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The Keys to Supporting Kids with Anxiety and Cultivating Confidence
Anxiety is one of the most common emotional challenges in kids today making everyday activities like school, homework, eating, activities, and sleeping a challenge. Sometimes anxiety is part of normal development while at other times it is a symptom of underlying stress. Anxiety is an old problem but fresh solutions and understandings are now available given the latest discoveries in relational and developmental science, and evidence based practices.
This presentation will discuss:
- the emotional roots of anxiety
- the common and hidden signs of anxiety
- top ten sources of distress for kids today (children to teens)
- six key strategies for supporting anxious kids
- how to cultivate confidence and courage in kids
Dr. Deborah MacNamara is a clinical counsellor specializing in attachment, trauma, and developmental issues in kids of all ages. With over 25 years of experience supporting families, she is the Director of Kid’s Best Counselling and on Faculty at the Neufeld Institute where she teaches alongside Gordon Neufeld. Deborah is the author of two books, Rest, Play, Grow: Making Sense of Preschoolers (or anyone who acts like one), and Nourished: Connection, food, and caring for our kids (and everyone else we love), and the children’s picture book, The Sorry Plane.
The Keys to Supporting Kids with Anxiety and Cultivating Confidence
$ 297 CDN
1 modules
2 hours
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THE KEYS TO SUPPORTING KIDS with ANXIETY PRESENTATION
Objectives
The objective of the course “The Keys to Supporting Kids with Anxiety and Cultivating Confidence” is to provide insights, knowledge, and strategies for understanding and addressing anxiety in children. The course aims to cover various aspects related to anxiety in kids, including its emotional roots, common signs, sources of distress, and evidence-based practices for support.
The presenter, Dr. Deborah MacNamara, with her expertise in attachment, trauma, and developmental issues in children, intends to share valuable information on how to recognize anxiety in kids, the underlying causes, and practical strategies for assisting anxious children. Additionally, the course emphasizes the importance of cultivating confidence and courage in children, offering participants a comprehensive understanding of the latest discoveries in relational and developmental science.
Overall, the goal is to equip attendees with the knowledge and tools needed to effectively support children dealing with anxiety and to foster their emotional well-being and confidence.
“It isn’t really about food; it is about the relationships surrounding food rituals and how important they are in our personal development. I now see it as a key part of my tool box in helping young students and their families.”
– ED Wittchen, Superintendent, Mother of Earth’s Children’s Charter School
The Keys to Supporting Kids with Anxiety and Cultivating Confidence is right for you if you are:
- Looking for how to feed others from a place of caring connection.
- Wanting to create ideal conditions for feeding others in the home, school, or community-based programs.
- Needing support in taking the lead to create emotional safety and rituals in your eating context.
- Interested in developmental science and an understanding of emotional well-being when it comes to feeding and eating.
- Fascinated by the new science on the gut and it’s connection to emotional well-being
- Interested in relooking at food through a relational lens and how it symbollically conveys connection
- Reclaiming your cultural roots through food and feeding practices
- Wanting additional support alongside other helping professionals in making headway on serious food problems with a loved one.
