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[quote=Anonymous]I had anxiety as a kid and I have a child with anxiety. I would absolutely not do boarding. I thought I wanted boarding school as a kid, but looking back it would NOT have been a good choice.

As someone pointed out above, boarding school is a draining environment for an introvert. (And while not every kid with anxiety is an introvert, many are, and from your descriptions I'm guessing your daughter is). I would also want to be able to monitor how things are going with the high school transition and the mental health management much more closely than I could for a kid at boarding school. Many, many kids with anxiety "mask" when they're with others beyond a few trusted people, trying very hard to appear normal and keep it together. This may be what you're seeing in environments like camp. School lasts much longer than camp, though, and without the release and supervision of a trusted adult, if they start to struggle it's less likely to be noticed by someone until the problem has gotten to the point they literally can't manage, which is not a situation in which I'd want to put my child.

*If* you get financial aid to make a good-fit private work it could be a good option. If you go that path I would absolutely ask the public school district to continue her IEP and mental health services - they're required to provide them to all who need them, even private school students.[/quote]

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