Tips for Dealing with Anxious Kids

[Griff]

Amen sister.

Tip 20: Reward practice or strategy use, not performance. “When I shift the reinforcement to skills, I’ve noticed the skills go up and that’s what makes the difference for the kids who have mental health difficulties,” Minahan said. Ultimately, educators are teaching kids the skills and strategies that they can then use throughout their life when they’re anxious, so rewarding practice makes sense.


I went through what turned out to be a very good SpEd program. In my new gig I'm seeing a lot of young unprepared teachers often overseen by apparently disengaged veteran teachers. I see good ones as well but it looks like many teacher prep programs are missing it.