Becoming More Positive: Living With Life's Ups and Downs
In this on-going class students will come together to explore their feelings. They will learn tools to clear stress, anxiety, and frustration to learn how to be more positive and utilize these tools in their everyday lives.
Shannon Leflar
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(3)
What's included
1 live meeting
40 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
In this ongoing class meeting once a week, for 40 minutes, students will engage in self-discovery through questioning. They are learning more about themselves and managing their stressors to become more positive. Each week we will do an introduction and learn how to check in with ourselves. At the beginning of each class, learners will explore how to do a body and mind scan. Students will learn various techniques and exercises to deal with frustration, stress, and anxiety. They will learn visualization, breathing exercises, and field psychology exercises. These tips and tricks help start the journey to work through anxiety and stress experienced in everyday life. Topics may include and yet are not limited to: Setting an Intention, Good Stress/Bad Stress, Mind-Body Connection, Thinking Habits, Positive Self-talk. Taking Action, and How to Reset, Grit, and Resiliency.
Learning Goals
Students will get to know themselves better and learn to self-regulate to become more positive. They will complete the course and know at least two breathing techniques and two or three other strategies that work for them specifically to deal with frustration and stress in their daily life.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Parents may need to check in with their child to see how they are doing.
Supply List
Journal to record progress, pen/pencil and water for during class.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined March, 2020
5.0
3reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Non-US Teaching Certificate in Secondary Education
This is a class that I have taught with groups in person. I have experienced anxiety myself, worked through it with my own children, and supported students I have worked with through these challenges. I am a life coach and have taken many courses, please see below. My background is unique in that I have experiences in the public school system, as a life coach, taken a variety of Professional Development courses on this subject and am working through my Social Work degree.
Courses I have taken:
Counselling Skills I & II, Extended Education, University of Manitoba
Connecting to Youth: Aulneau Renewal Centre (Angela Taylor)
Working with Stuck Kids: Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute - Canada CTRI (Dr. Gordon Neufeld)
Mental Health First Aid: Mental Health Commission of Canada through MTS
Crucial Conversations: Manitoba Teachers Society (MTS)
The Eight Pillars of Executive Control (Dr. Adam J. Cox)
Resilient Kids - What makes a kid resilient and how can we create resilient kids? (Michael Unger)
Anxious Kids, Anxious Families: Strategies that Work for School and Home (Reid Wilson, Ph.D. and Lynn Lyons, MSW)
Mindfulness Training (Vikki Enns)
Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Teach Mental Health ToolkitReviews
Live Group Class
$18
weekly1x per week
40 min
Completed by 10 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-15
4-12 learners per class
