Guides & Tools
for Parents
Supportive tools to help you support your child with confidence.
Our parent resources reflect the same personalized, evidence-based approach that defines our clinical care—offering practical guidance tailored to families navigating anxiety and OCD.
Choosing the Right IOP: A Comparison Tool
IOP Comparison Worksheet
When you are looking for treatment for your child, you should ask the questions that matter. Here is a worksheet to know what to ask when you are looking at different options.
Unlike traditional IOP outpatient programs, Anxiety Institute provides a highly specialized, evidence-based approach tailored specifically for anxiety and OCD. Our comprehensive treatment model includes cutting-edge therapies like virtual reality and biofeedback, family-focused interventions, and a holistic wellness program to address both emotional and physical well-being.
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Download our IOP Comparison Worksheet to make sure you ask all the most important questions.
Defining OCD in Your Child
OCD Screening Questionnaire
The phrase “obsessive-compulsive” has worked its way into the English lexicon and is often used in an offhand manner to describe someone who is meticulous or absorbed in a cause.
Although these signs are often present in OCD, a person who shows signs of infatuation or fixation with a subject or object, or displays traits such as perfectionism, does not necessarily have obsessive-compulsive disorder. OCD is most commonly characterized by a person’s obsessive, distressing, intrusive thoughts and related compulsions (tasks or “rituals”) which attempt to neutralize the obsessions.
Download our OCD Questionnaire to help you assess what treatment your child may need.
How to Prevent Shutdown
10 Empowering Exercises To Break Free From The Grip of Anxiety.
Download this in-depth guide to help you pinpoint the intensity of your anxiety to reclaim your life.
How to Prevent Shutdown serves as an instruction manual to help you distinguish your real self from the anxiety that grips you. Remember, you are not your anxiety. This Guide tells you how to measure and define your anxiety using the Anxiety Institute proprietary AIM Bookmark scale, and then shows you the related tools and strategies that can help you reduce and push through the anxiety. Learn more about how to gauge and treat your anxiety in this step-by-step set of instructions.
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Defining ARFID in Your Child
ARFID Screening Questionnaire
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is a complex and challenging issue that goes beyond simple picky eating.
Characterized by an extreme avoidance of certain foods or food groups, ARFID may lead to significant nutritional deficiencies, dependence on supplements or tube feeding, and substantial impairments in daily functioning. This disorder can profoundly impact a person’s physical health, social interactions, and overall quality of life.