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Physical and mental symptoms can develop from anxiety, and educators must recognize these symptoms in their students. The stigma that is attached to mental health can make it difficult for students to receive support and treatment. Mindfulness is a way that educators can address anxiety in their classroom. Mindfulness teaches students to understand how their brain reacts to stress, and how to train their brain to interrupt anxiety. Mindful breathing and listening are two strategies that help students self-regulate themselves. A mindfulness program will provide students with tools to help reduce stress and anxiety.  \nEveryone has experienced some sort of anxiety in his/her life (Peters Mayer, 2008) . In fact, anxiety is very normal. Anxiety affects students’mental and physical state, which educators must recognize before it develops into depression (Climie & Altomare, 2013) . Unfortunately, there is a stigma around mental health, and that can prevent students from gaining access to strategies and treatments (Cowan, 2014) . Kabat-Zin (2003), the pioneer of mindfulness, developed a mindfulness-based stress reduction program to help reduce stress, pain, and illness. Mindfulness can alleviate students’ anxiety (Viafora, Mathiesen, & Unsworth, 2015) . There are many benefits to learning mindfulness strategies, and there has been an increase in research about how mindfulness positively affects students. Along with mindfulness, it is beneficial for students to understand how the brain reacts to stress, and how the brain can be trained to respond appropriately. From there, students learn specific mindfulness strategies such as breathing, listening, and eating. It is up to educators to address mental health and implement a program such as mindfulness.  \nProblems with Student Anxiety  \nSince anxiety affects students’ physically and mentally, it could lead to depression, which may be left untreated due to the stigma around mental health. Anxiety can mask itself as “part of normal developmental changes or personality”(Cowan, 2014, p. 15), which is why so many educators miss the warning signs. If educators ignore anxiety, it can have severe consequences for the students (Headley & Campbell, 2013) . For students with anxiety, school can be a nightmare. It is an environment that involves tension, deadlines, judgment, evaluation, and fitting in (Peters Mayer, 2008) . The mental and physical symptoms of anxiety can be exhausting and uncomfortable (Peters Mayer, 2008) . A test can cause a student to wake up that morning feeling nauseous and begging to stay home from school. Test and homework anxiety are very common, along with refusing to attend school and stress over being apart from the caregiver. Mentally, students may have a loss of concentration and feel overwhelmed. Physical symptoms can present as hyperventilation, bodily tension, headaches, or a pounding heart. These intense feelings and symptoms can affect all developmental areas of a student’s life, particularly at school) .  \nIn a 2012 survey conducted by the Canadian Teachers’ Federation, along with the Mental Health Commission of Canada, 59% of teachers believed that depression was a “pressing concern” (Froese-Germain & Riel, 2012, p. 10) . In that same survey, 21% of teachers reported that they had seen students bullied because of their mental health (Froese-Germain & Riel, 2012, p. 14) . Many people are unaware that anxiety that is left untreated can develop into depression, particularly for teens and young adults (Lyons, n.d. ) . Since anxiety has become so prevalent in students, it is no surprise that depression rates are increasing (Lyons, n.d. ) .  \nStudents with anxiety and depression may feel helpless and hopeless (Cowan, 2014) . Many of these students have had suicidal thoughts (Findlay, 2017) . Students need access to supports, and often it is left in a sch","cbCaivCGW6phdpmB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivCGW6phdpmB","pdf",388633,"English","# Abstract\n# Problems with Student Anxiety\n# Mindfulness as a Means to Reduce Anxiety","[{\"question\":\"Why is student anxiety difficult to address in schools?\",\"answer\":\"Student anxiety can be misread as normal developmental changes or personality, and the stigma around mental health can delay access to support and treatment. This leads many educators to miss warning signs.\"},{\"question\":\"What educational strategies does the document recommend for anxious students?\",\"answer\":\"The document recommends implementing mindfulness in classrooms. It emphasizes teaching students to understand how their brain reacts to stress and using strategies such as mindful breathing and attentive listening to self-regulate.\"},{\"question\":\"What consequences can untreated anxiety have for students?\",\"answer\":\"Untreated anxiety may develop into depression and can produce exhausting mental and physical symptoms. The document also notes that students may feel helpless and report suicidal thoughts.\"}]","The Importance of Mindfulness for Anxious Students - Abstract | PDF",1792082173]