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[quote=Anonymous]Hi my now 10 year old was like that alot at 5--he was diagnosed HFA at 6.  I had eval at Children's and it gave me alot of tools and ideas for best way to support.  I had already started weekly CBT/play based therapy and that was also useful for creating toolkit of strategies to help son conquer fears.     The therapist and son created a list of things that scared him (and being alone was one of them), another was the dark, sleeping by self, cartoon characters that looked menacing.   They took them one at a time and she helped with strategies to overcome.  It took a long time but looking back watching him gain self-confidence as he beat these fears was amazing.

Of course, as old fears were eliminated, new ones creeped in based on his age and stage of life.   Some fears came back after awhile and were revisited, some were gone to stay.   After 2 years, while he got alot better, anxiety was still in the way of him implementing these tools.  He started on Zoloft and this changed his life so much for better!    Our whole family was happier as our lives were not based on his fears.   So give it some time but you might consider meds as he gets older.

Also, do you think he needs IEP?   Is this impacting school?

Good luck[/quote]

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