A stress management classroom tool for teachers of children with

School-age children, including those with behav-ioral disorders, are experiencing more stress than ever in the history of public education. Never-theless, the literature has not addressed the seri-ousness of stress and how it affects the lives of these children. This article discusses how stress may affect the lives of children with behavior dis-orders, provides educators with a model for intro-ducing stress management techniques, and closes with strategies for managing stress in the class-room. tress, a phenomenon defined by Chandler (1987) as &dquo;a state of emotional tension arising from un-met needs or environmental threats&dquo; (p. 4), seems to be affecting more school-age children toda