hello everyone and thank you to dr. Ayala for inviting me to speak to your class today now research shows that college students are more stressed now than in the past does that surprise you so today I'll talk to you about stress management techniques of the helpful ways to manage or lower stress the first technique I want to talk about is called stress inoculation when you use stress inoculation you learn what gives you stress and then you try to change how you behave in that situation before example at least a few of you must be afraid of speaking in public if you had to give a class presentation next week you could prepare for this stressful event by taking small steps to get used to the situation of friend you could practice your presentation in front of your friends in front of a mirror or on video the studies show this technique can reduce your anxiety in stressful situations second time management is an important way to lower stress one of the things that causes student stress is feeling like there's too much to do studies like the ones by Campbell and Spencer in the 1990s show that good time management skills help students do better in school of one example of how you can manage your time is to make a schedule and write down what you do in a day and how much time you spend on everything that shows how you're using your time ask yourself questions like you do I want or need to do each of these things and for this long if not make changes for example you may need to spend less time in front of the TV another example of time management is making a list of things you need to do each day you may realize that you need to divide projects into smaller steps so you can finish them and that brings us to a surprising Point people who manage their time well off and schedule time to relax too that's also an important technique to use and finally having a healthy lifestyle also helps manage stress things like exercising eating good food and getting enough sleep keep your body strong and give you energy when you feel healthy you'll be able to manage stress better so to sum up a few easy stress management techniques can help students in a lot of ways they lower stress help you live a healthier life and help you be a better student any questions