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[quote=Anonymous]Hi all,

My daughter is in 3rd grade. She was diagnosed with mild SPD at 4yrs old and for the most part seemed to outgrow many things on her own. We saw an OT a few times but most things I did/helped on my own. K was fantastic. 1st was great with some little issues that were resolved with a few modifications (stress ball, chew topper on pencil) and 2nd grade started off well for a few weeks that. A month of school anxiety. Chalked this up to her teacher (who sucked and was type A ball of stress yelling teacher) but came into her own after encouragement and did great from Thanksgiving on. Still didn’t like the teacher but teacher loved her. Academics thru the roof.  It was great to see her persevere. No ADD issues. The girl can seriously focus and anytime she doesn’t it is normal reasons.

This year she has the best teacher. It has been fantastic. Right after winter break, my daughter started to draw/write in the air for 3-5 seconds. Like a tic. Excited when she is telling something, thinking st school, occasionally nervous. She had an excited shake she outgrew around K and this seems similar to it but in different form.  But now we are starting to get anxious again. Separation anxiety seems to dominate. Right after winter break as well, so I thought it was a small phase. But it has progressively gotten worse. Obviously the two are correlating with one another.  I purchased the Worry book suggested by my ped about a month ago hoping that would help. But I feel like it has made her worse. Now she only wants to talk worries, gets anxious about school which was always easy until 2 weeks ago and it is becoming debilitating for her.

She used to BEG to stay home alone, has always been my independent fearless child. Bikes off with neighborhood kids, etc.. Besides the one month last year, this is such a sharp contrast. Now she calls to get picked up from play dates earl. Asks if I can pick her up from school. Wonders if I am okay if she is home with Dad and I am running errands. She does not know about the Florida shooting and nothing else in school or personal has changed her that I am aware of or she can verbally tell me. We talk nightly and she is very open. She is now aware her recent stomach pains are anxiety. She has some coping mechanisms but they are short term and she overides them with rationalizations.

Anyway, what next? I know she needs some help but it seems like the more empathy, help, and reading about it we do - the worse it gets. I am nervous therapy will do the same. OT, behavioral therapist, or something else? Our insurance covers none of this do I don’t want to go down the wrong path.

Has anyone been there done that have any suggestions. [/quote]

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