More strategies for anxiety

Here are some more strategies for coping with anxiety.

Click on the images to explore a range of different strategies for dealing with anxiety.

Anxiety behaviours and strategies to support

Anxiety is such a big part of a diagnosis. Recognising anxiety and finding strategies to help are a journey parents, teachers and childrens travel.  The images below link to the websites that provide helpful information.

 This article explains how anxiety can look like agression.

This website shares some strategies to support young children to calm the anxiety.

This website has a range of strategies to support children when words do not work.

This page shares phrases that may help to calm an anxious child.

Executive Function

I often have discussions with teachers about the difficulties learners have and the relationship with executive function.  I find Understood.org a great website for accessible information to support teachers and parents to grow their understadning of executive function issues and strategies to help.

https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/executive-functioning-issues/understanding-executive-functioning-issues

Heavy work - Proprioception sensory activities

This site is great for ideas.  Heavy work is what my son often needs and I love some of these ideas.  Click the picture and find practical ideas to give your child the sensory input they crave.