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ROCHESTER, N.Y. \u2013 With the school year approaching in New York, many parents and students are feeling anxious. <\/p>\n
There are a number of stressors revolving school, from making friends, to passing classes, and safety concerns, especially following a recent deadly shooting in Minnesota.<\/a> <\/p>\n Caitlin Bradley, director of youth and family services at Rochester Regional Health, shared some tips about managing this stress.<\/p>\n \u201cWe just remind parents to focus on what\u2019s going on in their sphere, what they can control, and reassuring their kids that we have things in place, we have support,\u201d Bradley said.<\/p>\n Bradley explained that while it\u2019s natural for students to feel nervous at the start of the school year, stress can sometimes become a more significant issue.<\/p>\n \u201cSo it\u2019s a good cue for parents if we\u2019re a couple weeks in and they\u2019re still really struggling with transitioning to school, going to school, being in school or having a lot of worries, maybe they\u2019re having difficulty sleeping, those are probably signs we need to get more support,\u201d Bradley said.<\/p>\n Bradley explained why its important for parents to manage their own anxiety, and not just their kids\u2019 anxiety. <\/p>\n \u201cIf a parent is feeling anxious, the likely chance of your child feeling anxious and picking up on that is huge, and so its important for parents to kind of manage and model for their kids so they can respond well too,\u201d said Bradley. <\/p>\n Bradley suggested methods such as breathing techniques and limiting exposure to social media to help manage stress.<\/p>\n A former parent and teacher at East Ridge Senior High School Andrea Schleber emphasized the importance of listening to students with anxiety.<\/p>\n \u201cI think allowing students to really just speak their mind and listening, I think that\u2019s the key because when they feel that they\u2019re listened to, they can kind of calm the anxiety,\u201d said Schleber. <\/p>\n Rochester Regional Health offers 24\/7 support for children and parents, with offices located within school buildings across several districts to ensure students have access to care. Visit Rochester Regional\u2019s website here<\/a> to see which schools have a center. <\/p>\n Several districts in the region are set to start classes on Tuesday. Tune into News10NBC starting at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday-Friday for all of our back-to-school coverage. <\/p>\n AI assisted with the formatting of this story. Click here<\/a> to see how WHEC News10NBC uses AI<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFor Related Stories:\u00a0back-to-school<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0stress<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0managing anxiety<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The News10NBC Team details breaking News, Traffic and Weather. ROCHESTER, N.Y. \u2013 With the school year approaching in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,393,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-111695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}