Anxiety to Resiliency: Creating Come-back Teens
We are currently experiencing an epidemic of anxiety and depression in our teens.When unaddressed, these perceptions and feelings can have a profound negative impact on young people academically, socially, emotionally and physically.
Anxiety to Resiliency helps to address this mental health crisis through 50 engaging, impactful activities. Adults such as educators, parents, counselors and, really, anyone who cares for, or about, young people will find that these learning activities will help adolescents who are grappling with anxiety. The learning experiences described in this book will help young people strengthen their ability to understand and regulate their anxiety and build greater personal resiliency. These essential personal strengths can help young people achieve greater success academically, socially and emotionally.
The 50 activities in this book can be utilized as a step-by-step program to enable growth for a teen or group of teens. Or, selected activities can be used separately based on the preferences of the adult and the needs of the youth(s). Each activity takes about 20 minutes.
THIS BOOK ALSO INCLUDES:
- Evidence-based rationales for the activities and for the book itself.
- Additional background information for some of the activities.
- QR codes to allow easy access to rating scales, checklists, activity sheets and teen-created illustrations.
- 20 "Perspectives for Parents" with insights and tips created specifically for parents. These can be utilized by parents who are using this book with their teen; or, they can be shared with the parents by a professional who is working with their teen.
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