Take Managing Miggy to your school

Managing Miggy is being taught at Concord West Public School in partnership with the Primary Principal's Association (PPA) & ParentShop as part of our commitment to student wellbeing and mental health literacy. We’re proud to share it freely with other schools and communities engaged with the program or aspiring to participate.

What is the program?

Managing Miggy is our school's social and emotional learning program based on the work  of The Anxiety Project by ParentShop and the The Anxiety Coach by Michael Hawton. It teaches students in K–6 to understand and manage anxiety through seven simple, repeatable steps. The program uses the character of Miggy — a friendly stand-in for the amygdala — to help children understand why big feelings happen and what to do about them.

The program is designed to be:

• Whole-school — a shared language and set of tools that teachers, students, and families all use together

• Practical — strategies kids can actually use in the moment, in class, in the playground, and at home

• Developmentally appropriate — adaptable across K–6 with stage-based tasks for each lesson

• Community-building — the program culminates in Concordissime, a shared vision of a community built on peace, harmony, and looking out for one another

What’s available on this site?

This site hosts the lesson videos and songs for each of the 8 lessons our school developed, along with family-facing resources designed to extend the learning at home. We’ve deliberately kept things simple so that families can engage without needing any background in the program.

Interested in using this at your school?

We’re happy to talk with other schools about how we’ve implemented The Anxiety Project as part of an action research cycle lead by the PPA and ParentShop. Get in touch via our contact page. 

You can also find resources via ParentShop and submit an expression of interest.

What Teachers Say

"Students have been looking forward to TAP each week! The character and actions of 'Miggy' have become part of everyday conversation in the classroom and a way for students to reflect and react to difficulties with their emotions!" 

"Students demonstrate the ability to identify and label their emotions and independently apply self-regulation strategies before seeking teacher assistance."