Helping your child with fears and worries : a self-help guide for parents

Part I: Understanding your child's fears and worries. What are fears, worries and anxiety? -- How can I help my child? -- Common fears and worries experienced by children -- How do fears and worries develop in children? -- What keeps children's fears and worries going? -- Part II: Helping your child overcome fears and worries. How to use this book -- Step 1: What are your goals? -- Step 2: What does your child need to learn? -- Step 3: Encouraging independence and 'having a go' -- Step 4: A step-by-step approach to overcoming fears and worries -- Step 5: Learning about solving problems -- Additional strategies 1: Overcoming worry -- Additional strategies 2: Managing physical symptoms of anxiety -- Additional strategies 3: managing your own anxiety -- Some final words on the guide: Keeping it going -- Part III: Addressing particular needs. Using this book with younger children -- Using this book with older children and teenagers -- Sleep problems -- Overcoming difficult behaviour -- School-attendance difficulties -- Helping children overcome fears and worries -- a guide for teachers

Does your child suffer from fears and worries that affect their behaviour or keep them awake at night? Fears and worries are very common among children with around 15% thought to suffer from anxiety disorders; the most commonly identified emotional or behavioural problems among children. However, if left unchecked, they can cause more serious problems such as school avoidance, difficulties in making friends and long-term problems with anxiety and depression. Written by two of the UK's foremost experts on childhood anxiety, this extremely useful guide will enable you to understand what is causing your child's worries and to carry out step-by-step practical strategies to help him or her to overcome them, including:* Addressing specific fears and phobias as well as general anxiety and 'worrying'* Using case studies, worksheets and charts, Helping Your Child is a series for parents and caregivers to support children through developmental difficulties, both psychological and physical. Each guide uses clinically-proven techniques.

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