Name and tame your anxiety : a kid's guide / Summer Batte ; illustrated by Amberin Huq.
Material type: TextPublisher: Minneapolis : Free Spirit Publishing Inc., [2021]Description: 137 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781631986208
- 1631986201
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 155.4124 B335 | Available | 33111010583058 | ||||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 155.4124 B335 | Available | 33111010524029 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Help kids understand and manage anxiety to boost their mental health and well-being.
Anxiety in kids is on the rise: 4.4 million children between the ages of 3 and 17 have diagnosed anxiety disorders, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And even more kids experience some level of anxiety in their daily lives. In kid-friendly language, award-winning Name and Tame Your Anxiety explains what anxiety is, how it works, and how to manage it.
Written by a parent whose child has anxiety and vetted by Myles L. Cooley, Ph.D., author of A Practical Guide to Mental Health & Learning Disorders for Every Educator and an expert in the field with more than forty years of experience, Name and Tame Your Anxiety provides practical strategies to help kids manage anxiety, including:
Write down your schedule Make anxiety into something funny Make a calming toolkit Deep breathing Name the things around youThis book helps kids understand what is happening in their brains and shows how learning to manage anxiety can help them do the things in life they need and want to do--by practicing anxiety-taming strategies, going to therapy, and/or taking medication. It includes information about how kids can self-advocate for what they need to manage anxiety as well as how to interpret some of the common things adults say to kids about anxiety.
Name and Tame Your Anxiety helps kids better understand and improve their mental health. It also includes self-check and planning exercises, quotes from real kids, and a glossary of terms about anxiety.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"A book to help kids understand and manage anxiety, with specific information for kids diagnosed with an anxiety disorder"-- Provided by publisher.
Ages 9-13 Free Spirit Publishing Inc.
Reading level grade 6.