We use them here at the clinic to reinforce and keep the anti-anxiety momentum going. The social anxiety therapy tape series is now finished, and you can find a complete description of this twenty audio tape therapy series here . We took her to have testing done for ADHD and learning disabilities, but none were found. Thankfully, we learned that GAD is something that is treatable. But we are having trouble finding information on GAD and especially how it relates to younger children.
Generalized anxiety makes it difficult for people to concentrate and pay attention.
Symptoms include racy and worrying thinking and an inability to relax and slow down. Treatment for GAD must be cognitive and multifaceted. Your therapist should have several dozen practical strategies to chip away at the generalized anxiety. Because generalized anxiety disorder makes it difficult for the child to concentrate in the classroom, it is suspected that many children have been diagnosed with ADHD when they really have generalized anxiety. You were very helpful when you answered my previous questions about my 19 year old son.