School anxiety after home learning is to be expected. For many students, it has been a long time since they were last in a classroom, and with the uncertainty of lockdowns and the world in general, many children and young people have anxiety about returning to the...
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Helping Kids with Anxiety | Ep 50
In Episode 50 of Life Skills 4 Kids, Deb is featured as a guest speaker in Julia Hasche podcast…
Kids with Eco-Anxiety: Helping Kids Make Sense of a Changing World
Kids with eco-anxiety are a natural by-product of the many natural disasters and catastrophes that we have seen in the recent past. Children can see that we live in a changing world, and it is scary for them to think about what the earth might look like in the future....
Challenges and How to Survive Single Motherhood | Ep 49
. . In Episode 49 of Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, Deb talks with Julia Hasche, a blogger, podcast host, author, and mentor for single parents. She became a single mother in 2013 when her daughter was just a few months old and created the Single Mother...
School Anxiety After Lockdown: Tips to Help Your Child Cope
Returning to school can be a stressful experience for children at the best of times, but going back to school after extended lockdowns can cause extra anxiety. Although many children and parents are looking forward to the return of school, managing the anxiety that...
Practical Tactics to support your child through COVID-19 | Ep 48
In Episode 48 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, Deb talks with Dr. Louise Metcalf, a senior psychologist at the Feel Good Clinic in Sydney and Gheorg.com. In this episode they cover: Three tips to help children and families cope. Knowing and managing your own anxiety...
Flexible seating to increase learning and engagement | Ep 47
In Episode 47 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, Deb chats with Nicole Santamaria founder of Miami Handwriting, where she works with children, families, and schools to help develop handwriting skills and the broader issues those kids are dealing with. ...
Why Kids Build Cubbies & Forts
Why do kids love building forts/cubby houses, especially in these COVID times? Kids playing in cubby houses and forts is a way of them helping to make sense of so many changes. The construction side of building is helping them to...
What’s the big deal about pencil grip? | Ep 46
In Episode 46 of the Life Skills 4 Kids Podcast, Deb talks with Rebecca Spokes about all things related to handwriting! Rebecca is an Occupational Therapist who created The OT Notebook. In this episode they cover: Why pencil grip is important. What proper...