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If you and your child think you are ready for a new mission plan, look back at your child’s anxiety checklist that you created in Module 1. See if any of the anxieties can be turned into a mission plan. Remember, a good mission plan has multiple steps spanning the anxiety scale to reach a specific, measurable, and achievable mission plan goal.
This week in the child/teen module, we will ask your child to work with you to think of a new mission plan for a new area and we have included the steps for making a mission plan with them, just like in Module 4.
Here are some tips for you on managing multiple mission plans:
- Make sure to include your child in your decision to start a new mission plan! Ask your child how they feel about their current mission plan. Do they want to tackle a new fear? Do they want to keep working on their current mission plan goal by adding new steps? Talk about your progress together and decide what you would like to work on.
- When working on multiple mission plans, it is possible that you may notice your child is progressing further in one area than another. Don’t let this discourage you or your child from continuing to work through each phase of your mission plans. Sometimes when challenging anxiety, especially multiple parts of anxiety, it is expected that your path to success is a little bumpy. Make sure to praise your child for their constant efforts and remember that any setbacks experienced along the way can be excellent opportunities for teaching and reflection.
- Remember that you do not want to work on too many mission plans at the same time. We recommend that you stick with mission plans for one to three areas of anxiety at any given time. Juggling more than that makes it hard to develop momentum or make consistent progress.
- Remember to take a “face your fears” attitude to life. When things come up that are not written in your mission plan but would be a good opportunity for your child to face their fears, it could still be a time to practice facing fears and earning rewards. We hope through LUNA you and your child take a “bring it on” attitude to life!
Managing multiple mission plans can be hard, so we also want to include these helpful reminders:
- Make sure that the mission plans are broken down into appropriate steps that span the anxiety scale.
- Make sure that the goal for each mission plan is clear, measurable, and attainable.
- Evaluate the rewards system in place for your mission plans. Do the rewards offered help your child’s progress or stop your child from making progress?
- Make sure that you maintain progress monitoring for each mission plan. This is not only important for keeping track of your child’s progress throughout their mission plans but can also be a good tool to reflect on in moments when both you and your child need reminders of the hard work and progress you’ve made so far!
