Supporting parents of anxious children

SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions) is an evidence-based treatment approach developed to address anxious emotions and behaviors in children and adolescents. Family accommodation is the term used to describe the changes that parents make in their own behavior to help their children avoid or lessen feelings of anxiety (i.e.- always ordering for a child who has social anxiety, completing homework for a child who was worried about doing it incorrectly, throwing away leftovers because a child refuses to eat old food) SPACE treatment focuses on modifying the parent's behaviors, not the child's!