IEP and 504 Plans for Anxiety in Children at School IEP and 504 Plans for Anxiety You realize your child’s anxiety is impacting his or her school experience but you don’t know what to do about it? Who do you talk with? What can be put in the place to help your child? How… Continue reading IEP and 504 Plans for Anxiety in Children at School
My Child Won’t Go To School – Treatment for School Refusal
My Child Won’t Go To School – Treatment for School Refusal Most kids, when given the choice, would prefer to stay home rather than attend school, however, when school is in session, they go with little resistance. Some kids, no matter their age, academic level, prior school history, or parental situation, refuse to go to… Continue reading My Child Won’t Go To School – Treatment for School Refusal
7 Back to School Tips to Help Children and Teens with Anxiety
7 Back to School Tips to Help Children and Teens with Anxiety It is still July, meaning there are weeks until the first day of school, yet I lay in bed at night rehearsing how to explain my daughter’s needs to her new teachers. I think about the elation I will feel when she… Continue reading 7 Back to School Tips to Help Children and Teens with Anxiety
Sound Familiar? Our Child Anxiety Journey as Parents to an Anxious Child
Sound Familiar? Our Child Anxiety Journey as Parents to an Anxious Child It has taken me years to be at a point emotionally where I can share our detailed child anxiety story clearly. I have so much I need to share because I am not the only mom parenting a child with severe anxiety,… Continue reading Sound Familiar? Our Child Anxiety Journey as Parents to an Anxious Child
5 Hidden Benefits of Anxiety
5 Hidden Benefits of Anxiety Severe anxiety has gripped our family off and on for years, to the point that I was drowning in self-doubt, guilt, fear, and hopelessness. In the midst of our lowest points, I could not see past what was happening minute by minute. At night, I would lay in bed trying… Continue reading 5 Hidden Benefits of Anxiety
Effective Strategies to Reduce Student Anxiety
Effective Strategies to Reduce Student Anxiety School can be one of the most difficult periods of time for children and their parents when struggling with anxiety. Often schools have very little training in mental health conditions. Therefore, teachers are not aware of how to identify anxiety in children, often misinterpreting behaviors as purposeful defiance.… Continue reading Effective Strategies to Reduce Student Anxiety