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Managing Stress Effectively

Explore how stress can affect people and consider practical ways to respond. Use fictional or general examples; you do not need to describe your own experiences. If a question asks for your ideas, answers will vary.

Stress can show up in different ways

Use the four boxes to jot down or sketch general examples of stress triggers and responses. These are possibilities, not a checklist that applies to everyone.

Triggers: What kinds of situations might bring on stress for a Year 9 student?

Body signals: What physical changes might someone notice when stressed?

Thoughts and feelings: What might a stressed person think or feel?

Actions: How might stress affect someone’s behaviour?

Understanding stress

1.Choose two different areas from the stress map: triggers, body signals, thoughts and feelings, or actions. Explain one way stress could affect a person in each area.

2.Explain the difference between short-term stress and ongoing stress. Give one example of each.

3.Which statement best describes whether stress can be useful?

Stress is always harmful.
Stress can sometimes help someone focus or prepare, but its effects depend on the situation and how intense or prolonged it is.
Stress is useful in every situation.

4.Give one example of how a manageable amount of stress could help someone, and one reason ongoing or intense stress may need attention.

Planning a helpful response

Think about a fictional or everyday situation. A useful plan can include a coping action, a way to handle obstacles, and support from someone trustworthy.

5.Imagine a student feels overwhelmed by several upcoming tasks. Name one coping strategy they could try and explain how it might help.

6.Name one obstacle that could make it harder for that student to use the strategy, and suggest one way around the obstacle.

7.Name one trusted person or Australian support service the student could contact if the stress continued or felt difficult to manage.

8.Complete the idea in your own words: “It would be important to seek extra help if…” Use a general or fictional example.

Coping strategies can help, but no one has to manage ongoing or overwhelming stress alone. Speak with a trusted adult or school wellbeing staff member. If there is immediate danger, contact emergency services on 000.