Anxiety affects ADHD children more frequently than their neurotypical peers, leading to a greater risk for depression and social isolation. This guide will help you address childhood anxiety at home — and know when it’s time to seek professional help.
is the preferred treatment for child anxiety, and it can be quite effective. CBT aims to help children see that the situations they fear are unlikely to happen and that “anxiety is just making me think this way.” CBT teaches us to differentiate real from excessive worries, and it teaches skills for tolerating worries without having to act on them. Over time, these worries lessen in frequency and intensity and no longer interfere with life.
The key ingredient in CBT is behavioral exposure. By facing a feared situation in a gradual fashion, children see that the dreaded outcomes didn’t happen. For a child with separation anxiety, a parent may start exposure therapy by going into another room for two minutes every day for a week. Over time, the separation may increase .
Similarly, a child who fears speaking in front of his class may start by reading a few sentences to a therapist and working up to longer and more difficult presentations. He may then practice with a teacher, and then a friend, before finally speaking to the class.It’s important to keep in mind that anxiety will persist if kids avoid what they fear.
at an early age or think for themselves and learn to problem-solve challenging situations in childhood, they’re not going to pick up such skills as adults. A lot of kids who have been sheltered may not have the critical-thinking or self-regulatory skills they need to get by in a world that’s not always positive.
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