Publisher: National Center for Youth Issues
Illustrator: Anita DuFalla
Publication Date: January 15, 2012
ISBN: 978-1937870010
Grades: 2-5
Ages: 5-9
Price: $10.95
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Anxiety is a subjective sense of worry, apprehension, and/or fear. It is considered to be the number one health problem in America. Although quite common, anxiety disorders in children are often misdiagnosed and overlooked.
Everyone feels fear, worry and apprehension from time to time, but when these feelings prevent people from doing what they want and/or need to do, anxiety becomes a disability.
This fun and humorous book addresses the problem of anxiety in a way that relates to children of all ages. It offers creative strategies for parents and teachers to use that can lessen the severity of anxiety.
The goal of Wilma Jean the Worry Machine is to give children the tools needed to feel more in control of their anxiety. For those worries that are not in anyone’s control (i.e. the weather,) a worry hat is introduced.