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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Sorry, don't know why I did that.  Pronouns (and my anxiety) aside, I am concerned that DC feels so anxious that she becomes sick and has to leave school.  Just wondering if others have dealt with this and how.[/quote]

The issue is called school avoidance, and we dealt with it more in the mornings in the form of giant fits, but it's the same anxiety based issue.  If it's happening for your kid mostly once they're AT school, really you shoudl press for a 504 plan.  You can get school-based therapy to help the child with coping mechanisms.  Also they can do an FBA to see if there is a pattern for when this avoidance behaviors occurs. Maybe it's math tests, or gym class, or a particular substitute teacher.[/quote]

OP here, thanks.  Yes, he says he is so stressed about PARCC tests.  Upsets me a great deal that a 7th grader is so stressed already.  He doesn't have a 504, but has an understanding with guidance counselor that he can leave class at any time to take a breather if he needs to.  I didn't know that "school-based therapy to help the child with coping mechanisms" exists.  What might that look like?[/quote]

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