Welcome to this journey.
In this course, we are focusing on your role as a parent or an educator on how you can support your teenagers with exam anxiety, their emotional regulation and empowering them with practical strategies to navigate this stressful time.
Naturally, exam time brings with it a rise in stress levels and the challenge to perform as best we can. However, when exam time becomes a source of dread that can negatively impact our well being and our academic performance we need to rethink the current strategies we are using. As parents and educators, we want to support our teenagers navigate this stressful time. Our teenagers tend to put a significant amount of pressure on themselves and focus more on the outcome rather than the process during exam time. Equipping them with practical strategies, helping them to keep realistic expectations and shifting their focus back to the process is key to maintaining their well being and increasing performance.
Learning Objectives
- Identify your own level of anxiety and how that can impact your teenagers and the rest of the family.
- Overview of exam time, the research, understanding exam anxiety and how it manifests our teenagers.
- Learn practical strategies and insights to support your teenager.
- Learn practical academic study techniques.
- Understand some psychological pitfalls and provide effective emotional support.
- Learn how to increase emotional regulation and mindfulness during this stressful time.
Benefits of this course
This course equips parents with the knowledge and skills needed to navigate exam stress and anxiety with their teenagers effectively, ultimately promoting their academic success and mental health.
- Understanding Teenage Psychology
- Effective Communication Skills
- Building Resilience
- Improved Study Techniques
- Identifying Signs of Anxiety
- Creating Supportive Environments
- Promoting Self-Care
- Strengthening Parent-Teen Relationships
Reflections
- Ask yourself are you willing and prepared to fully engage with the material? The theory and the practical go hand in hand for real change.
- How will you keep yourself motivated throughout the course and what are the potential barriers that you need to look out for?
- Take some time to reflect on why you signed up for this course? Rather than approaching your answer from a general overview, try to be specific to the reasons. Information is power.
Workshop Includes 10 Modules:
Module 1 : Introduction
Hello and Welcome,
By fully engaging in my course, I will help you to become more confident as a parent or educator in supporting your teenagers before, during and after exam time and managing the associated anxiety and stress that comes with this exam time. In this introduction module, you will get to know about me, my course, the learning outcomes and it potential benefits to you and your teenagers when you engage fully with the material and experiential activities.
Let’s get started!
Module 2 : Self-Awareness and Self-Reflection
Welcome to Module 2.
This Module of our program is designed to deepen your understanding of self-awareness and cultivate essential self-reflection skills.
Be sure to have some writing material and a pen as we begin this module.
Module 3 : Overview of Exam Time & the Link with Anxiety
Welcome to Module 3.
In this module we will be looking at an overview of exam time which brings increased demands on our young people.
We will look at some research and statistics, some of the main causes of anxiety and how it might present in our young people.
Module 4 : Practical Supports at Home
Welcome to Module 4.
In this module we will look at practical supports at home that you can implement straight away or enhance if you are already doing some of these.
Module 5 : Emotional Regulation and Encouragement
Welcome to Module 5.
In this module we will look at improving emotional regulation and providing emotional encouragement that is genuine and thoughtful.
Module 6 : Effective Learning and Study Strategies
Welcome to Module 6.
Welcome to Module 6 where we will look at effective learning and study strategies.
Module 7 : Psychological Supports and Pitfalls
Welcome to Module 7.
Welcome to Module 7 were we will look at these key areas:
- Perfectionism vs Striving for Excellence
- Procrastination
- Unhelpful thoughts
- Positive re-framing of our thoughts
Module 8 : The Looming Exam Horizon
Welcome to Module 8.
Practical things we can do as the exam horizon looms.
Module 9 : Mindful and Grounding Exercises
Welcome to Module 9.
Incorporating mindful and grounding exercises into your daily routine can lead to numerous physical, emotional, and psychological benefits, ultimately contributing to a greater sense of peace, balance, and fulfillment in your life.
Module 10 : Doing It Together
Welcome to Module 10.
We will get through this exam time together. Recap and next steps.