By Janis D. Gioia, MAEd. These are scary, unsettling, unprecedented times. For us, as adults, and certainly for the children in our lives. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life as we know it for now. Children and teens with anxiety disorders and autism, and…
by Janis D. Gioia, MAEd. This past week, many readers have been telling me how hard Halloween is for their children (or students) with anxiety, autism or sensory processing disorders. In my article How to Make Halloween Happier for Children with Anxiety, Autism…
By Janis D. Gioia, MAEd and Elise C. Gioia A note from Jan: As an early childhood educator, I began Comforting Anxious Children to help “little ones” with anxiety disorders and other special needs. I had an artist design the teddy-bear-in-a-parachute-and-rainbow-themed website artwork with…
By Janis D. Gioia, MAEd. Many children with special needs, and even typically developing children, struggle with anxiety and sensory overload at the holidays. With the disruption of routines, the frantic pace and the anticipation of things to come, many children spend the month…
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