Zoe and anxiety

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From: Amy Gooch
Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Subject: Zoe
To: "Gardner, Marie-Claire" <mgardner@sd61.bc.ca>


Mme. Gardner,
Zoe seems to be doing bit more of the whining lately, and it comes in
two flavors:

1) "I'm dizzy"... I don't think there is a physical thing going on, so
I just tell her to take a big breath and exhale slowly and to open her
mouth really wide like a yawn (then add some other comforting words)

2) "my stomach hurts"...  I've been talking to her about feeling
scared versus nervous vs uncomfortable vs excited and trying to
differentiate between the bunch.  I've been trying to talk to her
about concentrating on the good parts, not the negative, thinking
about the things she likes, not the things that make her uncomfortable

let me know how the day goes.

To get through preschool she had this silver locket I gave her, I
think I will find it again.. it seemed to help.

Amy