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Spot and Support: Anxiety

Help an anxious pupil through a panic in the moment, and put everyday supports in place so it builds up less often.

  • 28 minutes
  • 9 modules
  • 0.5 CPD hours
  • Certificate

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What you'll learn

  • Spot when everyday worry has become anxiety that gets in the way
  • Calm a pupil during a panic attack with breathing and grounding
  • Use an anxiety thermometer to check in with a whole class
  • Set up a sensory toolbox and a safe space for anxious pupils
  • Suggest relaxation ideas families can use at home

About this course

Some anxious pupils are easy to spot: the tears at the classroom door, the child who can't get their breath before a test. Many more are good at hiding it, and the first sign is a stomach ache, a missed lunch or work that's never quite good enough for them.

In a panic attack, what helps is slow breathing and grounding, not a big conversation. Day to day, there's an anxiety thermometer for quick class check-ins, a sensory toolbox, progressive muscle relaxation scripts and a safe space pupils can use without a fuss. The ones who are masking it benefit too.

For parents who ask what to try at home, there's belly breathing with a teddy and a glitter jar.

  • For early career teachers, governors and 4 other roles. Primary and secondary.

9 modules

Open in order

  1. Introduction

    2 min

  2. What is anxiety?

    1 question

    3 min

  3. How to spot anxiety

    1 question

    3 min

  4. Risk factors

    2 min

  5. Protective factors

    2 min

  6. Supporting young people during an anxious moment at school

    1 question

    2 min

  7. Supporting young people generally to manage their anxiety

    1 question

    9 min

  8. Supporting those with anxiety at home

    1 question

    8 min

  9. Closing thoughts

    2 min