anxiety & panic - ideas for supporting

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Welcome to this week’s webinar: Practical strategies for supporting anxiety and

panic ***We’ll start at 6pm***

 Before we start, please check that your audio is

working. Attendees are muted to avoid background noise.

The webinar will be recorded, and both the recording and slideshow will be sent out after the

session.

At the end of the webinar we’ll move across to facebook where Pooky will do a live Q&A

including any questions you share in the control panel. You can join us here:

www.facebook.com/charliewallermemorialtrust

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Practical strategies for supporting anxiety and

panic

Dr Pooky KnightsmithDirector: children, young people &

schoolsCharlie Waller Memorial Trust

cwmt.org.uk | @charliewtrust InOurHands.com | @pookyh

Before Poll

AnalyseAims

ToolsMonitor

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Analyse1

JournalScales

Lists

My day..

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Analyse1

Triggers?

Patterns?

What

helps?

Analyse1Avoid?Alter?

Accept?

StepsPractical

Simple

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Aims2

What are we hoping to achieve?

Aims2

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Celebrate small successes…

Tools3

Time

Calm

Support

Tools3

Time

Habituation CurveIt will get better….

Simple or repetitive distracting activates

can be especially helpful

Count to

100Recite

verb endings

Count

backwards

in 3s

Favourite

song

Practise

’air’ scalesColouring

Shoppi

ng list

Tap out a

rhythm

Tools3

Calm

Box BreathingIn through

nose .1.2.3.4.Hold.1.2.3.4Out through

mouth.1.2.3.4Hold.1.2.3.4

Yoga / Pilates

Music

Pets

Nature

Exercise

Creativity

Tools3

Support

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Never assume

Ask the student

Set targets

Revisit

Track changeHelp

Useful Books…

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After Poll

Facebook Live Q&Awww.facebook.com/charliewallermemorialt

rust

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Lovely Free Stuff from CWMT…

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Free Book Club for School Mental Health Leads

inourhands.com/bookclub @CharlieWTrust |

@PookyH

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Mental Health: Weekly Online Learning for Staff working with

CYP

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Mental Health: Free training and workshops for school staff,

pupils and parents

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Dr Pooky KnightsmithDirector: CYP& Schools

Charlie Waller Memorial Trust

training@cwmt.org | 01635 869754

pooky@cwmt.org@PookyH