This stress management and mindfulness escape room is great for introducing, practicing, or reviewing strategies for mindfulness! It includes a printable and digital version giving many options for set-up. The printable version can be used as a class lesson – breaking up the class into groups, as a whole class lesson, small group lesson, or individually in a small group. The digital version can be projected to complete as a class, assigned to group leaders and used on a single device as a group, or assigned to students individually in Google Classroom (TM). If assigning to students individually, you should still be available for support
This lesson can last 1-2 35-45 minute sessions and covers a range of subtopics related to stress and mindfulness. Topics include the fight-flight-freeze response & cortisol, positive self-talk, grounding techniques, emotional awareness, and self-care. This activity can be completed without a foundation of the skills included, but I recommend at least a brief discussion of each topic. Without that, more students may request clue cards, particularly for challenges #1 and #2. The intro lesson I recommend and use before this activity can be purchased here
The digital version can be used on most devices with the Google Forms (TM) and Google Slides (TM) apps. **Students must have their own gmail accounts to use the digital version**
This download includes:
•5 challenges total
•Printable escape room materials
•Digital escape room using Google Forms (TM)
•Answer key and answer guide
•DETAILED step-by-step directions and lesson plan
•SEL competencies met
I hope your students enjoy this as much as mine do! *If you are having technical issues, please contact me before leaving a poor review: [email protected]
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With a mix of virtual and in person events, crafty Bruins can enjoy free origami supplies, coloring pages and puzzles in the Powell Library Rotunda, as well as de-stress with some fuzzy therapy dog friends from UCLA’s People-Animal Connection! And check out our Stressbusters Virtual Care Package for free feel-good films, calming videos, playlists from the Music Library, fun reading suggestions, online games, an escape room, cute pet pics, and more to encourage mindful breaks from coursework.
Library De-stress Events
Therapy Dogs
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Co-hosted by PAC (People Animal Connection) and the UCLA Library
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Friday of Week 10 Finals Week (12/2 and 12/9)
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12:00pm-2:00pm
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Powell Library, 2nd floor, Rotunda
Free origami supplies, coloring pages, and puzzles
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Hosted by the UCLA Library
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Week 10 and Finals Week
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Powell Library, 2nd floor, East Rotunda
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Available during
regular building hours
Jam Session with the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble
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Friday, December 2
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2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Music Library
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More information
Pet rock adoption and papercraft
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Hosted by the UCLA Library
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Week 10 and Finals Week
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Science and Engineering Library, Geology Location (Geology Building 4697)
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Available during regular
building hours
Free Powell Cat Stickers!
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Hosted by the UCLA Library
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Week 10 and Finals Week
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Powell Library, 2nd floor, Rotunda
Campus De-stress Events
Finals Freak Out Drop-In
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Monday 11/28 (3:30-4:30pm)
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RISE Center, Virtual
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Space to chat with a health and wellbeing coordinator and vent about finals
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Visit
risecenter.ucla.edu
for Zoom link!
Expression Session Drop-In
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Monday 11/28 (3:00-4:00pm)
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RISE Center (Lu Valle Commons basement)
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Decorate stones, journal, color and destress!
Stress Ball Making
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Tuesday 11/19 (5:00-6:00pm)
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Wooden Main Conference Room #2119
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Stress-less with SHEP, materials provided!
Mindfulness with Marc
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Tuesday 11/29 (11:00-11:45am)
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RISE Center (Lu Valle Commons basement)
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A meditation session led by UCLA MARC (Mindful Awareness Research Center), learn about the power of mindfulness, meditation, and deep breathing.
Destress for the Holidays for International Students
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Tuesday 11/29 (5:00-6:00pm)
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RISE Center (Lu Valle Commons basement)
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Connect with others in a supportive space to chat about the unique stressors international students face
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Have fun with mindfulness-themed arts and crafts!
Studying late into the night? Stay safe by calling for a free evening escort to pick you up at the library and walk you to your destination from dusk until 1 a.m. Fifteen minutes before you need to leave, call 310-794-WALK to schedule a pick-up.
The success of Stressbusters and Night Libraries depends on extensive collaboration between the UCLA Library and campus partners, organizations, and initiatives including the UCLA Undergraduate Students Association, Healthy Campus Initiative, Mindful Awareness Research Center, People-Animal Connection Program, Fitwell, and others.
Stress Management Escape Room: Your students will love this breakout room activity to learn more about managing stress! With 5 hands-on, interactive puzzles, students will learn more about the biological stress response, getting organized, doing exercises or yoga, relying on social supports, and healthy and unhealthy ways to manage stress! In small groups, students will take on the challenges, solve puzzles, and find secret code words to break out of the stress spiral! This is perfect for a stress management classroom guidance lesson or small group counseling activity to learn more about managing stress.
What’s Included:
- Table of Contents
- Quick-start instructions
- Challenge-by-challenge instructions
- 5 student challenges/puzzles
- Decoders
- Check & hint cards
- “We escaped!” printables for celebration photos
- All materials are included in color and black/white!
Please Note: This will be included in a Stress Management Bundle coming soon.
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Copyright © Counselor Keri, Keri Powers Pye. All rights reserved by author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY. See product file for clip-art and font credits.
While the holiday season may spark joy for many, it can also create stress and conjure sadness for others. For college students juggling these mixed emotions with end-of-semester exams, staying on track is a struggle.
Radford University students have access to a number of serene spaces year-round to tackle whatever circumstances they are facing.
Located on the second floor of the Bonnie, the Center for Diversity and Inclusion office in Heth Hall and the Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC) are mindfulness and meditation rooms.
“Mindfulness is about being fully aware of present moment-to-moment thoughts, emotions and bodily sensations in regards to whatever is happening, without the lens of judgment,” explained Alan Forrest, Ed.D., a professor in the Department of Counselor Education. “It consists of cultivating awareness of the mind and body and living in the here and now. Mindfulness is the practice of simply observing, watching, examining and becoming aware of our authentic self.”
The mindfulness and meditation room in the SRWC is the largest of the three spaces. It opened in July 2019 and is located off the building’s main-campus entryway. It is divided into two rooms to offer different meditative experiences. One room is bright and decorated with several windows, plants and cushions. Students can sit in silence, plug in their laptops or draw in the coloring books scattered across the room. The second room, formerly used for massage therapy, is darker. It is equipped with additional cushions, an essential oil diffuser, a Zen water fountain and an iPad programmed with an application students can use to access guided meditation exercises.
The idea for the unique space came from Liz Greenlee, assistant director for Wellness and Fitness in the SRWC. Greenlee said SRWC staff have been working on several initiatives to change students’ image of the facility as “just a gym” to a “true recreation and wellness center.”
“We approach students’ well-being holistically,” Greenlee said. “It is important to focus on their mental, emotional and social well-being, in addition to their physical wellness.”
Before the new meditation and mindfulness space opened, Greenlee recalled several students visited her office, often visibly overwhelmed, needing to vent or de-stress.
“With mental health being a top priority and challenge for college students across the nation, I knew it was important for our students to have a safe and special place to escape and refocus,” Greenlee said.
Greenlee said, although no formal assessment of the space has been conducted, its popularity among students is evident in the many notes left on her office door.
One note, in particular, stood out to Greenlee. A student wrote about battling depression and anxiety and having a hard time fitting in.
“They wrote that they were very grateful for the space, and it helped them overcome some of these obstacles,” she said.
In addition to the meditation and mindfulness space, the SRWC also offers mindfulness classes and dozens of other fitness and wellness classes, such as yoga, Zumba and cycle. Forrest also highlighted the Peace Garden outside of Peters Hall that also serves as a meditation and mindfulness space.
A full list of classes can be found on the Student Recreation and Wellness Center website.
