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Table 1
Academic Development Standards
ASCA Standard Relationship to Stress
Standard A: Students will acquire the attitudes, knowledge and skills that contribute to
effective learning in school and across the life span.
A:A1 Improve Academic Self Concept
• A:A1.5 Identify attitudes and behaviors that
lead to successful learning.
• Attitudes and behaviors associated with
self-concept that led to successful learning
are also associated with stress reduction
techniques.
A:A2 Acquire Skills for Improving Learning
• A:A2:1 Apply time management and task
management.
• A:A2.3 Communication skills to known
when and how to ask for help when
needed
• When time management skills are learned
and utilized, stress associated with
overload can be reduced.
• Communication skills are vital to the ability
to seek out and ask for help. The use of
resources is paramount to reducing stress.
A:A3 Achieve School Success
• A:A3.1 Take responsibility for one’s
actions.
• When students take responsibility for their
actions, it increases a sense of control.
• The stronger one’s perception of self-
control, the less stress one experiences.
Standard B: Students will complete school with the academic preparation essential to
choose from a wide range of substantial post-secondary options, including college.
A:B1 Improve Learning
• A:B1.4 Seek information and support from
faculty, staff, family and peers.
• Support communication including
emotional and informational support is
necessary for stress reduction
A:B2 Plan to Achieve Goals
• A:B2.1 Establish challenging academic
goals in elementary, middle/jr. high and
high school.
• A:B2.3 Develop and implement annual
plan of study to maximize academic ability
and achievement.
• A:B2.5 Use problem-solving and decision
making skills to assess progress toward
educational goals.
• Goal setting is a learned skill. Students
need many opportunity to learn to set
goals. Further, annual education plans can
reduce stress of the unknown and increase
student motivation.
• Problem-solving and decision-making are
skills that not only reduce stress but are
necessary throughout the lifespan.
Standard C: Students will understand the relationship of academics to the world of work
and to life at home and in the community.
A:C.1 Relate School to Life Experiences
• A:C1.1 Demonstrate the ability to balance
school, studies, extracurricular activities,
leisure time and family life.
• A:C1.3 Understand the relationship
between learning and work.
• A:C1.5 Understand that school success is
the preparation to make the transitions
from student to community member.
• Overload is associated with the perception
that one has too many tasks to complete
and not enough time to complete them.
• Learning to balance duties with leisure is
important for work – leisure balance and
reduces stress associated with competing
needs.
• Stress is a part of adulthood and as
students transition from student to adult,
the number of stressors typically increase.