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EJ643730 PS532888

Title: Helping Children Cope with Stress in the Classroom Setting.
Author(s): Fallin, Karen; Wallinga, Charlotte; Coleman, Mick
Source: Childhood Education, v78 n1 p17-24 Fall 2001
Publication Date: 2001
ISSN: 0009-4056
Language: English
Document Type: Guides--Non-classroom (055); Journal articles (080)
Journal Announcement: CIJAUG2002

Discusses children's experiences with stress, using key concepts of the cognitive-transactional model. Relates stressors to cognitive appraisal, identifies coping strategies, lists resources, and offers suggestions for interventions in the classroom. Recommends identifying and responding to daily stressors with children, facilitating coping strategies, and promoting children's health, energy, self-esteem, and social support. (DLH)

Descriptors: *Children; Classroom Environment; *Classroom Techniques; *Cognitive Restructuring; *Coping; Individual Power; Instruction; Interpersonal Competence; Intervention; Social Cognition; Social Development; *Stress Management; Teacher Influence