Handspring Institute Webinar
Addressing Childhood Anxiety in Schools: Reducing Accommodations and Building Resilience Using Evidence-Based Approaches
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What This Webinar Covers
Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent mental health concerns in children and adolescents. School-based mental health professionals are uniquely positioned to intervene with both students and the adults who support them, fostering greater systemic distress tolerance for anxiety-related behaviors. This presentation will draw on strategies from the SPACE program (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) and exposure-based interventions, offering practical tools to help school-based professionals coach caregivers and colleagues in reducing anxiety-maintaining accommodations and scaffolding “bravery challenges” for students that promote resilience and participation.
About the Speaker
Colleen Harker, Ph.D.
Colleen Harker, Ph.D., is a licensed child psychologist based in Philadelphia. Dr. Harker works with children with anxiety, OCD, and disruptive behaviors, and specializes in supporting neurodivergent children and their parents. Dr. Harker obtained her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Washington in Seattle. She completed her clinical internship at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center and her post-doctoral fellowship at the Child and Adolescent OCD, Tic, Trich, and Anxiety Group (COTTAGe) and the Penn Center for Mental Health (PCMH) at the University of Pennsylvania.