Anxiety in the Classroom

Anxiety deeply impacts every aspect of a child's school experience, including academics and learning, interactions with peers, and interactions with teachers, and attendance. But school is also a place for detecting anxiety problems and helping students who struggle with it. This book provides K-5 educators with information that is key to understanding, detecting, and helping students with elevated anxiety levels, as well as guidelines for working with their parents. With practical examples, quick classroom assessments, and simple but powerful tools to help students manage anxiety, it is an essential resource that is scientifically informed and extremely accessible.

About the Author

Eli R. Lebowitz, PhD., studies and treats childhood and adolescent anxiety at the Yale Child Study Center. His research focuses on the development, neurobiology, and treatment of anxiety and related disorders. He is the lead investigator on multiple funded research projects, and is the author of over 100 research papers, books and chapters on childhood and adolescent anxiety including the Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD.

Rebecca G. Etkin, PhD., is a licensed clinical psychologist and researcher at the Yale Child Study Center. Her work focuses on anxiety and related challenges in youth, with a particular interest in how systems and relationships influence anxiety. She specializes in parent-based approaches to treatment.