26LC 04 001 BESC - Supporting Teenagers Through Exam Stress

Supporting Anxious Teenagers Through Exam Stress

Duration: 1 hour

Overview: A practical session using CBT strategies to help teenagers manage pressure, stay calm, and perform with confidence.
You’ll learn how to recognise anxious thinking, support emotional regulation, and guide students in building effective study habits and exam routines that protect wellbeing and boost focus.

Ideal for teachers, SNAs, parents, and guidance counsellors.

Learning Outcomes:

Understand how exam stress develops and affects performance.

Recognise unhelpful thinking patterns that heighten anxiety.

Teach CBT-based techniques for calm focus, confidence, and motivation.

Support teenagers in creating realistic study plans and balanced routines.

 

This webinar explores how Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) tools can help teenagers manage the emotional, cognitive, and physical pressure of exams. It focuses on practical, evidence-based strategies to build focus, motivation, and calm under stress.

Participants will learn how exam stress develops, what maintains it, and how to support teenagers in shifting from avoidance and overwhelm to steady, purposeful action. The session highlights how unhelpful thinking patterns — such as perfectionism, catastrophising, and fear of failure — influence performance and wellbeing.

Through real examples and classroom-based approaches, you’ll learn how to help young people regulate their nervous system, challenge anxious thoughts, and build exam routines that promote confidence and concentration.

Designed for teachers, SNAs, guidance counsellors, and parents, this webinar combines CBT techniques with practical wellbeing supports to help students perform at their best while protecting their mental health.