Test Anxiety Websites:
The Institute of HeartMath
www.heartmath.org/education/testedge/why.php
Family Education Network www.familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,66-2127,00.html
Learning Solutions
http://learningsolutions.lisd.k12.mi.us/newpage1.htm
The American Institute of Stress
www.stress.org
Teens Health: www.Test-Anxiety.com
http://www.aboutourkids.org/files/articles/test_anxiety_E.pdf
Test Anxiety Articles:
Articles:
- Helping Students Cope with Test Anxiety by Henry Harris and Doris Coy.
- Helping Your Child Manage Test Anxiety - an article in The Parent Letter - About Our Kids: A Letter for Parents by the NYU Child Study Center
- Managing Test Anxiety: Advice for Students by Greg Henderson, MSSW, Psychotherapist
Book Recommendations:
- What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety by Dawn Huebner - This workbook is a great resource for kids who are experiencing a lot of anxiety. It is meant to be a joint activity between parents and kids.
- Testing Miss Malarkey by Judy Finchler - This is a humorous fictional book about standardized testing. Could be used to help open a discussion with your child about the anxiety that surrounds testing.
- The Worry Wars: An Anxiety Workbook for Kids and Their Helpful Adults by Paris Goodyear-Brown