Referring Students to MTT
Are you a teacher, tutor, therapist or counselor?
Do you come across students who suffer from test anxiety?
Referring your students to MTT could dramatically reduce their academic stress
Professionals in health and education love sending students to MTT:
- Tutors see more confidence and higher test scores from their students
- College counselors can help students gain admission into stronger universities
- Therapists benefit when their clients adopt a daily mindfulness practice
MTT Highlights & Talking Points
Motivating a student to try a new service like mindfulness coaching requires an inspiring delivery
Here are some helpful facts about MTT to share with your students:
- The American Test Anxieties Association reports 33% of students suffer from moderate to acute test anxiety
- Mindful Test Taking’s coaching program helps students reduce test anxiety before test day even arrives
- To date, approximately 90% of MTT’s students report feeling calmer during tests
- Students learn the core secret of mindfulness (called “progressive relaxation”) to improve focus
- Founder John Neville has experience with academic pressure, having studied math at Stanford and economics at Oxford
- Our initial 15-minute consultation is free and our introductory session is available for $150
Identifying Test Anxiety
Many students do not even realize that they have test anxiety
Here is a list of symptoms that anxious test takers often report:
- Receiving test scores that are lower than homework, quiz, or practice test scores
- Feeling short of breath, having sweaty palms, or chronically fidgeting during tests
- Dreading tests or impatiently rushing to get through them
- Becoming easily distracted by surrounding noise and activity
- Saying or believing: “I am just not a good test taker.”
- Missing easy questions or making careless errors that seem obvious afterwards
- Having trouble recovering and moving on from hard questions
- Feeling rushed, panicked, or pressed for time during exams
