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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.
Unhelpful or Unhealthy
Change this thought into an adaptive/ 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/Helpful thought
What kind of thought is this?
It's okay to be nervous.
Healthy/Helpful
Demonstrate how to do deep breathing.
Breathing in through your nose, and blowing out through your mouth.
What are sticky thoughts?
Thoughts that stick with you almost all the time.
Fortune-Telling
Fill in the blank: Avoiding things that makes you nervous make you feel more ________________.
Anxiety
Name a kind of relaxation exercise.
Deep breathing
Guided Imagery
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Which three things make up the triangle of anxiety?
Thoughts, Feelings, and behaviors
What is one skill you learned in this group?
Relaxation, changing unhealthy thoughts, letting go of unhelpful thoughts
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/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 unhealthy thought? Give an example.
Challenge it (DETECTIVE THINKING) and change it to a helpful thought.
What skill did we use to help change unhelpful/non-adaptive thoughts?
Detective thinking/Cognitive restructuring
Give 3 examples of anxiety triggers.
Taking a test
Seeing a bear
Speaking in front of class
What are the three steps to detective thinking/changing our unhelpful thoughts?
1. Pay attention
2. Challenge your thinking
3. Tell yourself positive things
What are the responses for the internal alarms in our bodies?
Fight
Flight
Freeze
Give me one example of the Progressive Muscle Relaxation exercise we practiced
Lemon squeeze, feet in the mud, elephant stomachs, turtle necks, give yourself a big sqeeze
What are thinking traps?
Unhealthy/unhelpful thoughts that increase our anxiety.
Give 2 examples of anxious behavior.
Running away
Avoiding
Nail biting
Crying