College of Education: Raising Less Anxious Children : Lehigh University

About the Event

Rates of anxiety among children and teens have been on the rise. In this talk, Seth Laracy will discuss some of the reasons for this trend. While many of the societal factors that contribute to increased anxiety among our youth are beyond our immediate control, Laracy will focus on the things that adults can do to reduce anxiety among the children and teens in their lives. This talk will be most beneficial for parents, educators, or anyone who cares for children.

Participants can expect to learn:

The processes through which youth become anxious
The things we can do to disrupt these processes
How we can ultimately help our kids feel more comfortable in the world around them

Cost: Free to attend

Staff Contact: Bryce Neff

About Our Speaker

Seth Laracy Ph.D. is a certified school psychologist with experience working in local public schools. As a practicing psychologist, he focused on promoting data-based decision making and culturally competent and evidence-based assessment, consultation, and intervention. His experiences have allowed him to develop expertise in cognitive and academic assessment, behavioral assessment and intervention, reading development, pediatric school psychology, behavioral sleep interventions, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, mood and anxiety disorders, trauma sensitivity, and supervision. He uses this range of experience to inform the supervision he provides to school psychology students in his current role as director of clinical training for the school psychology program.