Credits Hours: 2.00

Course Description:
The tools and techniques in this course will help you understand and diagnose the stress in your life, identify the stressors you can and cannot control, and assess your readiness to make changes. There are methods to help you develop a systematic approach to eliminate stressors, manage your time, and implement short-term and long-term coping mechanisms. You?ll develop a plan of action and learn how to avoid or address your own personal roadblocks.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:

• Understand stress.
• Diagnose the stress in your life.
• Consider underlying factors.
• Assess your readiness to make changes.
• Develop a systematic approach.
• Eliminate or minimize stressors.
• Use short-term coping mechanisms.
• Reframe the situation.
• Build long-term protective responses.
• Implement a plan of action.
• Identify a specific situation.
• Write down one stress management technique.
• Assess your progress.