When Worry Takes Over:
How Parents Can Reduce Anxiety in their Kids + In Themselves
OVERVIEW
In this training you’ll gain an understanding of how anxiety shows up in families. Parents can greatly impact - in both a positive and negative direction - the role anxiety plays in their home and with their kids. With the right tools, parents can decrease anxiety levels in the family and set their children up for success.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
How to help children increase their distress tolerance so they are less easily overwhelmed
How to teach flexibility and help kids reduce catastrophic and global thinking patterns
What to do when a child’s anxiety causes them to shut down or refuse school
Strategies for building a sense of belonging, and the importance of connection in reducing anxiety
The importance of free play, and the link between lack of free play and anxiety issues
Why some common approaches to dealing with anxiety actually make the problem worse for kids
How smartphones are inhibiting the development of autonomy and increasing anxiety in students
WHO IS THIS TRAINING FOR?
This training is geared towards parents and caretakers of elementary through high school aged children.