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Parent Education: Managing Children’s Anxiety
December 6, 2022 @ 8:45 am - 10:00 am
How to Help Children with Anxiety and Stress
Worry and anxiety are normal emotions that we and our children experience on many occasions throughout life. Sometimes they are accompanied by other emotions such as nervousness, fear, panic, and even anger. Want to learn more on how to help children manage this flurry? Join us for a presentation led by Denver Waldorf School Counselor Madhuri Deshmukh and Student Support Direct Andrea Weid on the body responses to anxiety, stress, and worry, with tips and tools for managing these.
Date: Tuesday, December 6th, 2022
Time: 8:45-10am; Join us for Coffee in the Courtyard starting at 8:15am
Location: DWS Music Room
Please note childcare is not provided.
A Note from Madhuri on Body Responses
When we experience anxiety, our bodies go into fight, flight, freeze, or fawn mode; this is our body’s natural way of reacting to a perceived threat. The bodily symptoms of anxiety, such as increased heart rate, sweating, shakiness, headaches, butterflies in our stomach, etc., urge us to decide fast whether to fight, flee or freeze from a threatening situation. Life is often fast-paced and requires a lot of our time and energy, and our children are not an exception to that. We all have varied definitions of what situations are threatening to us, and our perception is shaped by our experiences; what you might find threatening, another person may find easy to deal with. Just being aware of when our body is going into a fight, flight or freeze or fawn mode can be a considerable tool for enabling us to overcome our worry and anxiety.
About Madhuri Deshmukh
Madhuri Deshmukh is a school counselor at Denver Waldorf School. She graduated from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, earning her Master’s in Counseling Psychology – School Counseling and Mental Health. During the last three years, she worked as a school counselor in Douglas County School District. Before her previous job as a school counselor, she served as a counseling intern for almost two years in an alternative, Positive Behavioral Intervention Support (PBIS) research school in Pennsylvania. She served students with emotional difficulties and special educational needs on Tier III level emotional and behavioral support. She also comes from the extensive experience of her work with children with trauma, neglect, and abuse. In addition to her work at The Denver Waldorf School, she is a clinical intern with a nonprofit organization that offers mental health services to underserved families and children. She grew up in India and is close to her family, home, and culture. Madhuri likes to volunteer for various causes, hang out with friends, shop, travel, and explore new places and cultures in her free time. She is passionate about mental health and is grateful to have the opportunity to work with children.
About The Denver Waldorf School
The Denver Waldorf School is an urban pre-K through 12 independent school in Colorado. Founded in 1974 on Rudolf Steiner’s humanitarian curriculum, DWS believes education should foster what it is to be human, cultivate lifelong curiosity, and inspire a love for the world. We are currently enrolling for in-person learning:
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