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Anxiety, ADHD and Anger in the Classroom from Janine Halloran

Anxiety ADHD and Anger in the Classroom from Janine Halloran

Anxiety, ADHD and Anger in the Classroom 60 Activity-Based Coping Skills to Effectively Manage Big Feelings from Janine Halloran

Faculty:Janine Halloran

Duration:5 Hours 43 Minutes | Format:Audio and Video

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Outline:

Coping Skills Overview

The autonomic nervous system & coping skills
4 types of coping skills: calming, physical, distraction and processing
Coping skills checklist to identify current skills and strengths
Preventative interventions

Skills and Strategies: Interactive Exercises
Deep Breathing – Beyond “Taking a Deep Breath”

Props – pinwheels, bubbles, stuffed animals, Hoberman sphere
Words – to encourage deep breaths, “smell the soup, cool down the soup”, etc.
Shapes – star breathing, lazy 8 breathing, square breathing, triangle breathing
Your Body – your hand, whole body movement

Coping Skills for Anxiety/Stress

Mindfulness Practice – one mindful minute, spiderman mindfulness, audio and visual mindfulness scripts, Grounding Techniques – 54321 grounding, alphabet grounding
Identifying and taming anxiety – take-home worksheets to help identify anxiety, including a thermometer for anxiety worksheet, “sources of stress” worksheet

Coping Skills for ADHD

Plan movement and sensory breaks
The importance of play, hobbies, and having fun: calming jars, fidgets, sand trays, zen gardens
Coping skills for stress
Manage stressful times – the importance of play, hobbies, and having fun
Sensory Ideas – calming jars, fidgets, sand trays, zen gardens

Coping Skills for Anger/Frustration

Small physical movement activities to manage frustration – squeezing play dough, scribble drawing, bubble wrap, ripping paper
Big physical movement activities to manage anger – jumping jacks, running, wall push ups, obstacle courses, yoga
Processing anger – comic strip processing, what I can control vs. what I can’t control worksheet

Practical Implementation Ideas for the Classroom or Office

Make a coping skills toolkit for your room – fidgets, coping skills cue cards and other visuals to help, include distraction coping skills like word searches, hidden pictures. etc
Creating a calm down spot/calm down room – identify a good spot, create an area that is peaceful and relaxing, include the coping skills toolkit
Practice your own coping skills – mindfulness and self-care worksheet

Description:

Managing the emotional climate of your classroom is crucial to learning. When children are struggling to manage anxiety, ADHD and anger, they can’t focus on the academic tasks expected of them in a classroom setting. By teaching kids simple, healthy and safe ways to express their emotions and calm their bodies, they will be better able to concentrate on their work during the school day. The positive impact healthy coping skills will have on a child’s academic performance is truly transformational.

In this seminar, we’ll learn how coping skills impact a student’s nervous system, and how to use that knowledge to help kids calm their bodies and get ready to learn. Join coping skills expert and experienced school counselor Janine Halloran, LMHC as she shows you coping skills and techniques ideal for a classroom.

Walk away with a coping skills toolbox
Deep breathing printables
Check in sheets
”Anxiety thermometer”
Relaxation exercises
”What’s your play personality?”
And many more

Be prepared for experiential learning and movement as we try different coping skills like grounding techniques, breathing exercises, and big body movements throughout the workshop.

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