KIDS HAVE STRESS TOO

All About Stress

100

True or False - pressure to do well in school, wanting to fit in, problems with family, and taking on too many things at once are causes of teen stress

True!

200

____ is normal and can help us achieve tasks such as studying for a test

Stress 

300

Your heart rate increasing, temperature rising, sweating, and clenching your firsts are a response to stress and are called what

Body or Physical Cues 

400

Your body enters into this when it feels like it is in danger

Fight, Flight or Freeze

500

This part of the brain is responsible for impulse control, judgment of risks and rewards, decision-making, planning, and processing of social and emotional information 

Executive Functioning aka Prefrontal Cortex

Your Brain on Stress

100

Your brain will grow until what age

25

200

____ is the first to react in a stressful situation 

Brain

300

This part of your brain is called the guard dog

Amygdala

400

The study of the brain is called what 

Neuroscience 

500

You can calm your guard dog by doing what

Taking deep breaths

Coping With It

100

What are some strategies that can help you in feeling calmer

Stretching, deep breathing, exercise, dancing, listening to music, positive self-talk

200

_____ is a ay to be aware of your thoughts and feelings in the present moment 

Mindfulness 

300

Mindful breathing helps to overrides the ______ stress response

Amygdala

400

_____ can help to reduce stress

hint: identify an issue and take steps to resolve it

Problem-Solving

500

PMR stands for Progressive Muscle Relaxation, describe how it is used

Clenching or tensing each muscle group to remind the body to relax when it feels tense 

Rethinking Stress

100

Saying to yourself "I can do it" and "it will be okay I just need to breathe through it" are examples of what

Positive Self Talk

200

When you say to yourself "I'm no good at this" or "there's no point in trying I'll just fail anyways" are examples of what

Negative Self-Talk

300

One of the negative thinking traps is where you think you know what the other person is thinking, this is called what

Mind Reading 

400

This form of negative thinking is where you think you can predict the future

Hint: think of this person you might see at a carnival 

Fortune Telling

500

Out of these three things, which one do you need to change to result in a better outcome - feelings, thoughts, or behaviour

Thoughts

Making Positive Choices

100

When we get less than seven hours of this, it can lead to depression and/or anxiety

Sleep

200

_____ thinking leads to feeling discouraged and hopeless

Pessimistic Thinking 

300

When we work through a problem using a problem-solving process, we engage this part of the brain 

Prefrontal Cortex or Frontal Lobe

400

T/F: A teens brain is not guided by the amygdala but instead the prefrontal cortex

FALSE - it is guided by the amygdala

500

Ms. Roskovich drew this on the board, it is a triangle. What was involved in the triangle. 

Thoughts, feelings, and behaviour