Stress Management Portfolio

PSY2230 Stress and Its Management

Assignment 3: Final Portfolio

Dr. Kristen Lee

Stress Management Portfolio (30% of total grade) Week eight--. Using the RESET and SMARTER goals frameworks discussed in class, you will have the opportunity to develop a comprehensive wellness strategy that focuses on academic, professional and personal development. Using power point, you will develop a 12-15 slide presentation and then record via Voice thread and upload the link to the week 8 discussion board.

*It is recommended that you sign up for your Voice thread account well in advance. Go to Voicethread.com and type in your NEU credentials. Read the instructions and let me know if you have any questions.

Objective: This presentation will allow you the opportunity to articulate academic, professional and personal goals to help development and launching of a comprehensive health and wellbeing plan.

· Slides 1-2: Introduction: Provide an overview of your “islands of competence”-the strengths and resources you have, or “what’s working well”. Next, identify areas that you want to change or develop skills around, or “what’s not working well”, which will be the target of your plan.

· Slide 3: Insights Provide a background of your target areas and what impact they have on stress management in general, and then for your within academic, work and personal arenas. You should use at least 3-4 citations to ground your thinking and demonstrate why these areas are important with regards to stress management.

· Slide 4: Describe the systems, structures and strategies you will employ to address your target areas. Be sure to connect the discussion to 3-4 citations to demonstrate how such strategies are seen as effective.

· Slide 5: Discuss potential roadblocks that may interfere with carrying out the structure. What might get in the way?

· Slide 6: Present facilitators, or resources/helps that will help move the plan forward.

· Slides 7-11: For each component of RESET, present a SMARTER goal in table format (see appendix B). Use this table and fill in each of the 5 components of RESET you have identified.

· Slides 12-14: Reflect upon your plan. Answer at least three of the following questions:

· Are my expectations realistic?

· Have I crafted SMARTER goals that fit well with my essential needs?

· Who or what will help me remember to stay flexible if things don’t go as planned?

· If I fall off track, what will I do to recover and persevere?

· What types of tasks can I delegate to reduce my load and make way for more time for self-care?

· Who is part of my current support system?

· Is there someone to enlist, professionally or personally to come along side you for added support?

· What might I need to cut out and avoid in order to maximize my positive efforts?

· Slide 15: References

Final Portfolio Rubric (30 Points) 

The following criteria will be considered when evaluating your presentation.

_____/20	Substance	Substance refers to how you discuss the four components of the assignment: (1) discussion of strengths and targeted areas for change; (2) discussion rationale for choices and subsequent facilitators and roadblocks; (3) RESET/SMARTER goal discussion; (4) Responsiveness to reflection questions. Substance includes the comprehensiveness and depth of the discussion, and integration of course materials and reading related to stress management.
_____/2	Organization	Organization includes the definition of unfamiliar terms, a logical progression of ideas, appropriate transitions, and paragraph structure.
_____/8	Style	An assignment will receive more weight if it is well-organized (edited), well-written, and/or creatively presented. Please use a title slide (title/name/date/course/instructor) for your presentation and each of the sections (name of each section). Use a reference slide to cite your works. It is recommended that you use pictures and small amounts of text, and narrate your work otherwise. Think about what will engage your audience. Remember to use the Writing center or Smarthinking for editing support! Submit your presentation using Voice thread within the Week 6 discussion board. It will be seen by everyone. Presentation is 12-15 slides in length (No more than 15 slides)

_______/ 30 Total

Appendix A: Example of Insights/Systems/Roadblocks/Facilitators

What I know about myself (insights)	What I need to do (system)	Things that get in the way (roadblocks)	Things that help me (facilitators)
Example 1: My grandmother’s death has been hard on me. I’m not myself, and I haven’t been socializing much lately.	I’m not comfortable being around a lot of people, but I am going to pick a friend to walk with on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays	My work schedule, weather, and lack of motivation and energy	Asking my friend to be firm in holding me to the commitment, remembering how important this is to my self-care routine, giving myself time during the week to grieve and regroup.

Appendix B: RESET SMARTER Goals Framework

Component: Energize	Pinpoint and describe:
What	My goal is to increase my sleep by one hour, for a total of 8 per night.
Why	Sleep is essential for brain and body recovery, and I notice I’ve been dragging at work
Who	I am responsible to carry this forth. I can delegate some of my responsibilities to other family members and ask that the house quiets down by a certain time
Where	At home
Which	I will need to manage my time better and modify my existing routines. With a busy schedule, I will have to practice stopping work by 9:00 in order to start transitioning to the bed-time routine.

**Please remember that this will be made public to the class and therefore you should only disclose what you feel comfortable with. Please ask if you have any questions or concerns.