A roadmap for helping children with anxiety

Have you heard of SPACE?

We might have thought the worst of the pandemic for kids was the lockdown - being isolated and separated from friends and community activities. However, for some children, reentry is harder. Anxiety was the most common mental health difficulty facing children prior to the pandemic, and now it seems nearly universal. Perfectionism, separation difficulties, sleep problems, picky eating, social difficulties and even some sensory issues can be rooted in underlying anxiety. A lot of families have been asking me for advice about their children’s anxiety recently, so I figured it’d be helpful to…

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