Author

Toner, Jaqueline B.

McDonnell, Janet [ill.]

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

Magination Press

Publication Date

2021

Physical Description

Softcover; 80 pages

Series

What-to-do guides for kids

Subject

Anxiety. Anxiety Disorders

Abstract

This book tackles children's feelings of anxiety around current events and what is portrayed in the news. Scary news is an inevitable part of life. This book can support and guide efforts to help scary news seem a bit more manageable for young people.

Whether from television news reports, the car radio, digital media, or adult discussions, children are often bombarded with information about the world around them. When the events being described include violence, extreme weather events, a disease outbreak, or discussions of more dispersed threats such as climate change, children may become frightened and overwhelmed. Parents and caregivers can be prepared to help them understand and process the messages around them by using this book.

This book provides a way to help children put scary events into perspective. And, if children start to worry or become anxious about things they've heard, there are ideas to help them calm down and cope. This book also helps children identify reporters' efforts to add excitement to the story which may also make threats seem more imminent, universal, and extreme.

Read and complete the activities with your child to help them to understand the news in context - who, what, where, when, how - as a means of introducing a sense of perspective.

ISBN

9781433836978

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

ELEM CD 420 TON 2021

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Author

Lavallee, Kristen

Schneider, Silvia

McDonnell, Janet [ill.]

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Publisher

Magination Press

Publication Date

2017

Physical Description

Paperback; 88p.

Subject

Anxiety

Children's Anxiety

Children's Emotions

Abstract

What to Do When You Don't Want to Be Apart guides children and their parents through the emotions underlying separation anxiety using strategies and techniques based on cognitive-behavioral principles. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to overcome separation anxiety - so they can become the confident pilots of their very own hot air balloons!

ISBN

9781433827136

Language

English

Material Type

Book

Call Number

JUNIOR CD 420 LAV 2017

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