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PBS

Pbs: This Emotional Life: Stress and Anxiety

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS features extensive information on stress and anxiety including topics such as what is stress and anxiety, how to manage them, helping others, and anxiety disorders.
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Other

Kansas State Univ.: Stressed Out Over Studying Tests?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a very detailed summary of dealing with stress while studying and taking tests. Sections define the problems as well as the solutions - how we have gotten ourselves all stressed out; how does stress affect grades; what...
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Science Museum, London

Making the Modern World: Stress Management

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains 7 chapters dealing with stress and ways to deal with it along with links to related materials.
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota Duluth: Symptoms of Stress and Anxiety

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource lists physical symptoms of stress and anxiety.
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Other

Zephyrus Education: Stress

For Students 9th - 10th
While this site primarily addresses adults, with frequent references to job-related stress, middle and high school students can learn much about handling the stress in their lives, as well. It is easy to read and includes tools to help...
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Committee for Children

Second Step: Grade 1: Lesson 16: Managing Worry

For Teachers 1st
This Second Step instructional activity will help students how to manage concerns and worries.
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Other

International Stress Management Association

For Students 9th - 10th
This non-profit organization is dedicated to helping people cope with life stresses. In addition there is basic information on recognizing and dealing with general and exam-related stress.
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American Psychological Association

American Psychological Assc.: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

For Students 9th - 10th
This American Psychological Association site offers information on the incidence of PTSD, its symptoms and causes, and the effectiveness of treatment options in restoring health and function.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) including examples, a medical definition and the effects on the body, the four main symptoms, causes, treatment, and statistics.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of post traumatic stress disorder including causes, symptoms, and treatment.
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Other

A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Anxiety in Athletes

For Students 9th - 10th
A great deal of the literature on the relationship between anxiety and performance has come from a cognitive-behavioral perspective. This Athletic Insight paper examines the relationship between the two constructs from a psychodynamic...
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University of Notre Dame

University Counseling Center: Relaxation Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes a variety of techniques you can try that will help you release stress while studying, including deep breathing, muscle relaxation, and meditation.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Figuring Out Phobias

For Students 3rd - 5th
A phobia is "an extremely strong fear of a situation or thing." Phobias don't just last a few minutes, they are fears that stay with you. A kid who has a phobia of dogs will go out of his way to avoid any situation that involves his...
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Being Afraid

For Students 3rd - 5th
Everyone is afraid of something. Maybe you're afraid of heights, your friend might be scared of the big monster that lives in his closet, and your little sister is spooked by circus clowns. We all have different fears, and they may even...
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Other

Mind: Understanding the Psychological Effects of Street Drugs

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the dangerous psychological effects of drugs and alcohol.