by Alli
This
video demonstrates an intervention that can be done with children who suffer
from anxiety. According to a survey conducted by the National Institute of
Mental Health, 8 percent of teenagers ages 13-18 have an anxiety disorder with
the symptoms emerging around age 6. All children experience some anxiety.
Treatment is only necessary if the anxiety becomes severe enough to interfere
with the child’s normal activities.
Interventions can help when children are feeling overwhelmed and make
their anxieties more manageable.
This
intervention is called “All Tangled Up” and the idea of the intervention is to
help the child externalize their worry and to show them that using one of these
strategies can help calm themselves down and eliminating their anxious
feelings. This intervention could be done by a social worker or the child’s
parents.
References
Cavett, A. M. (2009). Playful trauma focused cognitive behavioral
therapy w/maltreated children and adolescents. Play Therapy, 20-22. Retrieved from http://www.a4pt.org/ download.cfm ?ID=28212
Children’s mental health awareness: Anxiety disorders in children
and adolescents fact sheet.
National Institute of Mental Health. Retrieved
from http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/anxiety-disorders-in-children-and-adolescents/anxiety-disorders-in-children-and-adolescents.pdf
Facts for families: The anxious child. American Academy of Child
& Adolescents Pyschiatry. Retrieved from
http://aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/the_anxious_child
Lowenstein, L. (2011). Favorite
Therapeutic Activities for Children, Adolscents, and Families:
Practitioners Share Their Most Effective Interventions.
Toronto, Ontario: Champion Press. Retrieved from
http://www.lianalowenstein.com/e-booklet.pdf
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