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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid is allowed to leave the classroom and go sit in the nurse’s room whenever needed. We have the option of doing 50 percent of the homework. (Don’t usually exercise the option but sometimes it is so much work to keep it together all day that the thought of an hour or two of homework is just too overwhelming.) We also have extra time to make up missed work due to absence (we have struggled with school refusal on and off for several years) and missed assignments do not count towards a disciplinary offense.

As far as treating the anxiety, we go to therapy every week or two and DC is on anti-anxiety meds.[/quote]
Is your child's school helpful in dealing with the school refusal? We struggle with that as well, and the school does not offer any helpful advice.[/quote]

Our therapist takes the lead on that but the school is cooperative with her suggestions. (Which have been various, but things like shorter days, back work forgiveness, when DC was younger, her teacher kept a chart of how many time DC left the classroom to go to the nurse so we could see progress and set goals.) The school itself has no resources to lead this though. Do you have a therapist?[/quote]

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