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…
By Janis Gioia, MAEd. It’s the time of the summer that anxious children dread. When running through sprinklers makes them think of a mad dash to catch the school bus. When every TV commercial seems to advertise school supplies. When long summer days get…
By Janis D. Gioia, MAEd. Jennifer Morgan rushes in the door at 6:30 pm on an early night, hoping the new nanny remembered to start dinner. She hasn’t stopped for twelve hours, but the Starbucks Venti in her left hand will propel her through…
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