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How To Help Children Handle Stress & Anxiety Elise N. Banks, M.S., LPC About Your Speaker Healthy Mind Successful Life Miss International 2015 NAMI National Ambassador Current Work Objective For Today How To Scan Your

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How To Help Children Handle Stress & Anxiety

Elise N. Banks, M.S., LPC

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About Your Speaker

Healthy Mind – Successful Life
Miss International 2015
NAMI National Ambassador
Current Work

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Objective For Today

How To Scan Your Child’s Environment For Potential

Stressors

What Behavioral Signs To Look For In A Stressed Or

Anxious Child

Three Key Strategies To Help Children Handle Stress

& Anxiety / Ways To Eliminate Environmental Stressors

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Scan The Child’s Environment

Family Life
Stable?
Parental Involvement?
Sibling Relationships?
School Life
Social Group?
Competitiveness
Peer/Teacher/Parental Pressures?
Extracurricular Activities
Balanced?
Add Value?

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Behavioral Signs

Out-of-Character Behaviors
Agitation and Distress
Seeking Reassurance
Avoidance
Inability to Focus
Physical Complaints
Reluctance / Refusal to Participate
Perfectionism

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Strategy #1

“The 3 R’s” Recognition of Symptoms Recognition of Stressors Response

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Strategy #2

“Vent – Coach – Intervene”

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Strategy #3

“ERB” Eliminate – Replace – Boundary

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Questions?

Elise N. Banks, M.S., LPC Healthy Mind – Successful Life EliseBanks.Therapy@gmail.com