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Free Child Anxiety Pattern Map

This free child anxiety pattern map helps a clinician organize one recent worry episode into a clearer sequence: what triggered it, what the child feared might happen, what the child noticed or did, how adults responded, and what happened next. It is designed to support formulation and treatment planning without treating a worksheet response as a diagnosis or standardized anxiety score.

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Professional-use sample. Use within your role, training, service procedures and local requirements.

Preview of Free Child Anxiety Pattern Map
Focused sample from a complete SafeSEL professional resource.
WHAT IT SUPPORTS

Use the worksheet for a specific clinical task.

  • Organizing one worry episode into a concrete sequence
  • Separating triggers, feared predictions, responses and outcomes
  • Looking for short-term relief that may unintentionally maintain avoidance
  • Creating questions for formulation and treatment planning
HOW TO USE IT

Keep the page inside the clinical process.

  1. Choose one recent, specific anxiety episode rather than discussing anxiety only in general terms.
  2. Map what happened before, during and after the episode using the child’s and caregiver’s information where appropriate.
  3. Distinguish observed events from hypotheses about what may be maintaining the pattern.
  4. Use the map to decide what needs further assessment or what small treatment target to review next.
DISCUSSION PROMPTS

Questions that can keep the page collaborative.

What did the child expect might happen?
What reduced distress in the short term, and what happened afterward?
Which part of this sequence still needs more information?
PROFESSIONAL BOUNDARIES

What this free template does not do.

  • This worksheet is not a validated anxiety screening or diagnostic instrument.
  • A pattern map should be interpreted within developmental, family, school, medical and cultural context.
  • Safety, safeguarding or acute clinical concerns take priority over completing a worksheet.
QUESTIONS

Frequently asked questions

Can this worksheet diagnose an anxiety disorder?

No. It organizes information from a specific episode. Diagnosis requires appropriate professional assessment and cannot be established by this page alone.

Is the free sample the complete anxiety toolkit?

No. This is a focused sample taken from the larger Child Anxiety Assessment & Treatment Toolkit.

Which paper sizes are included?

The free sample is available in US Letter and A4 versions.

COMPLETE WORKFLOW

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