Evidence-based resources plus recommended storybooks can help parents and caregivers support children to build early skills for identifying and managing anxiety.
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A new study provides the first glimpse into what happens in children’s brains as they meditate.
A study of students across Canada between 2004 and 2015 provides an estimate of anxiety symptoms in kindergarteners, and can serve as a baseline for comparing children’s anxiety after COVID-19.
Parents can help children feel optimistic by listening to and validating their worries, teaching them coping strategies, reviewing safety protocols and supporting them when they face difficulties.
Watching coronavirus coverage can cause anxiety in your child. An expert offers some tips that will help.
How do you know if your fears of coronavirus are out of control? And what can you do about it?
It’s natural for children to be aware of the stress adults may be feeling about the COVID-19 pandemic. Child psychologists offer some practical advice for parents on how to talk to their kids.
Educational experts offer tips for parents and teachers to help children manage test anxiety but find that overall, policy-makers need to re-think what matters in schools and what’s worth measuring.
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Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Scientist, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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PhD student, School and Applied Child Psychology, Western University
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Ph.D. Candidate, School and Applied Child Psychology, Western University
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Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Education, Brock University
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Professor and Chair, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California
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Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
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Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
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Professor and Program Lead in Adolescent Mental Health at the Black Dog Institute; Clinical Psychologist, UNSW
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Professor, NHMRC Emerging Leader & Clinical Psychologist, UNSW
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University
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Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies & Professor, Faculty of Education, Queen's University, Ontario
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PhD Student, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary
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Director, Mary J. Wright Child and Youth Development Clinic, Western University