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Center for Young Women's Health: Dealing With Divorce and Separation

For Students 9th - 10th
For teenagers, seeing parents separate is never an easy. It is difficult to understand why it happens or how to cope with the changes. This site provides a guide that is designed to help teens through this difficult period. Additional...
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Article
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Kids Health: Anxiety Disorders

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Family Doctor.org does a nice job of listing and describing anxiety disorders. Diagnosis, treatment, and links to similar sites are also included.
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Article
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Kids Health: Dealing With Divorce

For Students 9th - 10th
Dealing with divorce means ultimately accepting new changes that will affect almost all aspects of a child's life. Coping with these changes can be easier if the child understands how to deal with their emotions of frustration,...
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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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Handout
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Journal of Extension: Stress and Turnover Among Extension Directors

For Students 9th - 10th
Research study on the relationship between turnover among USDA Extension Directors and job stress.
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BBC

Bbc: Lab Uk: The Stress Test

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this twenty-minute test to learn about the causes and consequences of stress. Find out what factors affect your mental health and tips on how to improve it. To take part in the experiment, registration is required.
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Kids Health: Fears and Phobias

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from family Doctor.org find out the differences in fear and phobias. This site also includes links to related articles.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Surprising Link Between Stress and Memory

For Students 9th - 10th
Elizabeth Cox details the complex relationship between stress and memory.
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Handout
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Body and Mind: Feelin' Frazzled?

For Students 6th - 8th
Find ten tips to help you reduce stress and to feel better emotionally and physically. The tips on this website, which include "Fuel up," "Have fun with friends," and "Take time to chill," will help "Keep you cool, calm, and collected."
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Kids Health: Health Problems Series: Stress [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The activities in this lesson unit can help students to learn more about what stress is and how to effectively manage it. After identifying stressors, they will keep a record of how they handled stressful situations that arose and what...
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Life Events Stress Test

For Students 9th - 10th
Simple stress test to measure the relative impact of various major life events.