TACKLING NEGATIVE THINKING IN THE CLASSROOM.

STUDENT engagement; CONTROL (Psychology); SOCIAL anxiety; PSYCHOMETRICS; MIDDLE school teachers; GENERALIZED anxiety disorder

However, even on their own, teachers can take many small steps, using fairly simple classroom strategies, to help students tackle their negative thinking patterns that may otherwise go unaddressed. In fact, when students are anxious, they often misperceive a task in three ways: 1) their ability, 2) the difficulty of the task, and 3) the amount of time the task will take. Skill-building is key Most teachers are sympathetic by nature, but their intuitive efforts to help anxious students are often ineffective in changing students' thoughts and perceptions. MENTAL HEALTH IN SCHOOLS Teachers often feel overwhelmed and underprepared to meet the increasing mental health and behavioral needs of their students in the post-pandemic classroom. [Extracted from the article]

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