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Helping Your Student with Anxiety
A Series brought to you by Dr. Scott Cypers & the DCSD Counseling Department
During the 2021-2022 school year, Douglas County School District Counselors have teamed with Dr. Scott Cypers to create a video series to help parents understand how to help their children with Anxiety. Dr. Cypers is a nationally recognized expert on child and adolescent anxiety and is the Director of Stress and Anxiety at Johnson Depression Center. This series will be ongoing throughout the school year and a new video will be released every few weeks. These 20-30 minute videos are designed to provide parents with an understanding of anxiety and provide some actionable tools to help their children.
Anxiety Series with Dr. Cypers: Playlist
"Unselfie" was offered as both a Parent and Teacher book study during the 2019-2020 school year. Both groups found the research included here staggering; knowing the numbers around how empathic behaviors have shifted over the years calls us all to change! In 3 parts over 9 chapters, Dr. Michele Borba walks readers through how to cultivate empathy in today's youth, including the development of a moral identity and how to instill perspective-taking in today's children. How could our community change if we were all operating from this playbook? And what are the social implications for students who have the empathy advantage? Message Ms. Winkelmann with your thoughts about this text if you would like to discuss it further! Ms. Winkelmann's Email