When Childhood Anxiety Leads to Challenging Behaviors

When Childhood Anxiety Leads to Challenging Behaviors

Description

If you are employed in a state that uses a registry to track professional development hours, you will be able to provide your registry ID (Stars, MOPID, Registry or other ECE ID#) after you have completed the quiz for the course. If you pass the quiz we will report your course completion to the state registry using the registry ID that you provide.
This course is designed to help teachers and staff understand how to help children in their care with generalized anxiety. These children often act out in ways that are mistaken as behavior problems. Course length – 2.0 hours.
The course helps answer the following questions:
  • What is anxiety?
  • What does childhood anxiety look like?
  • What are the types of anxiety?
  • What does generalized anxiety look like?
  • What does separation anxiety look like?
  • What does social anxiety look like?
  • What are some triggers for anxiety?
  • What are some symptoms of anxiety?
  • How can I help?
Desired Outcomes
  • Participants will gain an understanding of what different types of anxiety look like in early childhood.
  • Participants will learn tools they can use to help children with anxiety.
  • Participants will learn how to set up a safe place in their classroom.