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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeinthefoxhole" data-source="post: 483892"><p>I also agree. School refusal was the tip of the iceberg with Moose. He had so much anxiety that school was a "torture chamber" for him, according to his therapist. I kept at it though, turning our home into a warcamp. Every morning was a trial. The school offered the truancy officer, but I had a feeling this was much more than simple school refusal. At 6' 4", no one pushes Moose around easily. </p><p></p><p>He ended up leaving school behind and getting his GED just a few days after his 17th birthday. He is now taking classes at the community college and is doing better, although it hasn't been a completely smooth ride. School was just part of the problem--the most obvious symptom. I think involving the police would have humiliated Moose, and cemented, in his mind, the idea that I didn't care about what he was going through. Who knows what would have happened next? </p><p></p><p>Moose also started showing symptoms in ninth grade, although looking back, I can see things developing before that point. Now we focus on classes, his therapy. At least now I can say we have a relationship and not chaos. Squirrel (easy child) was suffering too (as was I).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeinthefoxhole, post: 483892"] I also agree. School refusal was the tip of the iceberg with Moose. He had so much anxiety that school was a "torture chamber" for him, according to his therapist. I kept at it though, turning our home into a warcamp. Every morning was a trial. The school offered the truancy officer, but I had a feeling this was much more than simple school refusal. At 6' 4", no one pushes Moose around easily. He ended up leaving school behind and getting his GED just a few days after his 17th birthday. He is now taking classes at the community college and is doing better, although it hasn't been a completely smooth ride. School was just part of the problem--the most obvious symptom. I think involving the police would have humiliated Moose, and cemented, in his mind, the idea that I didn't care about what he was going through. Who knows what would have happened next? Moose also started showing symptoms in ninth grade, although looking back, I can see things developing before that point. Now we focus on classes, his therapy. At least now I can say we have a relationship and not chaos. Squirrel (easy child) was suffering too (as was I). [/QUOTE]
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