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making friend with ITE cohort and making friend with same age group 

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making friend with ITE cohort and making friend with same age group 

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(written by Alan)

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He could do some deep breathing exercise before going to school as he might have a lot of pressure on himself to make friends in class, so it would help to calm him down. Also, he could do it again when he comes from school to relax after having a long day of learning and socialization in school. However, this exercise is not just limited to being done at home, he could also do it when he feels that he is very stressed up in class or on the way to school and just anywhere when he is feeling stress.

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Lessons and school work:
As mentioned above, due to the different style of teaching, he needs to find a way to adapt to it and problem based learning forces him to interact with his new classmates which can add additional stress to him.

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He can could engage in progressive muscle relaxation during his free time to learn to help him relax all his muscles. After all the practicing, should he feel the familiar sense of tensed muscles in class, he would know how to relax them.

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When he is feeling stressed in class, he could use visual imagery, where he uses his imagination to take him to a calm, peaceful place.

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-> It can cause depression and anxiety after prolonged stress.
-> Join the wrong crowd and develop bad behaviours to relieve stress.

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Psychological factors include his self-esteem being affected by lack of friends

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During his counselling session, he can find out his own strengths and weakness and find a solution to this situation.

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He could do mindfulness meditations, where he focuses on the present instead of constantly having dwelling on the past where he regrets not studying well enough to choose NYP or worry about the future where he would have no friends even after a few semesters in the school. Mindfulness meditation is able to calm him down, help him focus on the present where he should muster his courage to take the initiative to talk to his classmates and go for lunch with them.

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He has developed to the resistance stage where he is on high alert and stress hormones and blood pressure remains high, if the stressful situation is not resolved, it will lead to exhaustion stage.

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Distress: He feels distressed as he is the only one trying to friend others in the class where there are already cliques.

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Yes, he could continue to be stressed for the remaining time he is in this class till he changes class or be stuck with this situation for 3 years.

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Social Skills:
He might have a hard time to talk to people to begin with and this kind of situation makes it more difficult for him to talk to others. Since he took two years in order to make friends, it might seem very difficult for him to make new friends again since he need to have courage to do it but since all of them are clique already, it makes it even harder which adds to the existing stress he has.

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Talk to his close knit group of friends to share and reflect on his feelings.
He can also attempt to find similar interests with his classmates beyond academics.
He can join an interest group in RP that piques his interests and he can make friends from said interest groups as well.

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New Group of Classmates:
The new classmates of RP is completely different since they are all from the 'O' Level cohorts. So academically wise, it is quite stressful thinking about studying with them since they are all express students whereas he is just someone from ITE. Then also the fact that he is the only one from ITE in the class makes him kind of an outcast due to them also having a clique of their own, so this makes it even harder to talk to them. They faced 'O' Levels together whereas he don't, so experience wise he can't relate to them as well.

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New environment:
Due to coming to RP, it is completely different compared to ITE. It is different from how school looks like in terms of design, where the facilities and classrooms are located and how to get around. It is also different in terms of how school operates like different schedule or timing of lessons and even how lessons are being conducted like it is problem based learning.

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RP Student Care counselling: He can make appointments with the counsellors to express his personal issues and develop to understand himself better and gain insight to solve the issue he is facing

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How could the situation be improved for the individuals?

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How could the situation be improved for the individuals?

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Why are they feeling this way and can it get worse?

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Why are they feeling this way and can it get worse?

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He is distressed as he feels that it is difficult to befriend this new group of classmates when in comparison to his close knit group of friends.

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You were previously from ITE College Central where you had a close knit group of friends with whom you had gone through two years together in a tough Higher Niteccourse.You are the only one among that group of friends who has come to RP following graduation from ITE, whereas your friends enrolled in NYP instead.You find it stressful attempting to befriend this new group of classmates. Not that they are not nice or anything, but they are all from the ‘O’ Level cohorts and already have their own cliques. Feeling awkward indeed …

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You were previously from ITE College Central where you had a close knit group of friends with whom you had gone through two years together in a tough Higher Niteccourse.You are the only one among that group of friends who has come to RP following graduation from ITE, whereas your friends enrolled in NYP instead.You find it stressful attempting to befriend this new group of classmates. Not that they are not nice or anything, but they are all from the ‘O’ Level cohorts and already have their own cliques. Feeling awkward indeed …