Delivery: Online
College Credit: 3 credit hours
Estimated Length: 45 seat hours
Price: $1,035.00
Work related stress has an enormous impact on job performance and health. Stress Management, is an invaluable resource that teaches working professionals how to better manage and minimize the impact of stress. The course helps people understand how to identify and minimize the negative physiological, emotional and behavioral impact of stress. It also shows how to recognize stress related symptoms and the skills and techniques needed to handle stress. Those completing this course will be better able to identify and cope with rising levels of stress and, in turn, maximize their effectiveness on the job.
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Delivery:
Learning takes place with an instructor in an online classroom and will include homework activities and weekly assignments.
Completion Time:
This is a 10-week accelerated course which will require weekly assignments and periodic online communication with an instructor. Visit link above for course start and end dates. Please note, this course is not eligible for extensions.
Benefits:
- understand the impact of stress on work performance and health
- recognize physical and psychological symptoms brought on by stress
- utilize stress reducing behaviors and techniques
- understand how to recognize and cope with stress related anger
- earn three hours of college credit
- receive an industry-recognized NCTI certificate of graduation
Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
- compare and contrast the difference between stress mastery and stress management
- describe the effects of stress on physical, psychological and occupational functioning
- explain the relationship between ultradian rhythms and relaxation
- explain how the three stress hardiness attitudes of control, commitment and challenge contribute to stress resilience
- list the targeted stretches to prevent tension headaches
- explain how reframing lowers stress and facilitates problem solving
- identify what contributes to anger on a physical and psychological level
- explain the role of activity level and exercise in affecting weight and set point
- explain how brainwave frequency ranges relate to states of consciousness
- identify the factors contributing to the rising level of stress in the workplace
- describe Covey’s system for managing time
- describe how assertiveness relates to stress reduction
Outline:
Understanding Stress
Stress mastery vs. stress management
All about Stress
Stress and illness, negative affects of stress and fight or flight response physiology
Breathing
Diaphragmatic breathing, breathing variations, breathing and ultradian rhythms
Cultivating Awareness
The value of self awareness, stress hardiness attitudes, hardiness and stress resistance
Acquiring Body Wisdom
Cultivating body wisdom, progressive muscle relaxation and the importance of stretching your muscles
Looking at the World Differently
Reframing activities, giving up being right, dealing with irrational beliefs and optimism
Pathways through Anger
The nature of anger and coping with anger
Nutrition
The seven steps to good nutrition, weight control and set point and behavior modification strategies
Exercise
The benefits of exercise, types of exercise, determining how much exercise you need, getting yourself motivated and achieving a restful night of sleep
Psychotechnologies
Biofeedback, double induction hypnotic tapes and light and sound technology
Stress Mastery on the Job
Factors leading to increased workplace stress and ten faulty assumptions and effective antidotes
Time Management
Procrastination and time management
Assertiveness
Assertiveness defined, assertiveness and persuasion, the assertiveness bill of rights, nonverbal aspects of assertiveness, asserting yourself with aggressive people and dealing with the impossible boss
The Big Picture
The larger conceptual framework