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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As the parent of two kids with severe anxiety who followed all of the testing and mental health recommendations, I honestly think that the school's strategy of getting them into the building is the best.  The more kids are taught that removing the source of their stress is the solution, the worse it gets, not better.  The key is learning to deal with stress and anxiety, not avoiding it.  Therapists want to think that medicine and a weekly dose of "exposures" is enough and that kids are biologically determined to be sensitive.  I now think that is a crock.  I'm a MSW and I really think that mental health care is now prolonging and enabling dysfunction. [/quote]

I strongly disagree with applying this as a blanket solution for all kids with school avoidance.  Finding the underlying cause is absolutely key.

If someone is afraid of roller coasters because they are afraid of accidents, they can work with a trained clinician in evidence-based exposure therapy - and one key facet of true exposure therapy is the patient is always in control.

If someone is afraid of roller coasters because they get motion sick, they need a *completely* different solution.[/quote]

That’s fine but the people who should then do that analysis and work are not school based staff.[/quote]

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