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Focus on the Shy and Anxious Child With Meryl Silver April 17, 2013 Our Guest: Meryl Silver, MS.Ed, received her bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Queens College and holds a master’s degree in Special Education from Bank Street College of Education. Meryl has close to 15 years of teaching experience, including four years as a resource room teacher at Yeshiva Har Torah and three years as a learning specialist for P’tach at the Yeshiva University High School for Girls. She has also worked as a co-facilitator for Schools Attuned and is a graduate of the SAFDA program. Meryl has also served as a Hidden Sparks External Coach at the Yeshiva of Central Queens and Shaare Torah Elementary School for boys. Meryl was recently hired by Teach NYS to coordinate a High School Academic Resource Center project which aims to help families access special education services for struggling students in Jewish high schools. © 2013 Hidden Sparks Overview of the Session This session will present information that will enable teachers to help students who struggle with anxiety. We will aim to teach teachers how to recognize signs of anxiety in their students and to develop interactive scripts that will address the problem constructively. © 2013 Hidden Sparks Session Goals: • Heighten teacher awareness of the classroom experience for the shy or anxious student • Present systematic approach for responding to the needs of anxious students • Offer suggestions as to how teachers can modify instruction for students who struggle with anxiety • Destigmatize students who present as anxious or shy © 2013 Hidden Sparks Labeling is Disabling • Retitling webinar: Exploring Strategies to Support Children who Struggle with Shyness and/or Anxiety • Brief Moment to Distinguish Between Shyness and Anxiety © 2013 Hidden Sparks True or False? The majority of adults with an anxiety disorder report that their symptoms began in childhood. © 2013 Hidden Sparks True or False? The majority of children with anxious parents develop an anxiety disorder. © 2013 Hidden Sparks True or False? The majority of children who experience trauma develop an anxiety disorder. © 2013 Hidden Sparks True or False? If a panic attack gets too intense, the sufferer is likely to pass out. © 2013 Hidden Sparks True or False? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an empirically supported effective treatment for many anxiety disorders. © 2013 Hidden Sparks
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