The previous post contains all the information that you might need to know regarding learning outcomes, etc.
Here’s an indicative timeline for the course. Please note that this timeline may be subject to change.
You will notice that this course is composed of three strands
- Stress theory
- Stress management
- Stress management applications
In the Stress theory strand you will learn about stress, what causes it, what effects it has on the physiology of the body, and other related matters.
In the Stress management strand you will learn about techniques for assessing stress, and designing healthcare programmes for the effective management of client stress.
In the Stress management applications strand you will learn and practice relaxation techniques that may be applied in the management of stress.
Your assessment will be composed of three assessment tasks. This assessment is in the process of being moderated and will be released to you once this process has been completed.
- Case Study – this will be the most significant piece of work, and will detail your work with two clients
- Clinical assessment – Observation of your communication of stress management exercises with your clients. Students who have no clinical time this semester may submit video evidence to complete the requirements for this assessment.
- Theoretical exam (at the end of the semester).
This week’s tasks
This week your tasks are to
- Think of three times when you were under a lot of stress in your life. Try to choose times that are at least a year apart, and in which the factors leading to the stress were different. Record what happened and what about the situation caused you to become stressed in a file which is stored on your computer. You will be directed to refer to these events a number of times through the course, so make sure that you put the file somewhere that you can find it, and name it something that will be a good trigger for your memory. When you are directed to refer to these events they will be called “Your stress journal”.
- Read through Introduction to Stress Theory.
- Consider how the ideas of General Adaptation Syndrome and the Human Performance Curve relate to each of the events that you have recorded in your stress journal, and record your reflections in this journal.
- Read through Individual factors in the Stress response
- How would you rate yourself against each of these factors? Record your individual profile in a file on your computer. How does this individual profile relate to the events in your stress journal? Record your reflections in this journal.
- Causes of Stress: Elluminate session – Friday 12:30 – 1:30pm
This link will take you to a recording of the session.
There is a section in the middle of the recording in which nothing much happens in elluminate, so you might want to skip over this section of the recording.
Remember that the course email group serves as a channel for classroom discussion, so if you have any queries about any of the material please text/speak up. J
