Back to School: Dealing with back-to-school, new school anxiety

RALEIGH, N.C. - Aug. 22, 2013 - PRLog -- Flip Educational Consultants published the article "Back to School: Dealing with back-to-school, new school anxiety" in the GoAskMom column on WRAL.COM (http://www.wral.com/back-to-school-dealing-with-back-to-school-new-school-anxiety/12798852/) .

The article was authored by Edla Prevette, LPCA and Elizabeth Worley, LPCA.  Both are therapists with Flip Educational Consulting (http://www.flipconsultants.com/) in Raleigh. With many years of experience as educators and counselors, they specialize in working with school-aged children and their parents on “flipping their thinking,” and learning how to make positive social connections. Flip Educational Consulting provides social skills groups and individual therapy in Cary and Raleigh. 

Edla Privette states, " We have come up with a dozen things parents and siblings can do to help students deal with the stress of starting a new school or returning to school after summer vacation."  Worley adds, "The trick is to keep some balance. If you exude too much or too little anxiety your child may become more anxious or feel like you don’t “get it.” " 

The entire article can be read on WRAL.com in the GoAskMom section.  

 

About Flip Educational Consultants:

Flip Educational Consulting is about “flipping” your thinking.  Our goal is to help children, adolescents,and adults reframe, rethink then refresh their views, opinions and actions. 

The primary focus of our social skills groups is to use the 
children’s strengths to coach them in an authentic social setting. Our programs are developed by applying research based theories in a refreshing, engaging group format.  We believe our personal relationships with children and their parents are what make our social skills goups successful.