Week 3 Project
Imagine if every stressor you encounter were to cause you to
throw a punch or run and hide. Most people can recall encountering others whose
response seemed a little extreme for the stressful moment at hand. Just like
there are various manifestations of stress, there needs to be various
strategies for managing stress. Stress management includes cognitive and
behavioral interventions to teach adaptive coping strategies. Training may
include relaxation exercises, assertiveness training, goal setting, sleep
hygiene, time management, conflict management, or cognitive restructuring.
Researchers have discovered that stress management interventions not only help
you navigate a stressful situation but they also seem to balance the immune
system disorders that are associated with stress. For example, relaxation
techniques have shown to be effective in suppressing viral outbreaks. Guided
imagery, for example, has been found to be effective in enhancing immune
function for those with herpes. Also, stressed medical students who use
relaxation techniques have better functioning immune systems during exam
periods when compared to a control group. Stress management techniques enhance
the effectiveness of immunizations and reduce the autoimmune response of
asthma. Practicing stress management techniques leads to lowered levels of
depression, negative mood, and morning cortisol levels.
While there are specific stress management techniques proven
to be effective, this does not relieve health psychology professionals from
finding the most suitable stress management strategies for their clients and
the specific stressors from which they suffer. As mentioned in this week’s Discussion,
there are a variety of cultural, biological, and environmental factors
impacting how populations respond to stress. As a result, there has been a
great deal of research conducted on stress management for specific populations.
The outcome is a list of topics included in stress management educational
sessions that differ by population. Training may include a variety of
strategies such as productive versus nonproductive coping, time management, and
goal setting. Since one strategy may not effectively relieve all types of
stress response, participants in stress management workshops may be taught an
array of different strategies from which to choose.
For this assignment, research a population for which you
would like to create a stress management workshop. Then find four articles in
the Walden Library related to stress management techniques appropriate for the
types of stress your population faces.
The Assignment (3–5 page APA-formatted essay)
Your Final Project in this course is to develop a stress management
presentation/workshop for a population of your choice including a Microsoft
PowerPoint presentation, three handouts, an evaluation form, and a supporting
evidence-based descriptive narrative. This week’s assignment serves as the
foundation for the deliverables of your Final Project.
Select and describe a target population.
Explain common stressors and related health issues for this
population.
Select and empirically support three stress management
strategies.
Explain why these strategies are appropriate for the target
population.
Support your Final Project assignment with specific
references to all resources used in its preparation. You are to provide a
reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for
this course.
Submit your assignment by Day 7.
Week 5 project
Managing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
The ancient proverb “Time heals all wounds” does not appear
to apply in every situation within the context of traumatic stress. With the
emotional and physical damage prolonged traumatic stress can cause, it may not
be enough to have lived through it. Whether you seek relief in the
understanding of a friend, a family member, a member of the clergy or your own
personal life philosophies, you are relying on your pre-existing resources in
an attempt to come to terms with your experiences. When your circle of social
support and resources lacks the comfort that can only come from someone with
similar experiences, there are an abundance of online newsgroups, forums, and
blogs that bring people with common experiences together. In addition,
psychotherapy has proved to be a beneficial approach for the treatment of
traumatic stress.
Up to this point, you have examined multiple stress
management techniques. For this assignment, you apply stress management
techniques to build on your Final Project. Review T.A. Lang’s Developing
Patient Education Handouts resource as well as the “Sampling of Stress
Management Techniques” handout. Conduct online research for additional examples
of patient information brochures. Then consider the population you selected for
your Week 3 Final Project assignment. Select three stressors common to this
population. Review the Handout Guidelines and the literature you obtained in
your search for stress management techniques and patient information brochures.
Consider the information you might include on three different handouts that
provide stress management techniques you might use for this population.
The Assignment (3 one-page handouts)
Create a different handout for each of the three stress
management techniques you might use for the population you selected in Week 3.
Apply the Handout Guidelines to the creation of your
handouts.
Support your Final Project assignment with specific
references to all resources used in its preparation. You are to provide a
separate reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning
Resources for this course.
Submit your assignment by Day 7.
Week 7 project
Final Project: Stress Management Workshop Presentation
Imagine if a Phillips screwdriver was the only tool auto
mechanics had available to fix all the automotive problems they might
encounter. What if doctors only had one treatment to use in response to all the
ailments their clients present to them? In short, some cars would be fixed and
some patients would recover; however, many cars would become huge lawn
ornaments and many patients would continue to suffer. The same is true for
stress management. Without a variety of strategies to resolve all the different
types of stressors individuals face, many would continue to suffer and possibly
develop serious yet preventable illnesses. Since one stress management strategy
does not fit all stressors or people experiencing stress, there are many
approaches and strategies that can be incorporated into stress management
training. It is wise to teach different methods, thus providing a sense of
control and options for choice and type of situation.
For this assignment, review this week’s Learning Resources.
Then search the Internet to educate yourself on the concepts behind developing
a professional Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. Also, refer to the Walden
Writing Center with regard to APA formatting for PowerPoint presentations
(http://writingcenter.waldenu.edu/57.htm). Finally, review a variety of online
stress management presentations to determine what types of activities you would
like to include and the best way to present those activities to your chosen population.
The Assignment (16–25 slides)
Create a PowerPoint presentation of the stress management
techniques you developed in Week 5 for the population you selected in Week 3.
In 16–25 slides, your PowerPoint presentation should:
Describe the relationship between stress and health
Explain the influence stress might have on the health of
your chosen population
Describe the stress management techniques you selected for
your Week 5 stress management handouts
Explain how to apply the stress management techniques you
are presenting
Explain how and why these techniques work for your chosen
population and the common stressors they face
Describe tips on how to successfully incorporate these
techniques into the lives of your chosen population
Submit your PowerPoint presentation for Instructor feedback.
Support your Final Project assignment with a specific list
of references (and cover page) for all resources used in preparation of the
PowerPoint presentation, including those in the Learning Resources for this
course. This will be submitted in a separate document from the PowerPoint.
Submit your assignment by Day 7.
Week 9 Project
Final Project: Workshop Evaluation
Having access to an array of potential stress management
strategies in response to the variety of stressors your clients may encounter
increases the likelihood of improving the coping response to stress. However,
without a means by which to measure each strategy’s effectiveness for a
particular stressor, blind treatment is what results.
When developing an evaluation of your stress management
workshop, identify your intention for the workshop’s overall outcome. Then
consider the outcome of your workshop using the following measures:
How might you define or determine whether the workshop was
successful?
Consider asking what has changed. Has the program made a
difference?
Are behavioral changes going to occur? What behavior shifts
have already occurred?
How are the participants’ lives changed?
Do they feel confident with the tools they were given?
Can participants envision a previous stressful experience
where the application of these tools would have benefited them?
How well was the information relayed? Was the environment
comfortable?
Are there wider ripples of social effect due to the
resulting policy changes or institutional practice?
For the assignment, you continue to build on your Final
Project. Review the “Evaluation of the Guided Imagery Workshop” handout
provided. Also, conduct an Internet search for additional examples of reputable
workshop evaluations. Then, consider the various evaluation methods and select
an evaluation method appropriate for your stress management workshop.
The Assignment (2–3 pages)
Using APA essay format, describe the type of evaluation
method you might use to examine the effectiveness of your stress management
workshop and justify your selection.
Develop your evaluation form and include it as an appendix
to the above justification.
Include a list of references in APA format.
Submit the assignment for Instructor feedback.
Support your Final Project assignment with specific
references to all resources used in its preparation. You are to provide a
reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for
this course.
Submit your assignment by Day 7.
Week 11 Project
Final Project: Stress Management Workshop, Evaluation, and
Descriptive Narrative
Final Project Due (consisting of 10–15 total pages and 16–25
Microsoft PowerPoint slides)
Descriptive Narrative (5–7 pages):
Describe the population you selected in Week 3 as the
intended audience for a stress management workshop.
Synthesize research related to stress management techniques.
Include the stressors common to that population.
Explain the stress management research techniques you
selected for your population.
Describe the three original handouts you created on stress
management techniques in Week 5.
Justify the strategy used for selecting these techniques for
the specific population you selected.
Describe how your stress management presentation from Week 7
is applicable for future use within health psychology.
Explain how the stress management techniques you selected
and the stress management workshop you created contribute to social change.
Stress Management Technique Handouts
Submit from Week 5, the three revised handouts of the stress
management techniques specific to the population you selected in Week 3.
Stress Management Workshop PowerPoint Presentation
Submit the revised 16- to 25-slide PowerPoint stress
management workshop presentation you created in Week 7.
Important Note: Please submit this portion of the Final
Project to the Week 11 Project Part 2 link provided below. Do NOT submit it to
the Turnitin link. PowerPoint files are not an accepted file format for
Turnitin.
Workshop Evaluation
Submit the revised 2- to 3-page workshop evaluation that you
created in Week 9 that measures the workshop’s effectiveness.
Support your Final Project with specific references to all
resources used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for all
resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.
Use the Week 11 Project Part 1 Turnitin link below to submit
the descriptive narrative, stress management technique handouts, and workshop
evaluation in one Word document.Submit your Final Project by Day 4.
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