Posted by mair on March 24, 2005, at 15:29:30
In reply to son with anxiety- reply to stresser, posted by donna.c on March 24, 2005, at 11:34:05
Donna - I hope you don't mind me busting in here. I can't imagine why the psychiatrist thinks the school is in the best position to help him. Schools I've been familiar with pretty uniformly take the position that they're not there to treat problems, and the psych's position seems to reflect a view that the problem is only school related. I've found that my own son's anxieties follow him and morph and reappear in all different kinds of ways and settings. A therapist should be able to give him tools for managing his anxiety that can be used anywhere. Also, if your son clams up, it seems that the best chance for working with him would be on a one on one basis, with someone he might come to trust. It may well be that a therapist might want to work with the school, but it seems that you're not going to get to the bottom of this by just waiting for the school to come up with a solution.
Just my 2 cents. I also agree with everything that stresser says about being your kid's advocate. I haven't always done that as much as I should.
Mair
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