About The Event

 

Many students need support to manage anxiety and distress imposing barriers to their academic success. The Norman Howard School is pleased to partner with Dr. James Wallace to provide parents with strategies for addressing school-related anxiety including:

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• School Refusal

• Anxiety Behaviors

• Struggles Connecting With Teachers and Peers

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Today's children and teens battle a variety of social and emotional problems that cause distress. Anxiety has risen to the top of these concerns because it interferes with healthy development and school performance. School-based anxiety is difficult to address because school avoidance and absenteeism makes intervention challenging; it tends to "snowball" and become overwhelming for families and schools alike. Dr. Wallace will describe anxiety and how it manifests in school, and discuss approaches and interventions to reduce the distress it causes. 

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Join us to learn strategies to help your child manage school anxiety.

 

About the Venue & Presenter

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The workshop will take place in The Norman Howard School's well-appointed P. Ken Dennis Theater with full handicap accessibility and comfortable seating for 200. Please request accommodations in advance.  

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Dr. James Wallace, Associate Clinical Professor at URMC in Psychiatry and Pediatrics, is a Board-certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist who has been in clinical practice for over 30 years. He has consulted with numerous schools and has recently focused on the increasing struggle related to anxiety and school refusal. 

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Details

 

Free to attend, all are welcome. Advance registration is requested and you may register guests easily. Space is limited, group registration for parent associations or school groups welcome online or by phone.  Light refreshments will be provided.