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Tips to Support Children with Anxiety
AnxietyIN CHILDREN
By Sarah Lyons
Anxiety is a feeling of unease or nervousness that often goes along with an upcoming event or something with an uncertain outcome. This feeling typically will come with physical signs such as increased heart rate or muscle tension. It is normal for children to have occasional feelings of anxiety when faced with something new or if they must confront their fears. Just like adults, kids experience periods of sadness, nervous feelings, and hopelessness during childhood. As parents, we can support our kids while they have these episodes and give them tools to work through them.
Many parents question the difference between feelings of anxiousness in children that stem from reasons that are typical developmental challenges, and when the anxious feelings become more than is manageable leading them to seek professional help. For example, it is common for babies 7-9 months old to have anxiety about strangers. It is common for preschool age kids to be afraid of the dark, monsters, and insects. School age kids often have anxious feelings about school and friends. These feelings are expected for kids and part of them learning to manage the world around them. When these fears begin to interrupt their ability to learn, interact with peers, sleep at night, or function normally in daily life, it might be a sign that your child is dealing with an anxiety disorder.
Anxiety can appear at any age but children experience these feelings much differently than adults. True anxiety can cause anger and aggression, bedwetting, changes in appetite, insomnia, fatigue, trouble focusing, irritability, muscle tension, nervous habits such as nail biting, restlessness, headaches, or stomach aches in children. Anxious feelings can cause children to refuse to go to school or other activities or make them want to avoid situations. The Centers for Disease Control Prevention (CDC) says “7.1% of children aged 3-17 years (approximately 4.4 million) have diagnosed anxiety.” If your child is struggling with anxiety, the statistics show they are not alone.
Feelings of anxiousness protect us from dangerous situations and warn us when to avoid things that may put us at risk. This is the positive side of anxious feelings. However, an anxiety disorder can be debilitating and cause us to make decisions that are no longer protecting us.
Anxiety in children can be difficult to identify because it can appear to be a child acting out or behaving strangely rather than an underlying concern. For example, if your child is having anxiety about school they may refuse to go, they may complain about a stomach ache and ask to see the nurse to get out of class, or they may act out and distract their peers. If you feel that your child’s behavior is stemming from their anxiousness about a situation, try to understand where the problem stems from. “We ask questions that get them to discover the root of the worry themselves.” says a mom of 3. She suggests using questions like “What are you most afraid of happening in this situation?” This will help kids determine the root of the problem. “If they don’t know what scares them, we walk through a possible scenario of the whole event and stop when they get to the scary part so we can further discuss it.”
No one will argue that anxious feelings are normal on occasion. When these feelings interfere with school work, activities, relationships, disrupt the entire family, or become unmanageable, it may be time to seek professional help. If your child is threatening to hurt themselves or others or if their behavior feels scary or out of control, see a professional right away. A therapist will be able to give you and your child tools to manage the anxiety in a healthy way, identify the root of the problem, determine symptoms and triggers, and prescribe medication if needed. This will help anxiety become manageable and leave your child feeling healthier and happier. Sarah Lyons is a mom of six children, including seven-year-old triplets.
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This begins with knowing your camper. Many overnight camps begin taking campers between ages 7-9 years old. However, some children may be ready at 6 and some others may not be ready at 10. While there is no clear, linear checklist to determine whether day or overnight camp is right for your child, the questions listed here can help guide that conversation: • What is the primary reason for These questions can help wanting to go to camp? begin a dialogue with your family about which camp • Has your child ever spent experience is the best fit multiple nights sleeping away for you. The choice of day from home? versus residential camp is one important aspect of the • What’s your budget for camp? overall decision. But even then, make sure you follow up • Can your child bath and dress with those potential camps. themselves independently? Talk to directors. Ask for tours. Ask for references. Do • How far away from home do your due diligence. In the end you want your child’s camp both you and the camp want experience to be? this summer to be the first of many and the beginning of a • What activities are important great relationship.
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Day Camp (408) 244-4073 Grades: Preschool - Middle School Summer@Stratford is back with our academic camp favorites and all NEW day camp programs! This summer, children will have a wide range of options to explore new interests, discover a world of wonder, and enjoy a summer to remember at Stratford! https://www.stratfordschools.com/summer SUMMER PROGRAMS AT SFCM (SAN FRANCISCO)
Day Camp (415) 503-6254 Ages 10-18 Summer@SFCM offers opportunities for students in areas of Music Technology, Brass, Percussion, Composition, Harp, Guitar, and Voice. Students will
learn from world class faculty in the heart of San Francisco’s arts district in one or two week sessions in June or July. Ages and dates vary by program. Application deadlines as early as March 15, continuing through June 1. Admission by audition for most programs. https://sfcm.edu/summer SUMMERCREST (SAN RAFAEL)
Day Camp (415) 457-6672 Entering K-6 SummerCrest is an academic camp that offers challenging academic classes and broadening enrichment activities. We are in our 11th year of bringing a quality, fun camp to our community. http://summercrest.org TERRA MARIN CAMP (SAN FRANCISCO, MARIN)
Day Camp (415) 906-2220 Entering 3-10 Outdoor Nature Camp - Exploring, hiking, storytelling, adventuring, building shelters, learning survival skills, experiencing the environment up close and meeting the creatures both big and small who live in our surrounding forests, preserves & beaches. Language Immersion Camps - Spanish & Mandarin language immersive camps where campers get to experience the language and traditions of the culture through outdoor adventures, song, dance, food and more. All language levels welcome. http://summercrest.org WALNUT CREEK ARTS & REC SUMMER DAY CAMPS (WALNUT CREEK)
Day Camp (925) 295-1490 Ages 3-14 Join Walnut Creek’s Arts & Recreation for summer camps this year! Arts & Rec offers summer camps in arts, sports, outdoor recreation, preschool camps, specialized recreation, and much more! Our popular summer day camps include: Camp Community Arts, WC Sports Camp, WC Day Camps, Specialized Recreation Camp, Camp Tenderfoot, and Camp Clever Creek. Halfday and full-day options are available. Payment plans and scholarships are available. Visit us at www.walnutcreek.org/summercamp or call (925) 295-1490 for more info. https://www.walnut-creek.org/departments/arts-andrecreation/arts-rec-open-now/arts-rec-summer-camps Day Camp (415) 453-1000 x19 Ages 7-11 WildCare’s Summer Nature Programs provide young people with an unforgettable wildlife and nature experience! This summer we are offering Nature Hikes and Virtual Wildlife Classes. https://discoverwildcare.org/summer-natureprogramming/ YOUNG DANCER SUMMER DANCE CAMP (SAN RAFAEL)
Day Camp (415) 499-8891 Ages 3-9 Let’s Imagine: Step into the magical world of ballet, filled with vision, imagination, and pantomime. In Marin Dance Theatre’s Let’s Imagine class, dancers will be empowered to expand their innate creativity and imagination. They will create an original story to bring to life through dance and fantasy. Little ones will dance away from this class with new movement skills and an enhanced ability to express their imagination. This is a 5-class series for dancers Ages 3-4 and 5-6. https://www.mdt.org YOUTH CAMP AT CAMP CONCORD (SOUTH LAKE TAHOE)
Sleepaway Camp (925) 671-3006 Ages 8-13 Youth Camp at Camp Concord is a weeklong overnight camp in South Lake Tahoe for kids 8-13. Enjoy the outdoors with detachment from the digital world. Your child will love all the fun-filled traditions of overnight CAMP! Over the 5 days/4 nights at Camp Concord in South Lake Tahoe, campers Agesd 8-13 will enjoy Canoeing, Crawdad Fishing, Hiking, Archery, Volleyball, Swimming, Beach Fun at Lake Tahoe, Skits, Arts & Crafts, Tye Dying Shirts, and Campfires with S’mores. Your child will be disconnected from the digital world (although texting is possible with some providers). Roundtrip bus transportation from Concord to South Lake Tahoe is included, plus all meals, a Camp Concord tee-shirt for tye dying, and all activities. https://friendsofcampconcord.org/youth-camp/ YOUTH MUSICAL THEATER COMPANY (BERKELEY)
Day Camp (510) 595-5514 Grades 7-12 Summer Musical Theater Workshops for 7th to 12th grade. YMTC is offering 3 in-person workshops this summer appropriate for 7th grade to 12th grade students at its Aquatic Park campus in Berkeley. Class size currently limited to 14 students. http://www.ymtcbayarea.org/
Medications at Camp
MANY PARENTS STRUGGLE WITH THE QUESTION OF WHAT TO DO ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN’S
MEDICATIONS, specifically ADD and ADHD medications, during the summer months. Although I am not a doctor or medical expert, I can give you my perspective as a camp director for over 20 years and some simple steps to take to ensure your child has a fun-filled camp experience.
First, speak with the camp director to clarify the daily schedule and possibly identify the counselor who will be in direct contact with your child. Although many full-time camp directors have plenty of experience with children with ADD and ADHD, the camp counselor may only be 18- or 19-years old and sometimes even struggling with the same issues your 8- to 10-year-old may be having. This is not to say your child is not safe, but the level of experience can vary greatly from counselor to counselor.
Next, take into account the duration of the camp. Is it just a three- or four-day camp or a multi-week overnight camp? To put this in perspective, think about how long you worked with teachers, doctors and consultants to properly diagnose, work through issues and begin to process and create a workable solution for your child. The relatively short amount of time a counselor is in contact with campers makes it not only difficult for the counselors to learn the group’s dynamics, but individual issues, as well.
After speaking with the camp director there is still yet another level of expertise you can go to. By law, each resident camp in the state of California must have a health care consultant on staff to help the camp directors manage the many physical forms and immunization documents. This law does not apply to day camps. Although the health care consultant may not have immediate knowledge of your particular situation during your first call, he or she is there to help manage the medications and implement protocols. Furthermore, by HIPAA Privacy Act guidelines, the camp counselor will most likely not be aware of any of the
By law, each medical issues of your child unless authoresident camp rized by you, the parent or guardian. This in the state of granting of permission can be achieved
California must through the health care consultant, and it is have a health important that you are comfortable and in care consultant on staff to help the camp directors manage the many physical forms full knowledge of the camp’s written plan for your child. From my perspective, parents of children with ADHD sometimes feel the physical activity offered in a summer camp setting may allow them to be a little more lenient and immunization with medications that reduce hyperactivity. documents I urge all parents to also understand the timespan and experience of those in direct contact is significantly reduced and it is important to look at both sides of the equation while implementing the appropriate plan of action.
