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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow I am shocked that so many pp's go right to anxiety and needs meds and doctors.

My DD didn't eat at school mostly because she was too excited! I thought the para-professional had the best advice to start.  [/quote]

Because this is the SNs board AND OP said she they "managed" last year and she is "worried sick" about this year, I'm pretty sure we are safe assuming that this is not a kid who is too excited to eat.  :roll:  Also, let's not make therapy some last resort intervention. All kids (and adults) can benefit from learning how to manage anxiety and difficult situations.[/quote]

This kid hasn't even started full day school.  If he was coming from daycare, and had been refusing to eat over a 10 hour day, I think many of us would suggest something different.  But it's not a sure thing that a kid who can go 3 hours without eating at half day Kindergarten won't eat in full day school.

It's natural for OP to worry.  That's what we parents do, but that doesn't mean that she shouldn't wait a few weeks and try some low key solutions before jumping to therapy.  That doesn't mean that therapy is a last resort, but it's expensive and time consuming, and probably worth trying strategies like "put his favorite foods in his lunchbox first.
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