
Understanding Anxiety at School
From Personal Experience to Practical Pupil Support
- 274 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
An increasing number of children face feelings of anxiety and isolation, negatively impacting their mental health and wellbeing, as well as their attainment in school. Having battled social anxiety herself, Rachel Thynne knows first-hand how hard it can be to be misunderstood and receive little help. By understanding the communicative function of behaviours and seeing the person behind their actions, staff can learn to support and nurture pupils with consistency, empathy and positivity.
This book explores anxiety in children and young people, unpicking social anxiety, situational mutism, school anxiety and separation anxiety within a school context, and shining a light on the importance of relationships, effective communication and self-regulation skills. A wealth of strength-based strategies are provided that can be implemented quickly and easily by busy school staff to alleviate anxiety, build self-esteem and increase feelings of safety and belonging. The book also supports sensitive and collaborative work with caregivers to achieve the biggest impact and includes real-life examples, case-studies and reflective opportunities to bring theory to life.
Little adjustments can make a huge difference and have a positive, lifelong effect on the individual but also on the other pupils. Advocating for whole school approaches to create a culture where all pupils can thrive, Understanding Anxiety at School will enable school staff, including teachers and special educational needs coordinators (SENCOs), to recognise signs of anxiety and to provide support empathically and compassionately.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Access your Online Resources
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Anxiety
- 2 Safety, relationships and communication
- 3 Alleviating anxiety
- 4 Regulating and coping strategies
- 5 Social anxiety
- 6 Alleviating social anxiety
- 7 Situational mutism
- 8 Alleviating situational mutism
- 9 School-based anxiety
- 10 Alleviating school-based anxiety
- 11 Separation anxiety
- 12 Alleviating separation anxiety
- 13 Whole school approaches to reducing anxiety
- Index