The Importance Of Self-Management

2.2.1.1.2 Self-Management

The next dimension is a much more difficult one to come to terms with, particularly for students who have never had the skill of emotional management fostered. It’s this learning how to manage one’s own emotions will allow students to not only see the ebb and flow of their emotions, but to alter their reactions to it (Lynch, 2016). Management of emotions is tied closely to self-control, in which a child learns to delay their own gratification in support of their future success. Emotional management is challenging for all of us, not just for children. But the waves of emotion can be, if not controlled completely, then at least tamed.

The ability to manage emotions is essential for classroom success, where students

To date there is no “gold standard,” universally accepted definition of self-management. Rather, several terms are used, sometimes interchangeably, depending on the context and focus of the discussion. These include: self-management preparation/training; patient empowerment; and self-care. Although generally they are meant to describe a similar phenomenon, the terms imply varying specification regarding attributes, roles and responsibilities of both people with chronic health conditions and health care providers.

Kase (2008) stated that self-management is your ability to control your emotions. This component also includes your transparency, adaptability, achievement, and optimism. A vital element is whether you react or reply to conditions. Answer these questions:

• When you get an irritating email, do you write back right

11). Lorig further emphasized that self-management is not an alternative to medical care. Rather, self-management is “aimed at helping the participant become an active, not adversarial, partner with health care providers”. The Expert Patient Approach (National Health Service, UK, 2001) uses the term self-management to refer to “any formalized patient education program aimed at providing the patient with the information and skills necessary to manage their condition within the parameters of the medical regime” (p. 22). Further, these programs are based on developing the confidence and motivation of the patient to use their own skills, information and professional services to take effective control over life with a chronic