"Relieving Back-to-School Anxiety" (with Beverly Holden Johns)

In this hour-long ADDitude webinar, Beverley Holden Johns discusses how to identify and address characteristics of an anxiety disorder in students, such as executive functioning, auditory processing, emotional regulation, and cognitive flexibility. She shares a variety of strategies that parents and educators can implement as children head back to school.

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04:28 Today's Agenda
5:17 The Hidden Signs of Anxiety — What Those Who Have It Say
6:18 What Students Are Saying Now
10:21 My Cup Runneth Over with Anxiety - What Anxiety Can Do to a Child
13:00 Big Ideas
17:30 The Impact of the Pandemic on Anxiety
18:42 Children and Adults with Anxiety During and After the Pandemic
20:37 The Story of Scott
22:55 Some Good Teaching Strategies That Can Help Many Students
26:06 Auditory Processing Issues
30:51 Cognitive Flexibility
34:57 The Problem with Worksheets
36:05 Alternatives to Worksheets
40:59 Dysregulation Results from an Overwhelmed Social Emotional System
43:44 Activities for Emotional Regulation
48:35 Executive Function: The CEO of Your Brain
52:04 Helpful Steps to Get a Student to Start a Task
53:10 Building and Fostering a Parent/Teacher Team to Implement These Strategies
54:12 Statements That Encourage Positive Relationships
54:47 Listen to the Children

Related Resources
1. Download: Your Free Back-to-School Playbook
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2. Read: ADHD School Transitions: Middle School, High School, College & More
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3. Read: Why School Stress Is Devastating for Our Children
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4. eBook: The ADHD Parent-Teacher Handbook
https://www.additudemag.com/product/a...

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