Stress
Make class interesting, make yourself available, emphasis on resources available to them. Smile and mentor.
Billy, do you have any formal exercises that examine stress points and give students a chance to share their experiences?
I teach a class that is the last class before graduation, and I find students that are stressed all the time because there is a lot going on in there personal life at that time. I always make sure thy understand that I am here to help them with class and tell them that thy can use class as a vacation from life's problems and focus on class while thy are in class. It is in there best interest to focus on class so thy are successful in class, so that does not add to the issues thy are facing in life.
Just being there to listen can help. Availablitiy is important.
