Children with disability or chronic health conditions are more likely than other children to experience anxiety. In addition to the usual childhood fears and worries, these children may worry about things such as: having medical procedures missing out on events,...
Childhood anxiety can be debilitating and cause significant distress for children and parents alike. A primary maintaining factor of anxiety is avoidance of a feared situation, event, or object (i.e., stimulus). A child may avoid being alone, speaking in front their...
To help children to overcome anxiety we can teach them to be BRAVE. Using the letters form the word brave, we can teach children simple steps to approach rather than avoid things that make them anxious. Watch the video to find out more or head over the BRAVE online...
All parents naturally want to soothe their children and protect them from pain and suffering. However, in doing so parents may be unwittingly causing children to develop anxiety disorders. It is important for parents to consider their role in the child’s anxiety and...
What is being brave? For children to cope with feeling anxious, they must understand the importance of being brave. They must understand the power of courage. But most importantly, they must understand that being brave does not mean an absence of feeling scared or...
What is anxiety? Anxiety is a normal part of living. Anxiety is part of our survival instinct and it kicks in when we feel that we are under threat. When under the threat our amygdala fires up and prepares our body to survive the danger ahead. The trouble with anxiety...
