Easing anxiety for students as new school year begins

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- School campuses are buzzing erstwhile again -- a motion that people is backmost successful session.

For Fresno State elder Camalah Saleh, a caller semester means a caller chapter.

"I'm truly excited," Saleh said. "A small tense due to the fact that I americium taking a batch of classes, but I'm excited to spot the beingness that our field is."

While heading backmost to schoolhouse is exciting, it tin beryllium stressful and nerve-wracking.

"It is the fearfulness of the chartless and being uncertain of what to expect," says Dr. Garine Lepejian with Kaiser Permanente Fresno.

School readiness isn't conscionable astir having the close supplies; it's besides astir making definite that students are feeling mentally prepared.

Dr. Lepejian explains that it's good to consciousness tense connected the archetypal day.

"Having jitters to commencement the schoolhouse twelvemonth for each ages is precise common," she said.

To assistance easiness anxiety, Dr. Lepejian says it's important for families to link with their kids and inquire astir their feelings.

Disconnecting from physics devices and creating conversations astatine location are immoderate ways that tin instrumentality distant the uncertainty.

"It's important to speech much astir it and inquire deeper questions," Dr. Lepejian said.

Doctors besides suggest breathing exercises to assistance calm the tense system.

For Saleh, creating a regular and staying organized helps easiness her nerves heading into her last year.

"I similar my database -- I similar my calendar, conscionable truthful I tin visually spot it," she said. "I similar to bent retired with my friends erstwhile I can, and my family. Whenever I person immoderate escaped time, I'm ever hanging retired with them, getting coffee."

By keeping immoderate of these steps successful mind, it tin assistance students commencement the twelvemonth disconnected beardown and acceptable them up for success.

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