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Help with my daughter's anxiety about new term at school

Leela

Hi,

I'm a new member , can anyone offer any advice about getting my 8 year old daughter into school in the morning? She is fine until we get to the door and then falls to pieces. she is 8 years old and has Aspergers Syndrome and Sensory Processing Disorder. It is making her so unhappy Frown

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  • hi Hope - there are so many possibilities.  Lyndsay has mentioned some important points to consider and you mention her maybe developing a phobia.   Any idea why she might develop a phobia?   If she can't explain to you then perhaps it's worth trying to look at the school day as if thru her eyes.  My son when he was 9 became unhappy at school for a few weeks but then cheered up again.  We never got to the bottom of it, apart from the fact he felt someone he was fond of had hurt his feelings.  He used to get wound up at a respite care facility he went to for a little while, far too excited, twirling around etc.  We changed to a different facility, a much calmer, understanding one and all that stopped.  Is she at a mainstream school?  bw

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  • hi Hope - there are so many possibilities.  Lyndsay has mentioned some important points to consider and you mention her maybe developing a phobia.   Any idea why she might develop a phobia?   If she can't explain to you then perhaps it's worth trying to look at the school day as if thru her eyes.  My son when he was 9 became unhappy at school for a few weeks but then cheered up again.  We never got to the bottom of it, apart from the fact he felt someone he was fond of had hurt his feelings.  He used to get wound up at a respite care facility he went to for a little while, far too excited, twirling around etc.  We changed to a different facility, a much calmer, understanding one and all that stopped.  Is she at a mainstream school?  bw

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