Anxiety Roundup: How To Support Anxious Students With Ashley Bartley
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Separation anxiety has always impacted kids but it seems to be much more prevalent in the past few years since the pandemic. We see it in students crying as they are exiting their cars in the morning, refusing to come to school, and feeling sick in the nurse’s office. We all want to help these students cope with this anxiety as best as possible so Ashley Bartley is joining us to share practical tips and strategies to help our students who struggle with separation anxiety.
Ashley Bartley, M.Ed., NCC, is a school counselor, author, and curriculum writer. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Virginia and her M.Ed. in School Counseling from the College of William & Mary. She has five social emotional learning children's books published with Boys Town Press and is the creator of Counselor Station, where she develops curriculum and resources for busy school counselors. Ashley lives in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with her husband and three young boys. She enjoys hiking, reading, and traveling.
Ashley has so much knowledge when it comes to helping students with separation anxiety. In this episode, Ashley shares signs that a student is experiencing separation anxiety, some strategies she has found helpful when working with students, and her favorite preventative strategies for separation anxiety.
Some topics covered in this episode are:
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Sign up for this month’s Coffee with the Counselor
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Signs that a student may be experiencing is separation anxiety
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How Ashley helps students when they are having a hard time coming to school
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Preventative strategies counselors can use to help students who are experiencing separation anxiety
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Strategies to help in the moment when a student is struggling with separation anxiety
Resources Mentioned:
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Save your spot for this month’s Coffee with the Counselor
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Join the IMPACT membership
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Enroll in the Stress Free School Counseling Course
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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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