Presents:
Addressing Toxic Stress in Young Children in Rhode Island
Stress is an issue that people face in their lives to a certain extent. Being a student-athlete in college I have faced and overcame many stressors as various levels. I was extremely interested in participating in this event because although I have overcome many stressful events in my life. I have found myself having a harder time to cope with stressors. The common ways that a college student deals with stress are from the effects of adding harmful waste to your body such as drugs and alcohol. In reality your putting more physical stress on your body than you started with. This event has helped me identify stress at first response and how to adapt to improve your stressful situations. One of the breathing techniques that I learned helped me com intact with my inner feelings to relax when I am in uncomfortable or nerve racking situations. One thing that I found interesting is that youth are able to identify when the adult is under stress. This pays a huge role as mentioned at home as stressors in the adult will elicit stress in the youth. Many times our youth with carry this stressful behavior with them to school and as Youth Workers is our job to identify these stressors. By helping those who communicate minimally to open up made me think of the Icebreakers that we use to start off our classes. When we sat with our round table groups I gave my input of the Ice Breakers to cope with stress and my group loved it. I feel that the use of the Ice Breakers helps those who are and aren't under stress to open up and raise his/her alertness in being able to open their minds to learn new things for that time period. Before leaving I was able to network with Rita Capotosto who is the clinical director for Adoption Rhode Island. www.adoptionri.org This organization is open to and youth workers seeking to provide mentorship to those students who face the stressor of not having a home. Any youth worker interested should contact Rita at rcapotosto@adoptionri.org
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