How You Can Help Youth Manage Anxiety
Your Course Description
Mental Health Basics
- Anxiety is a normal part of the pre-teen and adolescent years. But unmanaged or excessive anxiety negatively impacts youth development.
- Anxiety is highly treatable, but too often it goes unnoticed and therefore untreated. It’s imperative you know how to effectively help young people cope with anxiety.
- With proper interventions, you can positively influence the way youth deal with anxiety. Understand the common types you’ll encounter and the warning signs to watch for. Learn practical ways you can help youth manage their anxiety.
Your Learning Objectives
- Learn the basics of the most commonly treated anxiety disorders in youth
- Know how to identify the signs and symptoms of anxiety in youth
- Acquire 2-3 coping strategies you can teach a youth to help them manage their anxiety
Your Course Details
- Completion Certificate
- Youth Worker Track
- This training will count as 1.5 CE hours for most boards. Please contact your board directly with questions on submitting. Course details for CE submissions provided.
Your Trainer

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Your Skill-Building Objectives
Mental Health Awareness
Recognizing and responding to mental health concerns
Emotional Regulation
Helping young people to manage emotions
Healthy Living
Guiding young people toward healthy choices
What YIPA members are saying
Such a helpful mix of theory and practical strategies to support youth.
This training was so incredibly helpful and pertinent to my daily work with youth! I am so excited to use these tools and share them with both the youth and mentors I work with.
Got to key content right away, clear explanation of anxiety disorders, concrete tools.