3 Grounding Strategies To Help Anxious Students

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I think all of us can agree that kids are more anxious now than ever. And as school counselors, trying to find effective tools and strategies to figure out why our students are so anxious and help our students calm down can be challenging. So how can we help these students?

I completely understand how difficult it can be to come up with strategies when you have a student in your office whose anxiety is high. Having practical, easy to implement strategies handy for when your student needs them is helpful to both you and your students. If you’ve found yourself struggling to come up with a calming strategy on the spot, this episode is for you! I am sharing 3 of my favorite grounding strategies (plus a bonus strategy!) you can use with your students right away! I’m also sharing one of my favorite preventative strategies you can use with your students before they are in the midst of high anxiety.  

If you’re looking for more ways to help your students manage their anxiety, be sure to join me for the FREE, live training on March 14, 2024! I'll be sharing all about how you can help students break the stress cycle and the anxiety management tool you didn’t learn about in school. Everyone who attends will get a PD certificate and the free anxiety curriculum. Can’t wait to see you there!

Some topics covered in this episode are:

• Sign up for the FREE live training, Help Students Break the Stress Cycle: The Anxiety Management Tool You Didn’t Learn in Grad School!

• A great grounding strategy to use with your younger students

• How to help your students become more grounded with the 5,4,3,2,1 strategy

• Why the ABC strategy is great to do with older students

• How to use neuroscience as a preventative approach for anxiety

Resources Mentioned:

• Save your spot for the FREE live training, Help Students Break the Stress Cycle: The Anxiety Management Tool You Didn’t Learn in Grad School!

• Grab your Anxiety Poster Freebie 

• Anxiety & Worry Individual Counseling Curriculum | Coping Skills and Strategies

• Join the IMPACT membership

• Enroll in the Stress-Free School Counseling Course

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More About School Counseling Simplified:

School Counseling Simplified is a podcast offering easy to implement strategies for busy school counselors. The host, Rachel Davis from Bright Futures Counseling, shares tips and tricks she has learned from her years of experience as a school counselor both in the US and at an international school in Costa Rica.

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