Stress Management

Everyone Experiences Stress

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Get SMART: Our Stress Management And Relaxation Training

Healthy and effective stress management techniques can be learned, and are some of the most effective and important tools for decreasing stress and reducing the negative effects of chronic stress.

Online Resources

Everyone-children and adults-experiences stress. Too much stress too often can lead to behavior and/or health problems.

Relaxation Videos

Quick to watch, easy to do

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Strategies and Techniques

To support healthy stress management

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What is Stress?

Learn about the basics of stress

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The Workshops

What is stress?
What causes it?
Is it harmful?
What helps?
These are the main components to all of our workshops

Schools and Youth Groups

We have a variety of workshops appropriate for kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school ages.

If you are interested in scheduling a workshop, please have your school principal, counselor or classroom teacher contact us. Most workshops are free but contact us to work out the details.

Parent Groups

For-fee classes are available for businesses and parent groups.

We have presented our workshops to PTA groups, corporate gatherings, childcare parent nights, school staff, teachers and administrators, and in a variety of other settings. We can flex our content to fit your needs.

For more information, contact:

Becca VanHorne, Child & Teen Services Manager
bvanhorne@parenttrust.org

Testimonials

What do students say about the workshops?

I think that this class was really helpful for me. I learned a lot about stress and I will be using the techniques they were helpful too.
I really appreciate this because I am always stressed out and now I know ways to take care of it.
I really liked it because I’m stressed 24/7 and now I know how to reduce it.
This was great. I actually know that I’ve been stressed and maybe these techniques can help me control my stress.

What do teachers say about the workshops?

Students were very engaged and I know I will use what I learned!
I’ve been really impressed with how simple and easy SMART’s techniques are, and have turned to your resources page more than a handful of times.
Excellent, clear, practical/useable techniques and presentation. Helpful and relaxing-thanks!
The class was hands on, fun and very helpful.

What do parents say about the workshops?

You gave us very important information about our kids. Thank you!!
Enjoyed this class! I appreciate the hands-on techniques that we practiced in class as well as the hand-outs provided. It was a great class to reduce my current stress.
Thanks for the great tips! I look forward to working on these!
I will be using these techniques at home! Very informative!