Anxious

Whether during a time of crisis or in everyday life, our kids today may be more anxious than ever

Clinical anxiety is on the rise, and teachers are seeing more students struggling with the pressures of school and society. Educators are often ill-equipped to help the anxious child, and need anxiety tips to help students who have this mental illness.

Whether you have anxiety or want to advocate for anxious kids, this book will change your thinking and encourage you to take risks in the classroom, because you never know, what if it turns out right?

In this fifth book in the Lead Forward Series, Christine Ravesi-Weinstein, a teacher, presenter, and school leader, shares practical, time-tested strategies to create anxiety relief for kids and help educators and parents advocate for anxious students and those with social anxiety.

Different than other teen anxiety books, Anxious provides teachers and parents with anxiety help for kids, and strategies to cope with adult anxiety, too. Through her own experience with anxiety and her role as an educator, she shows you how to:

• Recognize when anxiety causes students to avoid assignments and skip class
• Build relationships by asking questions first
• Help students understand the mind-body connection and become self-advocates
• Create safe environments with authenticity, vulnerability, and routines

Christine Ravesi-Weinstein brings you the stories and strategies you need to help your anxious kids, starting today.

Whether during a time of crisis or in everyday life, our kids today may be more anxious than ever

Clinical anxiety is on the rise, and teachers are seeing more students struggling with the pressures of school and society. Educators are often ill-equipped to help the anxious child, and need anxiety tips to help students who have this mental illness.

Whether you have anxiety or want to advocate for anxious kids, this book will change your thinking and encourage you to take risks in the classroom, because you never know, what if it turns out right?

In this fifth book in the Lead Forward Series, Christine Ravesi-Weinstein, a teacher, presenter, and school leader, shares practical, time-tested strategies to create anxiety relief for kids and help educators and parents advocate for anxious students and those with social anxiety.

Different than other teen anxiety books, Anxious provides teachers and parents with anxiety help for kids, and strategies to cope with adult anxiety, too. Through her own experience with anxiety and her role as an educator, she shows you how to:

• Recognize when anxiety causes students to avoid assignments and skip class
• Build relationships by asking questions first
• Help students understand the mind-body connection and become self-advocates
• Create safe environments with authenticity, vulnerability, and routines

Christine Ravesi-Weinstein brings you the stories and strategies you need to help your anxious kids, starting today.

Introduction

Keep Fighting

Chapter 1: How to Handle a Curveball

Common Missteps Educators Take in Supporting Students with Anxiety, and How to Correct Them

Chapter 2: Observe, Ask, and Implement

Ways to Support Students in Overcoming Their Own Anxiety

Chapter 3: Take Them by the Hand

Build Lifelong Skills with and for Students with Anxiety

Chapter 4: Be Yourself

Use Your Own Experiences as a Guide for Anxious Students

Chapter 5: Teach the Truth about Social Media Help Students with Anxiety Navigate a Fantasy World of

Perfection

Chapter 6: Get Students to Buy In Know Your Why and Effectively Communicate It to Anxious

Students

Chapter 7: Give Students a Voice

Encourage Self-Expression and Self-Advocacy as a Way to Manage Anxiety

Chapter 8: Encourage Effort

Increase Perseverance by Removing Labels from Students with Anxiety

Chapter 9: Maintain Routines

Establish Clear and Consistent Routines in the Classroom for Your Anxious Students’ Bodies and Minds

Chapter 10: Create Community

Encourage Extracurricular Activities

Conclusion

Everyone Has a Story to Tell