Janine Halloran – Anxiety, ADHD and Anger in the Classroom: 60 Activity-Based Coping Skills to Effectively Manage “Big Feelings”

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Janine Halloran is a member of the faculty.
5 hours and 43 minutes.
Audio and video formats are available.
Date: April 20, 2018
Description

Managing your classroom’s emotional atmosphere is critical to learning. When children struggle to control their anxiety, ADHD, and rage, they are unable to focus on the academic activities that are expected of them in the classroom. Children will be better able to concentrate on their work during the school day if they are taught easy, healthy, and safe ways to express their emotions and relax their bodies. The influence of excellent coping skills on a child’s academic achievement is genuinely transformative.

We’ll discover how coping skills affect a student’s nervous system and how to utilize that information to help youngsters relax their bodies and be ready to study in this session. Join coping skills specialist and seasoned school counselor Janine Halloran, LMHC as she demonstrates classroom coping skills and approaches.

You will leave with a toolkit of coping techniques.
Printable deep breathing exercises
“Anxiety thermometer” relaxation exercises “What is your play personality?”
and many others

Prepare for movement and experience learning as we explore various coping tactics such as grounding techniques, breathing exercises, and big body motions throughout the program.

Handouts

Anxiety, ADHD, and Anger in the Classroom (39.37 MB)

Outline 87 Pages Available After Purchase

Overview of Coping Skills

The autonomic nerve system and coping mechanisms
Coping abilities are classified into four types: soothing, physical, diversion, and processing.
Checklist for identifying existing abilities and strengths in coping skills
Preventative measures

Interactive Exercises to Improve Skills and Strategies
Deep Breathing – More Than Just “Taking a Deep Breath”

Pinwheels, bubbles, toy animals, and a Hoberman sphere were used as props.
Words to induce deep breathing, such as “smell the soup, cool down the soup,” and so on.
Star breathing, slow 8 breathing, square breathing, and triangle breathing are all shapes.
Your Body – your hand, your entire body movement

Anxiety/Stress Coping Techniques

One mindful minute, Spiderman mindfulness, audio and visual mindfulness scripts, Techniques for Grounding – 54321 grounding, alphabet grounding
Identifying and taming anxiety – take-home worksheets to assist in identifying anxiety, including an anxiety thermometer worksheet and a “sources of stress” worksheet.

ADHD Coping Skills

Schedule movement and sensory breaks.
The value of play, hobbies, and enjoyment: soothing jars, fidgets, sand trays, and zen gardens
Stress-coping abilities
Managing stressful situations – the value of leisure, hobbies, and having fun
Sensory suggestions include soothing jars, fidgets, sand trays, and zen gardens.

Anger/Frustration Coping Strategies

To relieve frustration, engage in little physical movement activities such as squeezing play dough, scribbling sketching, bubble wrap, and shredding paper.
Jumping jacks, sprinting, wall push ups, obstacle courses, and yoga are all great ways to relieve rage.
Anger management – comic strip processing, worksheet on what I can and cannot control

Ideas for Practical Implementation in the Classroom or Office

Create a coping skills toolkit for your room, including fidgets and coping techniques. Cue cards and other visual aids can be used, as well as distraction coping techniques such as word hunts and hidden pictures.
Creating a calm down spot/calm down room – choose a decent location, build a serene and pleasant environment, and add the coping skills toolbox.
Develop your own coping strategies – Worksheet on mindfulness and self-care for faculty

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Janine Halloran is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who has worked with children, teenagers, and their families for over 17 years. She is the creator and CEO of Coping Skills for Kids, where she designs and curates tools and resources to assist adults in teaching children healthy coping strategies for stress, anxiety, and anger. She is the author of the Coping Skills for Kids Workbook: Over 75 Coping Strategies to Help Kids Deal with Stress, Anxiety, and Anger (PESI, 2018) and the Social Skills for Kids: Over 75 Fun Games & Activities for Building Better Relationships, Problem Solving, and Communication (PESI, 2018). (PESI, 2018). She is an NBC Parent Toolkit Expert, and her essays have appeared on their site. She has also written for a number of other magazines, including Hey Sigmund, Confident Families Confident Kids, and Bay State Parent Magazine. She has experience working in schools, residential programs, and outpatient mental health clinics. She has a private practice and provides consultations.

Disclosures for Speakers:

Janine Halloran works in private practice. PESI, Inc. pays her a speaking honorarium.

Janine Halloran does not have any relevant non-financial relationships to declare.

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