How to reduce anxiety in students and young people

Accredited CPD: 1.5 hours

How anxiety contributes to poor learning, reduces motivation, causes writer’s block, freezes students’ ability to remember what they’ve learned, impacts negatively on exam performance etc

New insights into why so many of our students and young people experience anxiety today – and the serious impact this can have on their mental health (in some cases leading to suicide)

The important links between learning and emotion

Key factors to remember when you’re working with anxious students and young people

How bullying, and other traumatic events, can cause anxiety – and what to do

Fast, effective techniques to unblock thinking and lower anxiety levels

Effective strategies for improving learning and retention that are in tune with how our brains actually work

A holistic model of learning that brings it all together

Tips on helping young people gain essential life skills

Important ways students can look after their own mental health and general wellbeing

A range of clear, practical actions that students (and tutors!) can take to start reducing their anxiety right away

You – if you want to know the best ways to help a student – whether for professional or personal reasons – who’s overly stressed or anxious

Anyone wanting to know more about the latest effective strategies for alleviating emotional distress that incorporate the latest insights from neuroscience

Anyone working with or caring for stressed, depressed and anxious people who wishes to understand what’s causing the symptoms and how best to help

This includes: parents, psychotherapists, university counsellors, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, doctors, social workers, youth workers, wellbeing officers, trainee counsellors, psychology students, etc.