3. Anxiety in Children: Why it Occurs and How to Deal With It

The aim of this course is to use the Actualise Academy Model of Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology and Behavioural Science to introduce teachers to the cognitive, emotional and behavioural factors related to anxiety.

Section 1 - The Neuroscience modules of this course outline the brain basis for anxiety. This aspect of the course will also teach the learner about the specific brain areas that are responsible for Anxiety.

Section 2 - Psychological research in the area of anxiety is shared with the participant in accessible terms enabling the participant to identify the main features, signs, symptoms and maintaining factors of anxiety. This section also introduces the learner to principals of strategies that they can use with their students and themselves.

Section 3 - Behavioural approaches to anxiety are introduced in this section with the participant taken through skills building behavioural exercises that they can do themselves and teach to their students. The aim of this section is to give the participants, now equipped with research based neuroscientific and psychological information, the skills to use this knowledge in the school.