Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE)

On-Demand Course

DO YOU: 

 Reassure your child a lot?

Provide assistance to your child because of their anxiety?

Participate in behaviors that are related to your child’s anxiety?

Assist your child in avoiding things that create anxiety?

Avoid doing things for yourself because of your child’s anxiety?

Change parts of your family, work, or leisure routine/activities because of your child’s anxiety?

Do things that would usually be your child’s responsibility because of their anxiety?

In this evidence-based, on-demand, SPACE course you will be able to navigate the components of the SPACE program at your own pace. You will get a thorough overview of the parenting program for helping children with anxiety and OCD. Materials and guidance will be provided so you can create and implement your own plan for your child as you work through the modules of the course.

Course Overview

Understand childhood anxiety and the role of support and accommodation in reduction of symptoms.

Learn how to determine your accommodation behaviors, how to choose a target behavior, and begin to develop a plan. 

Continue to develop your plan and prepare for informing your child about the changes that will take place. 

Develop confidence in implementing your plan, even when it is creating strong emotional responses. 

Get clear on how to mange your emotions and responses related to your child’s reactions to changes that you are making. 

Determine when you are ready to move on to other steps in your plan and how to implement these.