{"id":625,"date":"2020-07-07T10:03:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T10:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/epspractitioners\/?page_id=625"},"modified":"2025-05-19T16:08:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T16:08:05","slug":"anxiety-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/epspractitioners\/introduction\/anxiety-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"Anxiety Toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Anxiety Toolkit<\/strong><\/h1>\n

This toolkit can be us<\/span>ed to support children and young people with a range of mental health and wellbeing concerns, including anxiety, stress, low resilience, low self-esteem.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Supporting Me<\/strong><\/span>ntal Health and Wellbeing Needs<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

G<\/strong><\/span>etting it Right for Every Child Experiencing Anxiety: <\/strong><\/span>A Toolkit for <\/strong><\/span>Practice.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Anxiety Toolkit Guided Tour Video:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Anxiety Toolkit Guided Tour – Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Anxiety Toolkit- who is it for?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The anxiety toolkit is appropriate for all practitioners working across early years, primary and secondary establishments, to support children and young people presenting with anxiety.<\/p>\n

Using the toolkit to support good practice in assessment and intervention will help the Team Around the Child to get further insight into what the child\/young person\u2019s Additional Support Needs are and how best to support them.<\/p>\n

Prevention and early intervention can stop problems from getting worse and empower people to manage their own wellbeing. Not every mental health need requires clinical intervention. Very often, it is the people who live with the child or who see the child most regularly (in school or elsewhere) who will make the difference in helping them overcome any wellbeing difficulties (including anxiety).<\/p>\n

If the team around the child deems it appropriate to make a request for assistance to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), the toolkit can provide practitioners and families with a framework for thinking about the anxiety, how it presents and what interventions have been useful or not. This can provide valuable information for CAMHS to include in their assessment process.<\/p>\n

In the process of assessing the child\/young person\u2019s needs, it may become apparent that school and family based supports are sufficient to achieve the desired outcomes and that a request for assistance to CAMHS is not required at the present time.<\/p>\n

While the toolkit is specifically designed with evidence-informed approaches for assessment and intervention for anxiety, the toolkit can also be of assistance for other mental health and wellbeing concerns that practitioners and families have about children\/young people.<\/p>\n

A letter<\/a> <\/strong>was issued to all Falkirk Council education establishments over summer 2020 with an update on the Toolkit.<\/p>\n

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Toolkit Contents<\/strong><\/h3>\n

(you can navigate by clicking on the links below or using the drop down menu at the top of the page)<\/p>\n

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Understanding the anxiety (assessment)<\/strong><\/h3>\n