The Problem The American Psychological Association (APA) defines anxiety as “an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts and physical changes like increased blood pressure.” Anxiety is a common occurrence in our American culture. Anxiety disorders affect 40 million people in the United States. In fact, it is [...]
Recent research studies on anxiety and academic performance suggest that performance is lowered when stress and anxiety are present. This is true for all students; however, the effects of anxiety on performance are increased for students in special education. Test Taking and Anxiety One of the major barriers to academic success is [...]
"Fear is the path to the Dark Side." - Yoda (from the movie, Star Wars) “Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” These are the words spoken by Yoda when training Luke Skywalker on the lessons of becoming a Jedi warrior. Fear also leads to [...]
As important as it is to pay attention to outside influences and surround yourself with positive people, it is also important to be your own source of support. If you focus on yourself and on being your own support person, you will always have a reliable source of encouragement to [...]
Bullying prevention requires people to have a high level of self-esteem. But did you know that outside influences can have a significant effect on your level of self-esteem? These outside influences include other people as well as the media--or what you listen to, read and watch. The outside influences [...]
High self-esteem is an important part of bullying prevention. Now that you know it is possible to change your low-self esteem, you need to overcome and change your negative thoughts. In order to do this, it is also necessary for you to change your negative behavior patterns, or your current [...]
High self-esteem plays an important part of bullying prevention. It is also important for success in many other areas of life. While high self-esteem leads you to improve your life, low self-esteem causes many problems. The biggest problem with a low level of self-esteem is that it can set off [...]
Self-esteem plays an important part in bullying prevention. That’s because when people develop high self-esteem, they feel good about themselves and see the good in others. They are less likely to bully and, consequently, be bullied. So, in order to make bullying prevention a reality, you must understand self-esteem. In [...]
Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much. -Helen Keller When a team is working well together, someone might say: “That team is working like a well-oiled machine.” That means that everything is running smoothly, people are working well together, and the work is getting done [...]
It doesn’t matter how many resources you have. If you don’t know how to use them, they will never be enough. Every project requires the use of some type of resource. A resource is something you need to complete a task. When most people think about resources they think about [...]