1 / 10

Stress and the Non-Traditional Student

Stress and the Non-Traditional Student. Acknowledging Challenges, Accepting Humanness to Go Beyond the Immediate into the Extraordinary Lynette Higgins-Donald, MSA Associate Faculty – Ashford University. Acknowledging. Negatives. Positives.

lynde
Download Presentation

Stress and the Non-Traditional Student

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Stress and the Non-Traditional Student Acknowledging Challenges, Accepting Humanness to Go Beyond the Immediate into the Extraordinary Lynette Higgins-Donald, MSA Associate Faculty – Ashford University

  2. Acknowledging Negatives Positives • Acknowledging factors in life that are constant • Acknowledging factors that are circumstantial (long term and short term effects/affects) i.e. divorce, children shuttled between two homes • Taking control of what is in your span/locus of control • Delegating • Find a happy medium/balance ANTSHE CONFERENCE 2014

  3. Accepting Positives Negatives • Reflective of previous situations • “This too shall pass” • Find the Center • Keep in mind what is most important • What is the goal? • Juggling • I, I, I, I, I • You, you, you, • Escaping ANTSHE CONFERENCE 2014

  4. The world or the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them WHAT IS YOUR REALITY? ANTSHE CONFERENCE 2014

  5. And now you are a STUDENT Homework, Study Time, Grades, GPA Tuition Incentives – Reimbursement, FA, Fear of Failure/Success – Short Term and Long Term ANTSHE CONFERENCE 2014

  6. Coping Theories • *Fight or Flight Response • Survival mode from a threat, danger, harm Signs: heart racing, sweat, fear, nervous, brain freezes body to ???? (Which way do I go? What am I going to do?) • **General Adaption Syndrome (GAS) 3 Stages • Alarm System (F/F) • Adaptation (resistance) • Exhaustion ANTSHE CONFERENCE 2014

  7. Life Theories • *Hardiness (Commitment, Control, Challenge; your Attitude toward a life event) • **Life Events (Situation strong; Resources weak/limited) • Social (Support) Theory ANTSHE CONFERENCE 2014

  8. Conclusion • You are the Author • You decide: Fight/Flight, GAS, or • Hardiness ANTSHE CONFERENCE 2014

  9. Conclusion • It’s okay to take a break • It’s okay to Acknowledge Challenges, • Accept Humanness • Go Beyond the Immediate • Take yourself into the Extraordinary ANTSHE CONFERENCE 2014

  10. Reference Fight-or-flight response - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight-or-flight_response‎ General adaptation syndrome. (n.d.) Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Consumers. (2007). Retrieved from http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/general+adaptation+syndrome Lecture 8: Social Support ocw.jhsph.edu/.../soci...‎Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Healt N. J. Hill (2013, January 17).Practice wisdom: The 3 c's of stress hardiness. Retrieved from practicewisdom.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-3-cs-of-stress-hardiness.html‎ ANTSHE CONFERENCE 2014

More Related