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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trust your gut on this one. I'd bring her to a psychiatrist for therapy, and also consider the neuropathy test. Girls aren't always identified with ADHD/anxiety/ASD, and this could be it. [b]An IEP will be helpful, even though she is doing really well.[/b]

We had to take this on ourselves, since my kid wasn't doing poorly in school. But now, a few years in, we know we did the right thing.

I'm so sorry. This is really hard.  [/quote]

A child doesn't just get an IEP, whether they have a formal diagnosis of anxiety or ADHD or ASD.  It doesn't work like that (nor should it).[/quote]

OP - what would an IEP look like for a kid who tests well and does well in school?

I am also so worried that we ruined DD during covid lockdowns.  She does not do well with change/unfamiliar schedules and during covid we had just had a new baby, ripped her out of her daycare and then started her in virtual kindergarten.  I had very severe PPD during this time that was untreated (due to covid policies) and probably was the worst parent ever during this time. Lots of yelling, screaming, disregulated household, etc.  I got treated for my PPD, my youngest started sleeping through the night and it got better but I am so worried that during this time we truly ruined DD and this is all stemming from that period of time. [/quote]

Op my DD is 8 and I have so many of the same fears and regrets about lockdown. I had a different set of co-occurring challenges that I handled as well as I could, which was not good enough ( for me). I feel like I broke my daughter. Therapy has been helpful for me to contextualize, but I am still working through the guilt and sadness.

For your daughter - have you asked her what she thinks would help in the mornings? If you approach it in a calm moment and make it clear you guys are on the same team working together to figure out a better system- maybe that would help. My kid is very focused on control and tends to lose her cool ( she hits me instead of herself and doesn’t blame herself until later ) in moments of transition where she has no control. Things have gone more smoothly when she feel more in control, even if she’s doing the same thing either way. [/quote]

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