Anxiety 101
This "response" describes what people do when they are in dangerous situations.
What is Fight-Flight-Freeze response?
Situation: Doing a presentation in front of the class
Thought: Everyone will laugh at me
What is overestimating the likelihood of negative consequence?
When Sara is anxious, she pictures herself lying on the beach, reading a book, feeling the sun on her skin, smelling the salty breeze, and hearing the sound of the waves crashing on the shore.
What is Visualization
Ryan unexpectedly having a meeting with Dr. Stubbs
What is Flooding?
This continuum is used to help individuals recognize their own tendencies when responding to anxious children.
What is Rescuer - Kickbutt continuum?
True or False
The goal of CBT is to completely remove anxiety
What is False?
If I have a panic attack, I will die
What is catastrophization?
This strategy teaches people to breathe in through their nose and our through there mouth. It is also called "Belly Breathing"
What is Deep Breathing
Kaden turning the light switches on and off during stations
What is gradual exposure?
"rescuing" parents/staff tend to do too much of these two things
What is reassurance, accommodating, empathy?
This term is used to describe when people's anxiety alarm goes off when there is no danger.
What is a false alarm?
Situation: A friend does not text you back
Thought: She hates me!
What is catastrophization?
This intervention teaches individuals to notice their feelings and not judge them. It may also include teaching children to notice and focus on the here and now.
What is Mindfulness?
Zachary drives to school without retracing his route to make sure he did not hit anyone
What is exposure and response prevention?
Kickbutt parents and staff tend to not do enough of this
What is empathize?
In the first week of 7th grade, Jess found out she had to do a presentation in French in front of the class. She was already very nervous and then on the day of the presentation, she saw a video camera set up in her class. She no longer felt she could complete the presentation and begged her teacher to reschedule her. This is an example of which anxiety FFF response?
What is Flight? (or escape avoid)
Why bother trying? I’ll just screw it up
What is overestimating the likelihood of negative consequence?
The relaxation strategy involves tightening and releasing muscles
What is progressive muscle relaxation?
Colleen tells her story of being sexually abused in vivid detail to her psychologist
What is imaginal exposure?
We use this term to describe parents who are in between or balancing a rescuer and a kickbutt style
What is walking the middle path?
Genetics, parenting, temperament, and stressful life events have been identified as this
Situation: A teen is late to meet her friends for lunch
Thought: They are going to leave without me
What is overestimating the likelihood of negative consequence?
Using this strategy to help children regulate should only be used intentionally and sparingly.
What is Distraction?
Maria does deep breathing while looking at a picture of a snake
What is systematic desensitization?
When parents/staff whalk the middle path, they communicate this to an anxious child
What is "you can do this, Ill help at first"?