Books for Parents: 

• Our top recommendation – Breaking Free of Child Anxiety and OCD by Eli R. Lebowitz

• Freeing Your Child from Anxiety by Tamar Chansky
• Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents by Ronald Rapee, Ann Wignall, et al.

Books for Children:

• Anxiety – What to Do When You Worry Too Much by Dawn Huebner
• Anxiety in small children (ages 3-5 years) – My Monster and Me by Nadiya Hussain
• OCD – What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck by Dawn Huebner
• Perfectionism – What to Do When Mistakes Make You Quake by Claire Freeland and Jacqueline Toner

Anxiety can impact sleep. Here are our tips for better sleep:

• Bedtime should be the same time each night, even on the weekends!
• No napping during the day.
• Nothing stimulating 1 hour prior to bedtime, like homework, screen time, etc.
• If your child is having trouble sleeping, try reading a book with a reading light (rather than overhead lights) for 20 minutes, then try to go to sleep.
• If nothing is working, try changing position, like switching where your head and feet are in bed.

Relaxation/Breathing Techniques: 

• Try this relaxation script provided
• 4-7-8 breathing
  • Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound.
  • Close your mouth and inhale quietly through your nose to a mental count of 4.
  • Hold your breath for a count of 7.
  • Exhale completely through your mouth, making a whoosh sound to a count of 8. This is one breath.
  • Now inhale again and repeat the cycle three more times for a total of four breaths.