List of tips and ideas to help children with anxiety or worry
List of tips and ideas to help children with anxiety or worry
Talk to your child’s doctor
Empathize with your child. Validate your child’s emotions.
Teach your child about anxiety
Teach your child to identify the worry signs
Explain how being a little worried is good and useful
Let them understand that everybody has worries or anxieties
Explain the risks of avoidance behaviours
Help your child write down his worries on a paper
Keep a Worry Journal / Thought Diary
Help your Child Challenge Worry Thoughts
Establish a “Worry Time”
Create a “Worry Box”
Teach Problem-Solving Abilities
Teach Your Child How to Be Assertive
Approach Problems & Fears One Step at a Time
Lazy 8 Breathing
Belly Breathing (diaphragmatic breathing or abdominal breathing)
Yoga Breathing Techniques
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Stress balls
Mindfulness
Practice Yoga with your Kids
Massage
Write down worries & Dispose of them
Change worry thoughts into happy thoughts
Exercise
Play a board game with a sibling
Read an interesting book
Listen to music
Listen to a relaxation audio
Sit your kid in your lap and give her soothing cuddle time
Warm bath /Shower
Use a weighted blanket
Use a weighted vest
Look at a Sensory Bottle or Calming Jar
Essential Oils
Sensory Swin
Prepare a “Calm Down Kit”
Have a calm down plan ready
Create a relaxation ritual
Create a Calm Down Space/ Room Encourage Positive Self-Talk
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