The author also reveals the meaning of test anxiety and performance anxiety, the possible causes of test anxiety and sufferer of test anxiety. To overcome from this anxiety author suggested some general and specific strategies. Steps for this are make the first test relatively easy, give more ...
It's not fragility we need to be worried about: With this as the framing narrative, we’ve seen the mental health of kids take a steep decline, according to Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. TheCDCreports that 15% of teens are diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, and nearly 10% have been di...
While most kids continue to sleep soundly while their mother opens the bedroom door or tucks in the covers, a child with ASD might wake up abruptly. Anxiety is another possible condition that could adversely affect sleep. Children with autism tend to test higher than other children for anxiety....
To help teens out, focus on past papers, particularly free ACT exams and similar materials, which will test kids on what they should know, rather than provide them with further material they couldn’t possibly memorize by test day. Past and practice tests will enable kids to hone time manage...
Talk about their worries. You can help by reassuring your children that anxious feelings are common and encouraging them to talk about what causes them. Whenkidsthink about or practice doing the things that make them anxious, they can learn to cope better with their feelings. ...
One child recalled stepping on other kids' heels to prevent bad things from happening, which adults misinterpreted as disruptive behavior. Other examples at school might include lining up items in a specific order, counting steps between classrooms, or repeatedly washing h...
Were you thinking about the test next week in school?” Charity says the teens often come to him with the notion that they’re bad kids. “They think they’re not worth spending time on,” he says, having created a self-fulfilling prophecy of being “bad” or “untrustworthy” because...
Helping Kids with Nighttime Fears – A Guest Post by Neve from We the Parents – http://wetheparents.org. “Just one more story. I’m hungry, can I get some food? I need a drink of water. Please stay, Mommy!” Every child has their toolbox of excuses and reasons to delay bedtime...
Children and adults often wonder when they will have some “me time.” With kids back in school, parents are lamenting that even their very young children complain of being stressed and overwhelmed. I once sat with a few mothers of second graders so that our children could play and be kids...
About the Author Maureen Healy is an author, speaker and expert working with parents, teachers and children globally. Her most recent book is The Emotionally Healthy Child. Online: Growing Happy Kids, Twitter advertisement Attention Essential Reads The Unexpected Magic of Not Finishing Everything ...