Relaxation techniques and their impact on pupils

With my thesis I wanted to draw attention to the presence of stress among children and present the ways in which we can help them. In the theoretical part I first describe the stress, its function and the most common causes that lead to this condition. If we know the most common causes of stress amonf children we may try to avoid them and reduce the number of stressful situations. It is important to know how to recognize the symptoms of stress, which can be physical, behavioural or emotional. Only in this way we are able to recognize the child's distress and offer an appropriate help. Further on I focused to the importance of relaxation and introduced some relaxation techniques which are suitable for pupils in the first triade of primary school. If pupils become acquainted with different modes of relaxation, they are offered a variety of choices, where everyone can find something that suits him. In the empirical part, I focused on the implementation of these techniques in after-school classes and observed their effects on pupils. I summarised my observations in the analyses and the results were extremely positive. The pupils have shown a lot of interest and enthusiasm, which shows their need for relaxation. Activities had a positive effect on their mood and motivation for further work and also on the improvement of social relations within the group. Relaxation, creativity and commitment of the pupils have confirmed the necessity and effectiveness of relaxation activities, both at the level of an individual as well as on the group level