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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like anxiety.  My daughter developed severe anxiety when she started middle school. Our rule is she has to go to school everyday unless she is vomiting or has a fever. Anxiety is a disability if it interferes with school so your daughter might qualify for a 504 with accommodations but it's a lengthy process and takes months to get in place. The first step would be having her evaluated by a mental health professional. Once that is accomplished, you can request the 504. You're probably looking at the end of the school year before supports are in place. But do it anyway if you think she needs them. It will make next year so much better.

Just keep in mind that stress due to academic pressure doesn't qualify a child for supports. A child with an existing mental health issue who can't advocate for themselves in school or is too anxious to focus is different from a child who is being pushed to do work that is too accelerated or earn straight As.  For example, a child who is under stress because mom expects a 4.0 and/or algebra in 7th grade and develops stomach aches as a result would not qualify.

I hope you figure it out. Good luck!

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+1.  Fever over 100.5 or vomiting confirmed by parent, and you get to stay home.

Even when you get to stay home, there is no TV or screen time.  And, you have to be working on the homework or classwork that you are missing in school.

Same with nurse's office.  Can go to nurse's office for up to 20 minutes.  However, if there is no fever and no vomiting, nurse should send child back to class. 
 
Meanwhile, journal the stomach aches/head aches/feelings of illness for at least three weeks to 2 months every day.  Record food intake, feelings of illness (both somatic and emotional), menstrual cycle, and overall mood state.

If illness persists, go back to pediatrician to investigate, then to gastroenterologists, then to psychiatrist (if no somatic diagnosis).

Also, if the diagnosis seems to be headed in the direction of anxiety, it's worth getting a full neuropsych to understand whether there are any underlying learning problems (learning disability, ADD/Inattentive, Slow Processing Speed, Executive Dysfunction, etc.) that are contributing to the anxiety. 
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