Supporting an Anxious Child
3 Effective Ways to Calm Anxiety in Kids Seeing your child scared, uncomfortable, or sad breaks your heart. You want to make all of the unhappiness go away as quickly as possible. Fortunately, when anxiety is the cause of your child’s distress, there are effective ways to calm anxiety in kids. In order for any type of coping… Read More
The Sad Reason I Never Apply Mascara Before School Drop Off Insight into one mother’s daily task of school drop off with her highly anxious kid. My mind is awake long before the alarm chimes. I am far from prepared to face another day, impending doom already settling in. I know I must wake my daughter right away in order… Read More
Do You Know How To Help A Child With Anxiety In The Classroom? Students spend roughly 1,000 hours at school each year. This is a significant part of each child’s life, particularly during the school year. For many children, especially young ones, they spend more of their “awake” hours at school than at home. With this in mind, teachers, you… Read More
5 Ways Teachers Can Help Students with Anxiety in the Classroom Anxiety that impacts daily life affects 1 in 8 children, meaning that in a classroom of 25 students, 3 will be suffering from anxiety throughout the school day. Each child affected will exhibit different symptoms and react to situations in various ways. The level of anxiety will also… Read More
This is the first year that I feel like we have a plan that adequately meets J’s needs, both emotionally and academically. That being said, J’s needs are so high right now and can change throughout the day given how high her anxiety is at each moment, she is not utilizing all aspects of the plan which would ensure… Read More
Our IEP Plan for School Anxiety Update- 2nd Semester of 8th Grade Now that the current school year is half over, I felt it was a good point to share an update on the first semester of my daughter’s 8th grade school year. This schedule was proposed by the Specia Education team in early September due to my daughter’s anxiety… Read More
