* Listening to music 
* Watching tv
* Audiobooks 
* Drawing on laptop - creative mode 
* Making jewelry beads over rubber bands
* Taking breaks
* Going for a walk

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Leisure / recreation-based strategies
Emotion focused coping

Coping Strategies for Stress- Way Students Cope with Stress


Bush, K. L., & Tassé, M. J. (2017). Employment and choice-making for adults with intellectual disability, autism, and down syndrome. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 65, 23–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2017.04.004

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Leisure / Recreation-Based Strategies-  Coping Techniques

* Avoidance of a situation 
* Don’t respond to emails 
* Avoidance of appointments 
* Coping mechanisms and go inside themselves and barrier of a wall formation 
* Withdraw or act out as a means of coping 
*  Sensory overload 
*  Students avoided activities that would cause them stress 
* Not going to events, clubs 
*  More alone time 
* Sleep was important to reduce stress 
* Free time is sleeping and eating needs balance 
*  Deep breathing and talking to others is a positive coping for stress - parents or professors
* Listen to understand what an ID student is going through and get some guidance or help in the situation they are in.
*  Poor outcomes with academics, attendance and engagement

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