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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your pediatrician should be your first call tomorrow. Make an appointment for him to speak to his doctor. They can start him on an antidepressant. You should also call his school and speak to the mental health specialist that almost all high schools have on staff. [/quote]

But also be aware, lots of kids get themselves in a jam with missing work and at the end of the quarter they panic. I get to OP it is a big deal but we see this all the time at school. They’re not going to necessarily create a crisis plan for your average junior who is staring down bad Q1 grades even after teachers have given him extensions. Just being real- this is incredibly common and parents always want to call at this time and tell us how stressed the kid is. Well, yeah- facing a mountain of missing work and bad grades as a result is stressful, of course they’re stressed. [/quote]

It’s not mate assignments. He does all of his schoolwork on time but he was sick for a full week and missed a bunch of tests and as soon as he was back trying to make those up there were new tests. It’s the studying that’s the problem. It is a lot, too much imo but they do allow the kids to space them out so with effort, it’s manageable. There is a huge overwhelm and procrastination component too though. [/quote]

He needs help with executive functioning for sure. A basic planner to start would help to track his assignments. I’m just making you aware this is not going to hit the radar of counseling as “mental health crisis.” It’s going to be viewed as “overwhelmed kid is panicking about grades” which is normal for this time of year. [/quote]

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