Teacher Anxiety Program for Elementary Students

TAPES consists of three core components: 1) training in evidenced-based anxiety reduction strategies that teachers will implement to identify and assist specific anxious students and classroom-wide strategies helpful to all students, 2) evidenced-based material for teachers to review with parents regarding how to reduce student anxiety at home, thus improving school-home communication and shared goals and 3) training in how to conduct 5 brief (30 minute) teacher-parent-student meetings to teach and practice the TAPES anxiety-reduction strategies.

The TAT is a 3-hour professional development training for teachers. Training focuses on recognizing the signs and symptoms related to child anxiety and utilizing classroom-wide strategies to help reduce anxiety in the classroom.