Understanding, preventing, and treating anxiety in children through lifestyle, nutrition, and parenting interventions
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health condition in children, affecting approximately 1 in 5 before adulthood. Yet most anxiety in children goes undiagnosed and untreated. This module covers the neuroscience of childhood anxiety, the bidirectional relationship with sleep, evidence-based exercise protocols, nutritional factors, the gut-brain connection, and a breakthrough parent-based treatment that is as effective as CBT. You will learn what drives anxiety in children and what you can do about it right now.
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When anxiety is developmental and when it is pathological, what is happening in the anxious brain, and why prevalence is rising.
31 completedParent-based treatment that is as effective as CBT, how accommodation maintains anxiety, and strategies you can start today.
31 completedHow physical activity reduces anxiety through neurochemical mechanisms, and the bidirectional relationship between sleep and anxiety.
31 completedThe gut-brain axis in anxiety, magnesium and omega-3 evidence, and dietary patterns that calm the brain.
31 completedCombining all interventions into a phased, personalized approach for your child.
31 completed5 questions to reinforce what you've learned
3 printable tools
Identify how you may be inadvertently maintaining your child's anxiety
Create a step-by-step plan for gradual exposure to feared situations
Track the bidirectional relationship between sleep and anxiety
Start with Lesson 1 and work through at your own pace. Each lesson builds on the previous one.
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