Tales of a Saber-Toothed Tiger	p. 8
The Incredible Mind-Body Connection	p. 10
Physiological Symptoms Associated With Stressors Inherent in Teaching	p. 12
Some Stress Is Actually Good for You	p. 14
Action Plan for Stress Mastery	p. 17
References	p. 18
How Life Events and Changes Can Impact Stress and Illness	p. 19
Learning Objectives	p. 19
Your Recent Life Changes Score and Its Interpretations	p. 24
Low LCU Score (0 to 199)	p. 24
Moderate LCU Score (200 to 299)	p. 24
Elevated LCU Score (300 to 449)	p. 25
High LCU Score (450 and higher)	p. 25
The Life Event Stressors Inherent in Teaching	p. 27
Action Plan for Stress Mastery	p. 32
References	p. 33
How to Recognize the Real Culprit: Your Internal Critic	p. 35
Learning Objectives	p. 35
The Origins of Our Belief Systems	p. 36
Our Self-Talk and Our Emotions	p. 40
Expose and Dispose of Your Internal Critic	p. 43
Common Negative Self-Talk Patterns	p. 43
Action Plan for Stress Mastery	p. 53
References	p. 54
How to Thrive Despite Being Genetically Wired With Stress-Prone Personality Traits	p. 55
Learning Objectives	p. 55
Two Personality Types That Promote Stress	p. 57
You Can Start Modifying Some of Your Type-A Behaviors Today!	p. 62
How to Use Active-Listening Skills	p. 73
You Can Start Modifying Some of Your People-Pleasing Behaviors Today!	p. 74
How to Assert Yourself	p. 75
Action Plan for Stress Mastery	p. 83
References	p. 84
How to Deflect Stressors: Carefully Planned Plus Warp-Speed Techniques	p. 85
Learning Objectives	p. 85
Recognize Your Thinking Patterns	p. 86
The Thinking Pattern Worksheet (TPW)	p. 90
A Thought-Stopping Technique	p. 94
A Calming-Breathing Technique	p. 94
Write-It-Down Technique	p. 95
Worry-Time Technique	p. 95
Make a Contract With Yourself	p. 96
Action Plan for Stress Mastery	p. 97
References	p. 98
Prescriptions for Building Your Psychological Immunity to Stress	p. 99
How to Harness the Power Within and Inoculate Yourself Against the Impact of Inevitable Stressors	p. 101
Learning Objectives	p. 101
How to Begin the Inoculation Process	p. 102
How to Build Resilience to Stress: The Three Cs of Stress Hardiness	p. 103
Commitment	p. 103
Control	p. 104
Challenge	p. 104
The Critical Challenges of Keeping Order in the Classroom	p. 105
How to Build a Sense of Self-Efficacy	p. 106
How to Use the Power of Goal Setting to Stay Focused Despite Stress Provocations	p. 108
The Power of Desire, Imagination, and Expectation	p. 110
How to Use the Power of Positive Affirmations to Develop the Three Cs and Accomplish Your Goals	p. 111
Commitment	p. 112
Control	p. 113
Challenge	p. 113
Goals	p. 113
Change	p. 113
Confidence	p. 113
Believing in Myself	p. 113
Action Plan for Stress Mastery	p. 114
References	p. 115
How Fun and Laughter Can Inoculate You: Jest for the Health of It!	p. 117
Learning Objectives	p. 117
The Legacy of Norman Cousins	p. 118
The Legacy of My Dad, Bill Singer	p. 119
What Do You Really Get Out of Laughing?	p. 121
Today's Upsets Are Tomorrow's Laughs	p. 122
Lighten Up Your Classroom	p. 123
Make Your Classroom a Place to Have Fun While Learning	p. 125
Consider Starting Each Day With the Joke of the Day	p. 126
Intersperse Your Curriculum With Fun Activities That Encourage Group Identity	p. 126
Allow the Students to Generate Laughs While They Work on Projects	p. 126
Fill Your Classroom With Joke Books	p. 126
Have Dress-Up Days	p. 126
Use Improvisation Games to Anchor Learning Points	p. 127
Lighten Up Both Your School and Your Life	p. 127
First and Foremost, Make a Humor Commitment to Yourself	p. 128
In Your School, Have a Positive Party Funded by Negative People	p. 128
Sneak a Humorous Item Onto the Agenda of Every Serious Meeting	p. 128
Provide Popsicles for the Teacher, Administrator, or Staff Person Who Put Up With the Most Heat During the Day	p. 128
Start Bad Days With an Improvised Song	p. 129
Start a New, Fun Practice at the School: When People Are Having a Bad Day, They Can Ask for a Standing Ovation	p. 129
Have Your Own Personal Stress-Survival Kit	p. 129
Make Goofy Faces Every Time You Are in Front of a Mirror	p. 129
At Least Once a Week, Make Contact With a Friend Who Makes You Laugh	p. 129
Action Plan for Stress Mastery	p. 131
References	p. 132
How to Become and Remain a Resilient Person	p. 133
Learning Objectives	p. 133
Learning to Become Optimistic	p. 134
How to Bring More Joy and Happiness Into Your Life	p. 142
More Behavioral Prescriptions to Build Resiliency	p. 144
Proven Personal Prescriptions	p. 144
Proven In-School Prescriptions	p. 146
In ClosingàNoàThis is Actually Your Beginning!	p. 148
Action Plan for Stress Mastery	p. 150
References	p. 151
Glossary of Acronyms	p. 153
77 Behavioral Prescriptions to Master Stress and Build Your Reslience	p. 155
A Deep-Muscle Relaxation Technique	p. 163
Web Site Resources on Classroom Management	p. 169
Index	p. 173
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The Teacher's Ultimate Stress Mastery Guide; 77 Proven Prescriptions to Build Your Resilience

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