Items to help calm your Anxious Child during the Coronavirus

As your anxious child faces the daily overwhelming information and changes in schedules due to the Coronavirus, it is important to have items to help calm them. We recommend creating a calm down box for your child which allows them to have a couple of choices on what will best help them relax when anxiety is heightened. Below we have provided many items that you can use when creating a calm down box for your child. 

Items that provide proprioceptive support: 

  • Weighted lap cushion or weighted stuffed animal
  • Stretchy Resistance Bands
  • Sensory Tunnel
  • Mini Massager 
  • Body Sock

Items to squeeze & keep hands busy:

  • Fidgets
  • Rubik’s Cube
  • Play Dough or Silly Putty
  • Pipe Cleaners
  • Stress Ball

Items to support breathing and relaxation:

  • Bottles of bubbles
  • Pinwheels 
  • Straws and cotton balls

Items for olfactory sensory support:

  • Calming essential oil spray
  • smelling bottles
  • scratch and sniff stickers

Items that give kids a brain break:

  • Puzzle
  • Books to Read
  • Blank Notebooks and Writing Utensils
  • Coloring books
  • Photo Album

Items for auditory sensory support:

  • Noise cancelling headphones
  • MP3 player with music
  • Audiobooks

If your son or daughter begins to show anxiety, counseling can often help. Schedule today by calling us at 704-457-7834.

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