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[quote=Anonymous]I agree I'd talk to the pediatrician and consider a therapist.

Also, if you've talked to the school counselor and gotten no help, and the teacher is either unaware or doesn't care about the issues... is a school change an option?

We are dealing with a younger DD having similar issues, especially the school dislike, and the therapist straight up suggested that we might want to consider that she is right about the school. It's hard because it's a regular public school, not spectacular but not terrible either. Teachers are committed, if overworked. Administration is mediocre. Communication from the school is poor, which has made it hard to try and address these issues.

But the gist of it seems to be that there is very little joy in school and a lot of... not sure how to put it but I'll go with "strife". The school schedule isn't great. They don't get enough time for art or being outdoors, IMO. They are pretty focused on testing, like seemingly all public schools, and that means a lot of learning is pretty rote and not very engaging. She's also struggle with finding a sense of belonging socially. She gets along with other kids and has friends, but I don't think she feels like she has a role.

So we're exploring other options. We just started, so still in the beginning stages. But just throwing this out there as an option -- maybe she dislikes school because the school is a bad fit for her.[/quote]

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