Stress of dealing with the students?

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The scientific meaning of the word stress is to exert pressure or tension on a material object. But, this is more often used today as a psychological phenomenon occurring due to excessive pressure on the mind due to the external circumstances around a person. When there are multiple tasks you need to juggle with but you are unable to manage, you are left overwhelmed with feelings of anxiety, nervousness, irritation making it very difficult for you to carry on. Let me tell you here that, not all stress is bad. Stress is a mechanism that is used by the body to indicate that there is a danger around, the heartbeat increases, cortisol is released into the bloodstream to meet the emergency. Again, If this goes on for a prolonged period of time this hormone affects your immunity.

How to deal with the difficult behavior of students?

As educators, you always have in mind the best for your students and do everything for their better future. Although it is the best technique to deal with patience, understanding, and acceptance, the situation sometimes gets out of control and you have to resort to other ways of dealing with it. Here are some ways you can do it:

Calm down:

The first and the most important step when you are dealing with a stressful situation is to take a few deep breaths. Deep abdominal breathing helps decrease the heart rate and lowers down the blood pressure.

Generate Insight:

you cannot keep accepting misbehavior just because you understand the causes of the behavior. Let the students understand and realize their mistakes. Show them where they went wrong and how they can prevent repeating the same in future. Also, make them understand the consequences of their behavior.

Do not judge them:

It is very disgraceful to be identified as a bad person, it reduces the chances of future changes in behavior. Do not abuse, ridicule or blame them.

Communicate with family:

Meet their family and convey them about the misbehavior of the student. Let them know how the student misbehaves in class and guide them on how to cultivate desirable behaviors in the future.

Reinforce good behaviors:

When a student behaves in the right way to reward them with a praise; a token etc for others to model the same behaviors in class.

Listen actively even during the conflict:

Even when you are angry, try to stay in control and listen to what the student is trying to resent, where he is coming from and if the dissent is genuine.

Recommend a counselor:

Set a timeframe for the improvement to take place by establishing a positive rapport. Let the student know that you care, but in spite of all these if the situation is not improving refer to professional help. This might need some intervention that is more complex.