Barn och stress : Lärare och fritidspedagogers medvetenhet om orsakerna till stress hos barn.

Sammanfattning: In today's society it is not uncommon for all of us at some point to suffer from stress. There may be situations where we have a lot to do at work, in family relationships, death, illness, relationships with our friends, the pace of our surroundings, external and internal demands that we often carry with us. The children are also affected to a greater extent of stress and distress of it. The purpose of this essay was to study the awareness of teachers and recreation instructors have about the causes of stress in children. A further aim was to study the preventive work looks to counter negative stress. A qualitative study with six interviewees was used to study this subject. Which awareness has teachers and recreation instructors at three elementary schools in central Sweden on the causes of stress in children '. What is the reason that children are stressed in school? How prevent teachers and leisure educators ́ negative stress? The results showed that there was a relatively high level of awareness amongst four of the interviewees and a little less awareness of the causes among two of the interviewees. There were ideas on how to work to prevent negative stress and what actions they wanted to put in to prevent negative stress. The biggest action is to create smaller groups and thus create less stress factors for children. The conclusion is that the interviewee mention similar causes of children's stress that the research mentions. One reason could be that the children have many activities in their free time while also having to deal with school and the requirements that both bring. One solution to this problem might be to create smaller groups of children in school. Where there are opportunities for kids to be both heard and seen, which can give the effect that the children are less stressed at school and able to handle the day overall. The conclusion also shows that awareness of the causes of stress in children is still relatively high among most of the interviewees. Four of the six interviewees exhibit awareness of the causes and come up with ideas for solutions to the prevention work that causes negative stress.