STUDENT STRESS
When student have stress it is hard to keep them focus on their studies.They need to be encourage to keep their gold in front of them which is to finsh school.
David, have you investigated having VA personnel visit your campus to provide services?
Alot of my students are military that have just come back from over seas. there stress level as you could imagine is high. We encourage them to go to the V.A. and talk to councelors even if they fell fine.
When students get stressed i also try to find out the reason they came to school to remind them of there goal. I also like to draw out a time line stating this is where you were when you started and here is where you are now. You only have this little bit to go, and when we are close to that finish line it always gets harder, but thats when we need to overcome those obstacles that are standing in our way and push ourselves to get to that finish line.
heidi, do ask your students to share their personal experiences in getting through adversity?
Loren Kroh
I definitely agree. At least once a quarter I ask the students to remember why they are in the program. I ask them how they are going to get to the end if they don't go through all of the steps. Everyone has stress in their lives, it is how you handle it that makes or breaks a person.
