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Session Title: What is Stress (2 Sessons)
Content Summary: This presentation discusses
how stress can throw the body out of its normal state.
Stress can stimulate the body and heighten a person's
level of alertness. Stress is related to all aspects of
our lives and how we deal with it affects every aspect
of our lives.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participant will be able to identify the relationship
between substance abuse and stress. The participant will
understand stress more completely and how stressful situations
affect the body, mind and spirit. In addition the participant
will identify positive and negative stressors and their
effects.
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Session Title: Stress Signals
Content Summary: This Presentation continues
the discussion of stress and how it can affect our lives.
Stress embodies physical, emotional or behavioral signals.
Each of us deals with stress in different ways. The ways
we respond to stress is important in managing our daily
lives. Managing stress in the early stages of recovery
can be an important part of avoiding relapse and a return
to using.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participant will be able to identify the signals of
stress and ways that we can cope with stress. In addition
the participant will be able to identify the psychological
and behavioral responses to stress.
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Session Title: Learning to Managing Time
Content Summary: This presentation presents
the concepts of time management and how it can become
a valuable resource. Everyone is treated the same by time,
the difference is how we use it. The management of time
gives us control over our lives.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participant will understand methods to use to effectively
manage time. In addition the participant will understand
the limits that need to be set to effectively accomplish
effective time management.
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Session Title: Conflict Resolution
Content Summary: This presentation identifies
that conflict and problems are a normal part of life.
Conflict resolution is a cooperative problem solving technique,
with the fundamental concept that to resolve conflict,
the individual with the dispute solves the problem by
their self.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participant will have a better understanding of how
conflicts can be resolved and how to choose a solution
and act on it. In addition the participant will learn
the importance of communication in the resolution process.
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Session Title: Listening Responsively (2 sessions)
Content Summary: This presentation provides
an effective method to improve listening skills.
By listening responsively you let people know that you
care about them. By listening more attentively you help
people around you feel understood. Once people feel that
their message and feelings have been heard, they start
to relax and they have more attention available for listening.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participant will be able to improve listening skills
by applying the techniques provided. By learning
to listen to others it helps them to listen to us. When
both sides listen and know one another better, they are
more likely to be able to reach solution that meet more
of everyone's needs.
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Session Title: Identifying Stressors
Content Summary: This presentation continues
the discussion of stress (DAA-245, 080 and 085) and how
we deal with it. It identifies how stress in recognized
in our lives and how we react to it. What we need to do
to reverse the ways we deal with stress is emphasized.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participant will understand the importance of making
time to understanding ourselves and how our lives can
be made more interesting. In addition the discussing of
time management is reintroduced as a way to aid in the
managing of stress. Understand how to reduce major tasks
into smaller more manageable parts is also introduced.
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Session Title: Positive Stress Management
Content Summary: This presentation continues
the discussion of Stress from and its effects. This presentation
shows how positives can affect stress. Positive images
and thoughts and the changing of the way that we express
ideas has a great influence on stress management.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participant will understand how a positive self-image
is essential in dealing with stress. Each individual must
learn to manage stress before it reaches crisis proportions.
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Session Title: Coping with Stress
Content Summary: This presentation continues the
discussion of Stress. During episodes of stress, changes
occur in the body that effect the way we think and feel
and also generate changes in thoughts and feelings. Stressors
are worse when you have an addiction and how the individual
handles them can affect whether or not they overcome their
addiction.
Objective: Upon completion of this presentation
the participant will understand how to develop coping
strategies that can be used to alleviate stress. They
will be better able to develop problem-solving techniques
that will be used to reduce and manage stress.
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Session Title: Conflict Communication Techniques
Content Summary: Every relationship has conflicts.
However, conflicts do not have to end with someone losing
and with both parties hating each other. Many do end this
way. That is why we have so many wars, political fights,
divorces, lawsuits, business breakups, time and money-wasting
arguments at work, etc. Wise persons are able to resolve
disagreements with both parties satisfied and respecting
each other.
Objective: Upon completing this session the participant
will be able to identify and use a number of strategies
to reduce the amount and severity of conflicts in his/her
life.
