Practical skills for when stress shows up
A practical, interactive 2-hour workshop giving Transition Year students simple tools to recognise when stress is showing up, regulate in the moment and respond more effectively. Students don't just hear about managing stress — they practise techniques they can use in school, before exams and in everyday situations.
Where The Reset Method fits
The Reset Method is a practical educational workshop, not therapy or counselling. It complements a school's existing student-support and wellbeing structures.
What students leave with
- A simple explanation of how the body responds to challenge
- A personal check-in
- Breath-based regulation tools
- Gentle movement and physical reset techniques
- Attention and grounding practices
- Guided rest and reflection
- A 60 Seconds to Reset™ technique
- A personal plan for using one tool afterwards
Real-life situations
Students practise using the tools in ordinary situations they are likely to recognise:
- Before an exam or presentation
- When focus drops during study
- After a difficult interaction
- During work experience
- Before sport or performance
- Moving between demanding parts of the day
Delivery details
How the programme runs on the day.
- Duration: 2 hours
- Simple, age-appropriate understanding of how stress can show up
- Practical regulation techniques
- Guided practice and interactive exercises
- Real-life school and everyday scenarios
- The 60-second Reset students can use independently
- Approximately 20–30 students
- Delivered on-site
- Multiple groups can be scheduled on one day
- Teacher remains present
- Mat-based or chair-based
- Equipment supplied
- Adaptable to the school timetable
Learning outcomes
By the end of the workshop, students should be better able to:
- Recognise some of their own early signs of rising stress
- Explain how demands can affect focus, choices and responses
- Practise simple Reset Method tools for demanding situations
- Identify when they could use these tools in school, sport, work experience and daily life
- Reflect on one practical action they can take when a reset is needed
Aligned with the 2024 Transition Year Programme Statement
The Reset Method workshop is designed as a practical Transition Year learning experience that supports the aims of the 2024 Transition Year Programme Statement. It gives students an active, reflective opportunity to develop skills they can use during change, learning and everyday life.
Student Dimensions Supported
Personal Growth
Students explore practical ways to recognise rising stress, build self-awareness and make more informed choices in demanding moments.
Being a Learner
Students practise simple strategies that can help them settle, focus, prepare for challenges and take greater ownership of how they respond when a reset is needed.
Senior Cycle Key Competencies Supported
- Managing learning and self
- Cultivating wellbeing
- Communicating
- Working with others
- Thinking and solving problems
Why Jennifer
Jennifer Byrne is the creator of The Reset Method and an experienced group facilitator across workplace, hospitality, school and nursing-home settings.
Sessions are shaped around the reality of the Transition Year classroom, keeping the practice practical, participative and useful for students beyond the room.
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Jennifer will reply within one working day.