New Futures – Your Self-care

Understanding and dealing with stress

The aim of this programme is to help us learn about stress, and to explore practical ways to help us manage it.

Our focus will be on compassionate, soothing and practical ways to help ourselves and our loved-ones.

 Module 1: Welcome!

  • How the course works

Module 2: Introduction to stress

  • Understand what stress is.
  • Learn how stress can affect you.

Module 3: Understanding stress

  • Be able to recognise situations in your life that cause you stress.
  • Understand the importance of addressing your needs.
  • Recognise how children get stressed and the effect your stress can have on your children.

Module 4: Managing and reducing your stress levels

  • Understand the importance of addressing your needs.
  • Develop the skills of positive self-talk
  • Learn practical ways to manage your stress.

Module 5: Time management to prevent stress

  • Understand the connection between stress and time management
  • Benefits of time management
  • Making a timetable

  • Understand and recognise the importance of self-care, what stress means to us and our family and adopt new techniques and attitudes to combat stress and feel more in control.
  • Develop your time management skills

In order to have access to the course below, you will need to be registered with us. Find out more how to enrol on how courses: Learn more.

New Futures - Your Self-Care
Understanding and dealing with stress
Module 1 Welcome!
How to work with the course.
Unit 1 Unit 1 - Getting Started  
Unit 2 Unit 2 - Learner's journal  
Module 2 Introduction to Stress
Introduction to Stress, Understanding Stress, Dealing with Stress and Stress and My Needs.
Unit 1 Unit 1 - Introduction to Stress  
Unit 2 Unit 2- What is stress?  
Unit 3 Unit 3 - Understanding Stress  
Unit 4 Unit 4 - The Four Factors of Stress  
Unit 5 Unit 5 - Jug of Water Exercise  
Unit 6 Unit 6 - A Good Strategy  
Unit 7 Unit 7 - Quiz on Stress  
Module 3 Understanding Stress
Here we explore `the different elements of stress, what stresses us, what our levels of stress are and how stress can affect us physically and mentally.
Unit 1 Unit 1 - Introduction to module 3  
Unit 2 Unit 2 - Quiz: How stressed am I?  
Unit 3 Unit 3 - Stressors  
Unit 4 Unit 4 - How stress affects our bodies  
Unit 5 Unit 5 - How stress affects our minds  
Unit 6 Unit 6 - Stress and your Child  
Unit 7 Unit 7 - What would you do? Case studies of Stressful situations  
Unit 8 Unit 8 - Resilience in Children  
Unit 9 Unit 9 - Understanding stress - Quiz  
Module 4 Managing and reducing your stress levels
Here we explore the connection between stress and our needs, how we can better fulfill our needs, and manage stress levels.
Unit 1 Unit 1 - Introduction to module 4  
Unit 2 Unit 2 - Stress and Our Needs  
Unit 3 Unit 3 - Emotions and Stress  
Unit 4 Unit 4 - Visualisation Exercise  
Unit 5 Unit 5 - Five Essential Tips to Reduce Stress  
Unit 6 Unit 6 - Five More Tips To Reduce Stress  
Unit 7 Unit 7- Ways to Unwind  
Unit 8 Unit 8 - Healthy / Unhealthy eating  
Unit 9 Unit 9 - Reducing stress with Exercise  
Unit 10 Unit 10 - Breathing as relaxation and stress relief  
Unit 11 Unit 11 - Breathing Exercise  
Module 5 Time management to prevent stress
Time management is essential to prevent or minimise our stress levels. In this module, we will learn how we can manage our time in an effective way so we can maximise our use of time.
Unit 1 Unit 1 - Introduction to Time Management  
Unit 2 Unit 2 - Time management and stress  
Unit 3 Unit 3 - Time Management Quiz  
Unit 4 Unit 4 - Benefits of Good Time Management  
Unit 5 Unit 5 - Tips for Time Management  
Unit 6 Unit 6 - Making a Time Table  
Unit 7 Unit 7 - Thank you for taking part in this Programme