DanversCARES

Thank you to our amazing non profit and corporate sponsors who supported our LTNP event, future DanversCARES programming and our annual scholarships. We are looking forward to a wonderful Light the Night Purple event this Wednesday!

Join us Wednesday May 7 at 6:30pm for our annual event and walk and receive a free t-shirt while supplies last!

🚨Don’t miss this important discussion on supporting kids in managing worry and anxiety.🚨 RSVP here: https://forms.gle/DWPfuLhMpTENNk728

This presentation will feature a guest speaker Liz Faria LICSW who will discuss the following:
✅ ways to help increase your child’s distress tolerance so they are less easily overwhelmed
✅How to teach flexibility and help kids reduce catastrophic and global thinking patterns
✅What to do when a child’s anxiety causes them to shut down or refuse school
✅The importance of free play, and the link between lack of free play and anxiety issues
✅Why some common approaches to dealing with anxiety can make the problem worse
✅How smartphones are inhibiting the development of autonomy and increasing anxiety

This presentation is open to all parents in the district. Don’t miss this important discussion on
supporting kids in managing worry and anxiety.

Childcare Available! Fun activities will be provided in the HRMS Library so parents can fully
engage in the event. Staff volunteers and Danvers High School students, including DanversCARES Youth Leaders, will supervise children with quiet games, stories, and activities