What is this session about?

In this workshop we will look at anxiety and discover what it is and how it affects us and your child. We will find ways to work out when they are beginning to feel anxious. We will also consider what to do when they are feeling anxious and how you can help to stop the build-up of anxiety.

This workshop is for parents or any adult who has a caring responsibility for the young person. It is not appropriate for children and young people.

The workshop covers:

• What is anxiety and when does it become a problem?
• Anxiety and neurodivergency
• The anxiety cycle
• Burnout
• How anxiety might present and how it can feel
• Why do we get anxious?
• The Fight, Flight, & Freeze survival response
• Responding to the survival brain
• Symptoms of anxiety
• Anxiety and PDA
• Anxiety disorders
• Strategies to help
• Parental anxiety