Understanding Anxiety in Children and young people.

This comprehensive toolkit has been created to help parents and carers better understand anxiety in children and young people, recognise what anxiety can look like, and respond with practical, compassionate strategies.

Inside you'll find easy-to-understand explanations, visual guides, reflection activities and practical tools covering:

• Understanding anxiety and the nervous system

• Why anxiety is common in SEND children

• Behaviour, avoidance and emotional regulation

• Sensory processing and anxiety

• Demand avoidance and executive functioning

• Practical calming and coping strategies

• Anxiety thermometers and reflection activities

• Step-by-step support planning

• When and where to seek additional support

Designed using a calm, neurodiversity-affirming approach.