Anxiety and Resilience Oldham Parents.
Children and young people will feel anxious and worried from time to time. Anxiety is a normal or usual response to uncertainty. The way we respond as parents and deal with our own anxiety plays a significant part in building our children’s capacity to develop resilience.
The Covid-19 pandemic has certainly generated lots of uncertainty and changed the way we go about our everyday lives. You may be feeling more worried than usual as you think about the impact on you and your family. Perhaps you are in the midst of a growing cycle of worry and concern that you’d like to unravel. You are not on your own.
This programme is delivered as three, 60-minute online sessions, to explore anxiety in a way that is practical, supportive and will help parents to explore strategies they can try at home.
The following 3 session course "Supporting My Child With Anxiety" is available for parents and carers who live in Oldham.
- Session 1: What is anxiety? - This session explores anxiety, asking what is it, where it comes from and why it’s actually essential for human beings to experience anxiety.
- Session 2: How we talk about anxiety. - This session is a cognitive exploration of anxiety. Exploring what can get in the way of how we deal with our children’s anxiety. Thinking about our own responses and the way we model dealing with stress, concerns and worries. The way we communicate through verbal and non-verbal responses.
- Session 3: Helping my child deal with anxiety. - Practical tips and strategies that can be used to support you in helping your children understand and deal with anxiety.
There are two options for you to choose from (day time sessions or evening sessions)
Option 1: Tuesday 1, 8 & 15 February all 6pm - 7pm
Option 2: Friday 4, 11 & 18 March all 10am - 11am
Fully funded by Oldham Opportunity Area through the Oldham Mental Wellbeing Team.
For further information and how to book please click here.