Title: What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety
Author: Dawn Huebner
Publication Date: September 15, 2005
Publisher: Magintation Press
“What to Do When You Worry Too Much” is an interactive self-help book designed to guide 6-12 year olds and their parents through the cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in the treatment of generalized anxiety.”
This book can be used in PDF format or in book format to help students understand anxiety in easy ways. It also allows for students to interact with coloring pages and lists to recognize stress or anxiety in their own lives.
Art
- GLE 2.1.1
- Applies a creative process to visual arts
- GLE 3.1.1
- Analyzes the way that visual arts are used to express feelings and present ideas and applies his/her understanding when creating artworks
Literacy
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1 Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
Health Standards
- HBO
1. Express feelings in a healthy way
2. Engage in activities that are mentally and emotionally healthy
4. Prevent and manage emotional stress and anxiety in healthy ways
8. Establish and maintain healthy relationships
- NHES
MEH 1.5.10 Describe the importance of being aware of one’s own feelings and being sensitive to the feelings of others
MEH 1.5.11 Identify positive and negative ways of dealing with stress and anxiety
MEH 1.5.15 Identify personal stressors at home, in school, and with friends