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One of the things that was really eye opening when my difficult child went through his bout with serious anxiety was how hard it was for the school staff to see the anxiety-school connect.  In my case that was compounded by the fact the main issue they saw was school refusal and he saved the rest for us at home but from their comments I could tell it was hard for them.  This is a district that doesn't skirt their sped responsibilities and from staff members who I may not have all loved but who were knowledgable and cared about kids.


Many of the issues that the SD sees from kids with anxiety look identical to what they see from kids with behavioral issues alone so for things to work effectively somewhere they have to buy into that fact.  Most eye opening was when my best friend who is a junior high teacher listened to me throughout difficult child's anxiety process.  She is a sincere and caring person and a great teacher---and at one point in there she expressed how sorry she was for her and her team's treatment of a student and family.  Until she'd seen it through my eyes she just didn't understand the root cause.  The family was claiming behaviors were anxiety related and even those caring teachers couldn't recognize the connection.  They thought the parents were enabling him to continue in his behaviors.


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