Understanding Anxiety through a Child's Eyes with Dr Dawn Elise Snipes

Understanding Anxiety through a Child's Eyes with Dr Dawn Elise Snipes Please click the link above to SUBSCRIBE and click the bell to be notified of new videos Sponsored by TherapyNotes com Manage your practice securely and efficiently Two free months of TherapyNotes with coupon code CEU CEUs are available for this presentation at a https 3A 2F 2Fwww allceus com 2Fmember 2Fcart 2Findex 2Fproduct 2Fid 2F1033 2Fc 2F a Want to listen to it as a podcast instead Subscribe to Counselor Toolbox Podcast a https 3A 2F 2Fpod link 2F1120947649 a Also check out our other podcasts Happiness Isn't Brain Surgery and Addiction Counselor Exam Review AllCEUs provides multimedia counseloreducation and CEUs for LPCs LMHCs LMFTs and LCSWs as well as addiction counselor precertification training and continuing education Live Interactive Webinars 5 Unlimited Counseling CEs for 59 Specialty Certificates starting at 89 including AddictionCounselor RecoveryCoach PeerSupportSpecialist TraumaInformedCare BHT Etherapy Symptoms of Anxiety in Children Emotional Signs of Anxiety Is extremely sensitive Irritable Is afraid of making even minor mistakes including test anxiety Panic attacks Worries about things that are far in the future Has frequent nightmares Gets distracted from playing by his worries Has compulsive repetitive behaviors Symptoms of Anxiety in Children Behavioral Signs of Anxiety Starts having meltdowns or tantrums Asks what if- constantly Avoids participating in group activities Remains silent or preoccupied during group work Refuses to go to school Avoids social situations with peers after school or on weekends Becomes emotional or angry when separated from parents Constantly seeks approval Low self-esteem and efficacy Overly concerned about negative evaluations Symptoms of Anxiety in Children Physical Signs of Anxiety Frequently complains of head or stomachaches Refuses to eat snacks or lunch at school Can become restless fidgety hyperactive Difficulty concentrating Starts to shake or sweat in intimidating situations Dizziness Frequent urge to urinate Constantly tenses muscles Exaggerated startle response Has trouble falling or staying asleep Falls asleep in school Repetitive activities tapping leg shaking Nail biting skin picking Rigid routines Not Little Adults How do children think differently 0-2 Object permanence personal agency crying Uh Oh Ask for drinks When you are overtired startled too hot cold or have low blood sugar the HPA-Axis is activated Threat Response Anxiety 2-7 Egocentric personalized concrete dichotomous mystical Daddy yelled at me Daddy left Daddy hates me It is my fault I told Mommy I hated her She got sick It is my fault I didn t say my prayers last night We got into a car accident because God is mad at me The neighbor s dog always charges the fence and wants to bite me This makes me scared Dogs are dangerous Not Little Adults How do children think differently 7-11 Inductive Start making global attributions from specifics I didn t make the team I got a C on my spelling test I must be a failure 11 More advanced reasoning but little life experience and often have not questioned prior faulty schema What is Anxiety Anxiety is fear which is the flee part of the fight or flight stress response What do we children fear Death Biological Needs Safety self others Rejection Isolation Abandonment Biological Needs Safety Love and Belonging The Unknown Biological Needs Safety Love Loss of Control Parental older children What is Causing the Anxiety Cognitive Unhelpful thoughts Lack of knowledge Physical Lack of sleep Poor nutrition or hunger Hormones sex thyroid Emotional Highly sensitive child Environmental social Bullies Teacher pressure Parental enmeshment or disengagement Chaotic home environment mental health addiction and or abuse or neglect Social learning Differential Diagnosis Anxiety Disorders multiple Depression ADD Autism PTSD ASD Oppositional Defiant Disorder Interventions Infants-2years old Be responsive AllCEUs courses are accepted in most states because we are approved as an education provider for NAADAC the States of Florida and Texas Boards of Social Work and Mental Health Professional Counseling the California Consortium for Addiction Professionals and Professions the Australian Counselling Association National Counsel for Therapeutic Recreation Certification NCTRC CRCC Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association and more and more DrDawnEliseSnipes offers CEUs allceus for LPCCEUs LMHCCEUs LCPCCEUs LSWCEUs LCSWCEUs LMFTCEUs CRCCEUs LADCCEUs CADCCEUs MACCEUs CAPCEUs NCCCEUS LCDCCEUs CPRSCEUs CTRSCEUs and more

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