Teaching Childen/Youth Coping Skills
for Stress Management
By
Gloria S. Elder,MA
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Program Evaluation

The program was evaluated by an outside,

Research Evaluator (Louis Anderson, Ph.D).

The Evaluation Component
 Over a five year period the PSSRP trained

over 300 teachers and teacher aids,

approximately 600 parents and over 4,000

preschoolers in positive coping skills

for stress reduction in Georgia Headstart

and Metropolitan subsidized daycare

programs.

Evaluation Results
  1. A significant reduction in symptomatic

    behaviors exhibited by prescholers such as:

    • nail biting


    • shaking


    • yelling


    • stomach aches


    • headaches


    • temper tantrums
2. A significant increase in the recognition

of different emotions by preschoolers.

3. A significant difference was found in

the preschooler's recognition of how

stress affects the body.

An informal teacher's evaluation showed:

  • 100% felt the curriculum had helped the

    teacher in managing stress in the classrooms.

  • 95% felt that the PSSRP has helped the

    teacher in managing their own stress at

    school and at home.

    An informal parent's evaluation showed:

  • 100% of the parents felt that the

    program had increased their coping

    skills for stress reduction in their

    personal lives.













































Stress is Inevitable


The impact of stressors depends a great deal on our environment, attitudes, and thoughts. It is

very important for adults to provide successful experiences for children. This can be

accomplished by being aware of their individual differences, strengths and weaknesses and by

helping them set realistic goals. This helps children build self-esteem, reduces stress, and

increases successful coping skills. More importantly, the strategies must be used by adults with

children throughout a child's period of growth. By starting early it will have positive long-term

benefits. We trust that you will use this information to help children cope with stress.

Gloria Elder is Project Director and

co-developer of the Pre-School Stress

Relief Project(PSSRP), a program of

the Wholistic Stress Control Institute,Inc.



Jennie C. Trotter, M.ED. is the founder

and Executive Director of the Wholistic

Stress Control Institute, Inc. and have

developed prevention models for users

in educational settings. She is also

co-developer of PSSRP.












For more information on WSCI write to

the authors at:

Wholistic stress Control Institute, Inc.

2545 Benjamin E. Mays Drive

Atlanta, GA. 30311 S.W.

E-Mail:wholistic@mindspring.com

Web Site: www.wholistic1.com



References:Albee, George and Gullotta, Thomas(1992) Primary Prevention Works.National Mental Health Association. Sage Publications.

Anderson Louis,PH.D(1991)Pre-School Stress Relief Project Research Evauator, Georgia State University, unpublished, Atlanta, GA.
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