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5 ways schools can respond to student anxiety

August 8, 2022

Via: K-12 Dive

As schools note more incidences of student anxiety, experts warn against being dismissive of students’ worries on the one hand or of overcompensating by removing triggers that contribute to the anxiety on the other.

That’s what not to do. What should be done, however, often has educators perplexed.

That’s because anxiety symptoms and reactions vary from child to child. And intervention should be nuanced based on the intensity and longevity of the anxious behaviors, said Peter Faustino, a school psychologist and board member of the New York Association of School Psychologists.

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