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What is the name of this group?
CALM Kids Group
What feeling did we learn about in this group?
Anxiety
What kind of thought is this?
Nobody likes me.
Unhelpful thought
Change this thought into a helpful 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.
Helpful thought
What kind of thought is this?
It's okay to be nervous.
Helpful thought
Demonstrate how to do deep breathing.
Breathing in through your nose, and blowing out through your mouth.
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
Imagine the thought drifting away on a river or in a balloon
Fortune-Telling
Fill in the blank: Avoiding things that makes you nervous make you feel more ________________.
Anxiety
Name a kind of relaxation exercise.
Belly breathing
Lemon squeezes
Turtle
Happy place
What is a sticky thought?
A repeated thought that you have that is difficult to get rid of
What is one skill you learned in this group?
Relaxation, changing unhelpful thoughts, triggers
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.
Unhelpful 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 unhelpful thought? Give an example.
Challenge it and change it to a helpful thought.
What is one example of a thinking trap?
Mind reading, fortune telling, etc.
Give 3 examples of anxiety triggers.
Taking a test
Seeing a bear
Speaking in front of class
What are the three steps to changing our unhelpful thoughts?
1. Pay attention
2. Challenge your thinking
3. Tell yourself positive/helpful things
What are the responses for the internal alarms in our bodies?
Fight
Flight
Freeze
What are the five senses and which relaxation exercise uses all five of them?
See, touch, feel, hear, taste
Guided Imagery!
What are thinking traps?
Helpful thoughts that increase our anxiety.
Give 2 examples of anxious behavior.
Running away
Avoiding
Nail biting
Crying