The Health, Stress and Coping course examines health psychology and its application in dealing with stress. Coping methods and processes for dealing with and responding to stress are also covered.

Teachers are faced, every day, with the consequences of society’s fast-paced and modern living. Schools are, in general, expected to be the panacea for society’s ills, and teachers are also expected by certain groups within society to be magicians in providing miracle cures for society’s shortfalls.

All of these factors bring stressors into school-life, and the classroom. Teachers, as human beings, need to learn to recognise, address, manage and cope with these realities as well as providing meaningful, holistic and responsible learning environments for their students.

This course addresses the management skills vital for personal health and survival in schools and its objective is to facilitate teachers in addressing their health, stress and well-being in a modern classroom and school setting.

• 5 fully interactive lessons complete with audio, links and exercises to complete
• A moderated discussion forum to answer course-related questions, share you experiences with your teaching colleagues and communicate with your facilitator
• A Reflective Learning Log where you reflect on your understanding of the course and how you will use it in your day to day teaching
• Completion of a course gives 3 EPV Days.  Your individual entitlement for EPV days should be checked with the DES.
• A course is expected to take 20 hours to complete
• Each course has a facilitator who will be in contact with you regularly and whom you can contact by email with any queries before or during the course

Geraldine Breakwell

Geraldine is a qualified psychodynamic counsellor and is an accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy. She holds a diploma in the management of stress and has undertaken a formal training in mindfulness at the University of North Wales. Geraldine works in a primary care setting and also runs a successful private practice. She has a special interest in working with chronic illness and is sponsored by two registered charities in this work. Geraldine has also spent many years working in pre-school and primary education settings, both in England and in Spain.

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