If your child suffers from anxiety how did it affect school?

If your child was diagnosed with anxiety how did it affect them in school and how what type of plan did the teacher come up with to help them in school? Did you need to switch teachers?

If your child suffers from anxiety how did it affect school?

Giving DD prior notice on what was going on helped alot. She has transition problems so she likes to have her day planned out. The teacher gives her a heads up in the morning if something has changed, ie no PE that day or if they are having an assembly. They also give her a heads up on firedrills so she is not caught off guard.

I would not recommend switching teachers just because of anxiety. The main thing is to help your child deal with it and not to avoid all those situations. Coping skills are huge and should be implemented. DD uses a deep breathing technique and knows that if she gets too overwhelmed she can visit the nurse for a "break". If the anxiety is that high, I would recommend seeing a therapist to help your child with coping skills and how to get through the day. You can also ask the school for counseling sessions with the social worker.

Re: If your child suffers from anxiety how did it affect school?

Well, it affected my daughter enough to be non-functional two years ago at the age of 10 and had to be pulled out and home tutored by the district.

Did have district evaluated her for special ed in case there was a learning problem we weren't aware of. But they said she was bright and didn't qualify for an IEP.

We did end up going the route of a 504 plan. Extra time on quizzes and tests as needed. Second set of textbooks at home. School nurse was designated as a "safe person" she could go to whenever she needed to take a deep breath, or just go and splash cold water on her face.

We were doing fine with this until now. She is feeling overwhelmed, and OCD is more evident and we are tweaking her medication, and she out again being tutored by the district.