Session 1: Self Awareness and Self Care Knowledge Quiz

What were the two aspect of wellbeing?

• Self awareness and self care (emotional wellbeing)

• brushing your teeth and having a shower

• Going to the pub and having a drink

• There are three aspects

What metaphor can support your wellbeing?

• Bill is an early bird

• Life is a highway

• Put your oxygen mask on first

• Her eyes were diamonds

Understanding internal and external stressors helps us...

• get triggered and react badly

• ignore them

• have better awareness of the impacts at work

• to go shopping

Mental health exists on a...

• square

• circle

• train

• Continuum ranging from flourishing, going ok, to struggling and being severly impacted

Noises and crowds are....

• fun

• Biological stressors

• loud

• Cognitive stressors

The window of tolerance is...

• when you shut down

• our optimal response

• somewhere to hang nice curtains

• when you feel overwhelmed

When someone is not in their window of tolerance they have....

• unregulated responses

• gone through the door

• hanging out at the pool

• very calm

The Healthy Mind Platter has ____ daily essential mental activity categories.

• 7

• 25

• 200

• 35

Which strategies can help Early Childhood Leaders respond to stress?

• sleep, be creative and gardening

• You don't need to do anything - I'll be ok.

• Stand on your head, push a car and count to 200

• Don't exercise, don't see a counsellor and ignore everyone

Name a strategy to help Early Childhood Leaders de-escalate from a fight/flight response.

• Yell at someone

• Do nothing

• mindfulness and meditation

• Go to the shop and buy chocolate