College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

• Building coping skills in children and youth - A bouncing and stretching article

  Published on December 10, 2013
  Learn how you can help your child learn to bounce back and stretch their limits when setbacks happen. Seven easy ways to build resilience in kids.

• Reducing stress – a look at the top reported coping strategies among adults

  Published on May 8, 2013
  Experiencing stress is a normal part of life. Everyone will experience it at some time in their life. It’s how we cope with it that can make the difference between being happy and fulfilled or unhappy and unhealthy.

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  Coping with Grief after Losing the Farm

  Published on June 19, 2019
  Steps you can take to help work through the grief associated with losing a farm.

• Coping with grief

  Published on July 13, 2016
  Thoughts for supporting friends and family in times of grief.

• Coping with euthanasia related stress: Part two

  Published on June 24, 2015
  How to deal with the stress caused by euthanasia of your swine.

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  Coping with loss during COVID-19

  Published on August 12, 2020
  Strategies to deal with the stress of loss and improve mental health.

• Separation anxiety: Strategies for coping

  Published on August 30, 2012
  Children will likely struggle to say good-bye to parents and caregivers for the first time; explore some strategies to help them cope.

• Coping with arthritic pain when exercising

  Published on October 23, 2017
  Tips to help you stay physically active when you have arthritis.

• Why college students need mindfulness

  Published on March 24, 2017
  With high demands, little time, and few coping skills, mindfulness can be the key to surviving college.

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  Program teaches mental health coping to at-risk junior high schoolers

  Published on January 19, 2016
  Joanne Riebschleger, Michigan State University (MSU) School of Social Work associate professor, is working to make mental illnesses part of the community conversation.

• Music's role in mindfulness

  Published on May 11, 2017
  Combining music with mindfulness can allow you to create more space for the healing benefits.

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  Strategies to help young children learn valuable life skills and gain self-confidence

  Published on November 14, 2018
  Stop rescuing your child and allow natural consequences do the teaching.

• Use coaching as an alternative approach to encouraging children and fostering growth

  Published on May 7, 2012
  Build your child’s self-esteem, social, communication and coping skills with these encouraging coaching techniques.

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  4-H Life Skills | 4-H Life Skills

  The goal of Michigan 4-H Youth Development is that every youth possess the necessary life skills to be successful. Life skills are a basic foundation that prepare youth for success in life.

• Effective stress reduction strategies can take many forms

  Published on January 8, 2016
  How we cope with stress is what can make the difference between being happy and fulfilled or unhappy and unhealthy.

• Employability Skills

  Employability skills or competencies young people need to enter the workforce.

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  Tips to help children emotionally survive a natural disaster

  Published on September 8, 2017
  Strategies to help children emotionally cope with the devastation of natural disasters.

• Technical Skills

  Hands-on, learning by doing activities that can help students utilize the academic skills they’ve been gaining as well as abilities they already have or wish to have.

• The science behind equine-assisted activities and therapeutic riding – Part I

  Published on January 16, 2013
  Learn more about the science behind equine-assisted therapy and what benefits riders take from the experience.