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What is the name of this group?
CALM Kids
What feeling did we learn about in this group?
Anxiety
What kind of thought is this?
Nobody likes me.
Unhealthy thought
Change this thought into an healthy thought:
My parents are going to be very upset with me.
My parents are going to understand.
What kind of thought is this?
I have good friends.
Healthy thought
What kind of thought is this?
It's okay to be nervous.
Healthy thought
Demonstrate how to do belly breathing.
Hands on stomach Breathing in through your nose, inflate your balloon. Blowing out through your mouth, deflate your balloon.
What is a strategy you can use when you are having sticky thoughts?
Write it on piece of paper and rip it up/throw it away
Demonstrate spaghetti and meatballs.
Tuck in your knees like a ball and squeeze really tight. Let go and shake around like a noodle.
Fill in the blank: Avoiding things that makes you nervous make you feel more ________________.
Anxiety
Name a kind of relaxation exercise.
Belly Breathing
Happy Place
Spaghetti & meatballs
Squeezing lemons
What is a sticky thought?
A thought we have a lot that is hard to get rid of
What is one skill you learned in this group?
Behavior skills
Feeling skills
Emotion skills
What did we do with the anxiety thermometer?
Helped us organize our anxiety triggers from most fearful to least fearful.
What kind of thought is this?
I suck. I am never going to get good grades.
Unhealthy thought
Give 3 examples of physical symptoms of anxiety.
Heart racing
Difficulty breathing
Muscle tension
What is progressive muscle relaxation?
An exercise where you tense your muscles and then relax them.
What should you do if you have an unhealthy thought? Give an example.
Notice the thought you are having. Change it to something more helpful or kind.
What is one example of a thinking trap?
Mind Reading
Fortune Telling
Give 3 examples of anxiety triggers.
Taking a test
Seeing a bear
Speaking in front of class
Something that makes our mind and body feel anxious!
What are the responses for the internal alarms in our bodies?
Fight
Flight
Freeze
What thinking trap does this thought represent - "I do not want to go to the party. Everyone is going to be mean to me."
Fortune telling
What are thinking traps?
Unhealthy thoughts that increase our anxiety.
Give 2 examples of anxious behavior.
Running away
Avoiding
Nail biting
Crying