As children continue to navigate the most 'normal' school year since the pandemic, 2023's School Counselor of the Year shares some advice.
"Your brain is gaining information from [all five] senses," she says."And when you're in sensory overload, your brain cannot gain new information."
Draughn says she's also seen a higher number of anxiety-related referrals since the pandemic began. But she thinks that's in part due to a heightened sense of awareness around mental health in her community."Students have always been anxious, now they just have a word to name it." Draughn likes to tell her students about the physical symptoms of anxiety . She sometimes uses this anxiety tool to help them work through anxious feelings."Anxiety is a natural body response to tell us something's wrong. ... When we recognize it early on, we can put strategies in place to deal with it."
If children feel too anxious or uncomfortable to get up and move, she suggests slowing things down with breathing exercises. You can ask a child to breathe in as though they're smelling a flower, and breathe out as though they're blowing out a candle.
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