Over the past week, you were required to use one of the following to document taking care of yourself:

1. Coping Skills (Links to an external site.)
2. Taking Care of Ourselves (Providers) (Links to an external site.)
3. Keeping a Stress Log (Links to an external site.)
4. A Coping Skill Toolkit (Links to an external site.)

Now that you have completed this, write a paper using the following prompts to guide what you will write about: 

1. Discuss what did you learned about self-care and what you learned about triggers that cause you to become stressed. (NAEYC 4a)
2. Discuss which of the strategies you choose to complete and what did you notice about your stress level after using one or more strategies. Include examples. (NAEYC 6d)
3. Create a wellness plan that includes specific strategies you will continue to use and build on for the remainder of this course. The plan should include information about basic healthy habits you will engage in every day/week as well as strategies you will use after a particularly stressful moment or day. (NAEYC 4d)
4. Reflect upon how the plan works: (NAEYC 4d)

• • What went well?
  • What didn’t go well?
  • How will you adjust or modify your plan?
  • How will this help you work with children and families in the future?

To be successful:

• Review the grading rubric for this assignment (Links to an external site.)
• Students should use the prompts above as topic sentences for the paper and not just type the prompt and then the answer to the prompt.
• Contact the writing center for tutoring if needed. 

   

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