Seven Steps to Help Your Child Worry Less
A Family Guide
Published on 1. April 2003
122 pages
978-1-886941-27-4 (ISBN)
Description
This guide for parents offers practical strategies to help teach children relaxation techniques, correct ways of thinking to combat worry and anxiety, and empowering behavioral interventions. Parents are encouraged to understand why children worry and to recognize if a child needs help with excessive worry. Explained are how to create a plan to help a child, effective strategies to reduce worry, and how to build a child''s self-esteem and confidence so he or she can become more resilient. Additional guidance for medical professionals and for teachers is provided.
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Kristy Hagar | Sam Goldstein | Robert Brooks
Seven Steps to Help Your Child Worry Less
A Family Guide
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04/2003
Specialty Press/A.D.D. Warehouse
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Content
- Front Cover
- Copyright
- Dedication
- FOREWORD
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction Seven Steps to Help Your Child Worry Less 3
- A Walk Down Bonneville Street
- Worry: A Common Problem
- Seven Steps to Help Your Child Worry Less
- Tips for Health Care Professionals and Educators
- Track Your Progress
- Summary
- Step 1 Why Do Children Worry?
- What is Worry?
- What is Fear?
- When Does Worry Become Anxiety?
- Types of Anxiety
- Causes of Worry, Fear, and Anxiety
- Summary
- Step 2 When Your Child Needs Help
- When Do Worry and Fear Become Anxiety?
- Deterimining How Much Your Child's Anxiety Interferes with Everyday Life
- Seeking Professional Help?
- Deciding Upon a Plan
- Targeting-the-Worry Questionnaire
- Summary
- Step 3 Geting Started: Helping Your Child Become an Active Participant in the Process 31
- Nurturing an Optimistic Mindset
- Be Empathic
- Destigmatizing and Demystifying Worry and Anxiety
- Teaching Your Child about Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors
- Setting up a Worry Scale and a Worry Thermometer
- Developing Strategies with Your Child
- Changing Negative Scripts and Mindsets
- Summary
- Step 4 Strategies to Reduce Anxiety
- Breathing Techniques
- Relaxation
- Guided Imagery
- Self-talk and Mental Distraction
- Debriefing
- Desensitization
- Summary
- Step 5 Developing a Plan and Putting it Into Action
- Writing a Worry-Less Plan
- Dealing with a Worry Wart
- Making a Plan for Children with Obsessive-Compulsive Worry
- Enlisting Siiblings' Participation
- Addressing the Child's Worries with Others
- Summary
- Step 6 Keeping the Plan in Place: Common Problems and How to Solve Them
- Becoming Inpatient
- Too Much Reassurance
- Making Excuses and Permitting Avoidance
- Being Too Directive
- Becoming Frustrated and Angry
- Not Knowing When More is Needed
- Summary
- Step 7 Instilling a Resilient Mindset in Your Child
- Feeling Special and Appreciated
- Accepting Our Children for Who They Are
- Nurturing Islands of Competence
- Learning from Mistakes
- Developing Responsibility, Compassion, and Social Conscience
- Summary
- Conclusion Mastering Worry, Fear, and Anxiety
- Resources
- Index
- Special Addendum One A Guide for Medical and Mental Health Professionals Using the Seven Step Approach
- Special Addendum Two Helping Children Worry Less: A Guide for Teachers
- Back Cover
