Building a Village of Support With New Children's Book
Teaching Empathy by Helping Kids With Anxiety
(firmenpresse) - MILTON, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/03/12 -- Editors Note: There is a photo associated with this press release.
Diagnosed with social anxiety disorder at a young age, Darlene Wierski-Devoe's daughter thrived in supportive environments yet was crippled otherwise. This scenario mimicked Wierski-Devoe's own childhood. In an effort to help engage awareness of this debilitating disorder "Just Like You" was born.
What does anxiety feel like? "Every day is spent in fight-or-flight moments. But while others see this as insular behavior, inside all an anxious child wants is to play with other kids and to be included," says Wierski-Devoe.
In 2008, Wierski-Devoe started blogging at RaisingSociallyAnxiousChildrenBlog.com, and using social media to connect with other parents of socially anxious children - as far away as China and Brazil!
Writing Just Like You is part of a project to help children with what Wierski-Devoe calls "invisible needs" by educating their classmates to surround them with a village of support. Just Like You (illustrated by Sharon Pickering and released May 7 to coincide with Mental Health Week), is told from the perspective of a young girl struggling with "the anxiety monster".
Wierski-Devoe says, "The purpose of the book is to teach children and adults alike not to give up on these kids; to keep asking them to play, or to join in, or to be a friend."
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