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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 85895"><p>I wish with everything in me that I had read this thread 5 years ago. I, too, carried difficult child to the car...kicking and screaming, grabbing on the the handrail on the stairs, grabbing ahold of the car to avoid being put inside...and dropped her at school in tears on a daily basis. She, too, 'shut down' in class and didn't do any work, but unlike SRL, this wasn't noticed...or wasn't recognized as a problem.</p><p></p><p>It wasn't until she became too big for me to carry, until the 4-5 hour nightly homework battles became too much and I was just worn out that I 'resigned' like Martie. </p><p></p><p>All along the SD refused to acknowledge any problems. I know in my heart that had this been addressed when it started in grade 2, that her school anxiety and refusal would have never gotten to the level it is at now. I thought I was doing the right thing, but I was really forcing my child into an environment that created sky high anxiety without any supports or coping skills. It's really not much different from putting a phobic into a pit of spiders with no way out. It didn't force her to deal with it and get over it...there were no supports in place for that to happen. Instead, it fed her fears and reinforced her anxiety.</p><p></p><p>When I finally 'resigned', it made a difference. I also noticed that missing the first week of October really got their attention. In Ohio, funding for schools is based on attendance during the first week of October (makes no sense to me). I didn't deliberately keep difficult child out of school that week, but I stuck to my resignation, whereas I would have doubled my efforts that week in the past.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 85895"] I wish with everything in me that I had read this thread 5 years ago. I, too, carried difficult child to the car...kicking and screaming, grabbing on the the handrail on the stairs, grabbing ahold of the car to avoid being put inside...and dropped her at school in tears on a daily basis. She, too, 'shut down' in class and didn't do any work, but unlike SRL, this wasn't noticed...or wasn't recognized as a problem. It wasn't until she became too big for me to carry, until the 4-5 hour nightly homework battles became too much and I was just worn out that I 'resigned' like Martie. All along the SD refused to acknowledge any problems. I know in my heart that had this been addressed when it started in grade 2, that her school anxiety and refusal would have never gotten to the level it is at now. I thought I was doing the right thing, but I was really forcing my child into an environment that created sky high anxiety without any supports or coping skills. It's really not much different from putting a phobic into a pit of spiders with no way out. It didn't force her to deal with it and get over it...there were no supports in place for that to happen. Instead, it fed her fears and reinforced her anxiety. When I finally 'resigned', it made a difference. I also noticed that missing the first week of October really got their attention. In Ohio, funding for schools is based on attendance during the first week of October (makes no sense to me). I didn't deliberately keep difficult child out of school that week, but I stuck to my resignation, whereas I would have doubled my efforts that week in the past. [/QUOTE]
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