‘Creating Calm’: Child and Youth Anxiety Support Group
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Creating Calm is an educational therapeutic support group for children and youth experiencing anxiety. LINK TO BLOG POST
Children and youth will be taught a variety of skills to cope with and manage their anxiety. Parents will be offered methods to identify anxiety symptoms, and intervene to support the development of more confident, self-reliant behaviour in their children.
A pre-admittance interview is done with the parent. There is no cost to attend.
Ages: Groups have 6-8 participants and run four (4) times a year for two separate age groups:7-9 year olds and 10-12 year olds.
Attendance expectations: Groups run for 10 weeks; 8 weeks the children attend with parents coming for the last 20 minutes of each session & additionally 2 weeks are for the parents only.
The goals are:
To provide children and their parents
with a number of concrete coping techniques to manage anxiety and fears
Educate parents
about the signs and symptoms of anxiety in children.
Provide parenting ideas
to encourage more self-reliance in children.
Help children learn about themselves
and each other in a positive light. Creating Calm presents the information in child-friendly, fun, and positive ways.
The group also provides information to parents about childhood anxiety, how to increase bravery and build confidence in children, implement new parenting strategies as needed, and support their children more effectively.
What is anxiety?
Anxiety (fears, apprehension, worry, nervousness) is a normal emotion that is necessary for survival.
Funded by Child and Youth M.H. MCFD and private donations.
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