Anxiety Training

Anxiety is one of the most common mental health issues faced in today's world. This training can help both children and parents understand anxiety and how to cope with it. This training helps teach:

  • What anxiety is
  • Signs of anxiety
  • Types of anxiety
  • Ways to help a loved one who is experiencing anxiety
  • Age appropriate expectations
  • Coping skills

Social-Emotional Learning Training

This training helps students learn about Social Emotional Learning (SEL) which is how children develop the self-awareness, self-control, and interpersonal skills that are crucial for success in school, work and life. Through this training on SEL children can learn to: 

  • Establish rewarding relationships with others
  • Maintain meaningful relationships
  • Handle difficult situations
  • Manage times of high stress
  • Refrain from destructive action in times of anger
  • Minimize damaging effects of negative experiences
  • Build protective factors against bullying and child abuse

CBITS Groups

CBITS stands for Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools This is a 6-8 week lng trauma-focused group that allows students to process and overcome their trauma in a group setting among their peers with some parent involvement. CBITS programs have been shown to:

  • Reduce symptoms of PTSD
  • Reduce symptoms of depression
  • Decrease behavioral problems
  • Improve functioning
  • Boost grades and attendance
  • Teach coping skills
  • Increase the level of peer and parent support

Mindfulness Meetings

Mindfulness meetings help both parents and children to focus on and be aware of the present moment. With so many things going on in our daily lives, it is important for everyone to take time to calmly acknowledge ourselves and how we feel. The mindfulness training will provide a brief overview of mindfulness and a discussion of how mindfulness can positively impact our daily lives as well as our clients. We will also present some experiential training on use of mindfulness techniques that can easily be applied at home or on the go.

**Please contact tjackson@familytiesinc.com for pricing if you are not a present school partner**