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Supporting Anxious Students in Lessons

Build a practical toolkit for anxious students in your lessons, whether or not they have a diagnosis or a place on a waiting list.

  • 58 minutes
  • 1 CPD hour
  • Certificate
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About this course

"They were fine in my lesson." Maybe. A lot of anxiety stays hidden in a class of 30, and many of the students living with it have no diagnosis and a long wait for help.

Everything here is strategy, drawn from years running a unit for students at risk of exclusion, many of them too anxious to come in at all. The principles are simple: don't wait for a diagnosis, don't dig for causes, and agree plans with the student rather than for them. A square of fabric with a favourite scent on it costs pennies. A private code, like sharpening a pencil at your desk, tells you a student needs a job to do. A time-out works better with an adult or a next step attached. And a big fear can be broken into a menu of small steps the student picks from.

Modules

2 modules
  1. 1Webinar Playback50 min
  2. 2Q&A8 min

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