School can be overwhelming for students for a variety of reasons. Check out these informational flyers to find helpful tips to manage your child's behaviors or anxiety! I add new tip sheets throughout the school year, so be sure to check back!
Tips to De-escalate an Anxious or Defiant Child - Do you struggle with giving your child attention when they are acting out? Check out these tips to help de-escalate interactions with children who are oppositional or anxious.
Problem Solving - Does your child have frequent meltdowns? Check out this problem-solving method to reduce frequent tantrums!
Tears at drop off - Does your child refuse to go into school or cry and cling to you at drop off? Here are some helpful tips.
Supporting Your Child with Separation Anxiety at School Drop-Off - A few tips to make school drop off more positive, including phrases to avoid and what to say instead!
Meltdowns - Do you often find yourself frustrated because your child is inconsolable? Here are some strategies to try.
Calming Phrases - Navigating anxiety can be challenging. Try these phrases to help calm an anxious child.
Executive Functioning - Does your child struggle with organizing their thoughts and ideas, especially with homework? Check out these strategies!
Social Thinking - Some children struggle with social interactions: what to say, how to engage, and how to build meaningful relationships. This flyer gives an overview of Michelle Garcia Winner's "Social Thinking" strategies.
Coping Skills - Print these cue cards on business cards and put them on a ring. Your child can use them when upset in order to self-regulate!
Calming Cards - these cards include strategies that connect directly to the nervous system.
Self-Talk - Positive self-talk is a powerful tool that can not only reduce anxiety, but it's also a key component in building self-esteem and fighting negative emotions. Positive self-talk can improve confidence, emotional regulation, and motivation!
iPad applications - Here are some great social emotional learning applications for tablets!
SEL books - check out this list for great books that teach children social emotional skills!
Social Emotional Development - Wondering about age-appropriate social skills and cognitive development? Check out this flyer for helpful benchmarks!
Sleep Hygiene - Consistent and healthy sleep habit are critical for development, as well as attention and mood! This flyer includes strategies and further resources to improve sleep habits.
Restorative conversations - This framework will help you process unwanted behaviors in a restorative way that leads to skill development and social emotional growth.
The Zones of Regulation teaches children self-regulation and emotional control. This flyer offers a brief explanation of the concepts so that parents can use these strategies with their children at home.
The fight-flight-freeze response is the body's natural reaction to danger; it's a stress response that causes the body to react to perceived threats. This response cause instant physiological and hormonal changes that allow the person to react quickly to danger in order to remain safe.
Size of the Problem - Teaching this concept helps children accurately identify the severity of their problems and ultimately choose an appropriate reaction. When we give children language to describe their problems and reactions, we help them make sense of their own experiences and identify appropriate solutions to their daily challenges.
More to come - check back soon!
Check out this presentation from the December 2020 PTA meeting, with tips and resources for anxiety!
This presentation from the October 2021 PTA meeting explains ways to effectively use reinforcement with your child, and shares a restorative conversation framework for processing behavior issues.
This presentation presented to parents in 2020 identifies verbal strategies to de-escalate and problem-solve with your child.