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Worry Warriors! Strategies for Overcoming Worry and Practicing Mindfulness

In this class, we learn effective mindfulness practices for dealing with worry, improving concentration, and handling difficult emotions. The strategies are easy to understand to help children master new skills for reducing worry.
Leaves of Learning Academy
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4.8
Number of reviews:
(889)
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What's included

1 live meeting
35 mins in-class hours per week

Class Experience

US Grade 2 - 5
What to do when you worry too much!

Did you know that worries are like tomatoes? No, you can't eat them, but you can make them grow, simply by paying attention to them. If your worries have grown so big that they bother you almost every day, this class is for you!

Anxious feelings have a way of growing, spreading, shifting in form, and generally resisting efforts to talk it out of existence. This class will teach your learner a new a successful way to think about and manage anxious feelings. These techniques will help your child take control!

The techniques in this class are based on three principles known as containment, externalization, and competing demands. 
✅Learners will learn strategies for containing their anxious feelings, rather than let them run uncontrollably through their bodies.
✅They will learn how to externalize their anxious feelings to se the stage for exerting control over those feelings. 
✅Learners will build strategies to handle anxious feelings by using distractions, which is one of the most useful tools one can use to break free from anxiety. After all, a person can't be relaxed and anxious at the same time!

Feb. 4 Week 1: Body Awareness
Feb. 11 Week 2: What is a worry?
Feb. 18 Week 3: How do worries get started?
Feb. 25 Week 4: Body Awareness
Mar 3 Week 5: Controlled Breathing
Mar 10 Week 6: Grounding
Mar 17 Week 7: Thought Awareness
Mar 24 Week 8: Trigger Awareness
Mar 31 Week 9: Personification
Apr 7 Week 10: Thought Checking
Apr 14 Week 11: Thought Reframing
Apr 21 Week 12: Self Talk
Apr 28 Week 13: Small Steps
May 5 Week 14: Safe People
May 12 Week 15: Worry Time
May 19 Week 16: Creative Outlets
May 26 Week 17: More Tools
June 2 Week 18: Making worries go away
June 9 Week 19: Spending less time on worries
June 16 Week 20: Talking back to worries
June 23 Week 21: Re-setting your system
June 30 Week 22: Keeping worries away
July 7 Week 23: You can do it!


🌟Leaves of Learning Academy is rated "Popular" by Outschool because we are in the top 10% of all teachers on Outschool. This means we offer classes that are in high demand that fill up quickly! 🌟

Other Details

Parental Guidance
Material will be presented in Nearpod. This class focuses on self-awareness and building the skills necessary to maintain healthy mindfulness while dealing with worry. Topics will not be therapeutic in nature. This is not offering therapy for learners. This class is designed to allow for guided and controlled conversation around the topic of worry. Learners will be encouraged to be encouraging, inclusive, and positive with each other. The teacher (a licensed school counselor) will guide the conversations and keep the conversations focused on the topic for that class. The structure of the class allows the teacher tightly controlling the topics, content, and conversation to assure each class session is in line with Outschool's policy.
Supply List
A copy of the handout posted in the Outschool classroom before class and a pencil
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
  • Nearpod
Joined February, 2021
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Ohio Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Judith Ebbing
Ohio Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Leslie Yinger
Ohio Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Stephanie Webster
Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Amber Reardon
Ohio Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Kelly Hall
Alabama Teaching Certificate in Special Education
Sara Wade
Ohio Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Jenny Newman B.S.Ed.; M.Ed.
Ohio Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Jessica Petelle
Master's Degree in Education from Xavier University
Stephanie Webster
Master's Degree in Education from Wright State University
Audrey Scarbriel
Master's Degree in Education from University of Phoenix
Erica Larson
Master's Degree in Education from Marygrove College
Kelly Hall
Master's Degree in Special Education from University of West Alabama
Sara Wade
Master's Degree in Education from Concordia University
Julie Herring
Master's Degree in Education from Xavier University
Bev Gfroerer
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Ohio University
Leslie Yinger
Bachelor's Degree from Miami University
Stephanie Webster
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Ohio University
Kelly Hall
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Elena Meneses
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Miami University
Bev Gfroerer
Rachel Smith is the teacher for this class. She is a licensed elementary school counselor with over 18 years of (lived) experience working with small groups of children to support them in developing the skills necessary to manage their feelings of worry.  She is an expert and professional in handling the range of emotions that surround the lives of children at this age.

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weekly
1x per week
35 min

Live video meetings
Ages: 7-11
1-8 learners per class

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