Should I tell my child's school about my child's anxiety?
Many parents don't want their child to be labeled anxious at school but, says Ask the Experts psychologist Dr. Tamar Chansky, who specializes in anxiety, it can actually be helpful for a teacher to know about a student's anxiety.
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Parents really struggle over the question of whether or not to tell the school if their child has anxiety.
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There aren't any hard and fast rules, but what you want to think about is, what is your child's experience in school?
Is anxiety showing up is? It something that the teachers are seeing and maybe could be helpful with?
Or if they're seeing it and they don't know why. Why is your child not answering questions
when the teacher asks, or asking questions over and over again? They may seem uncooperative.
So letting the school know what's going on behind the scenes can be really helpful in changing the experience for your child.
So one thing is really partnering with the school, going in and letting them know what you're
seeing at home, what kinds of things your child is concerned about. Oftentimes schools are really surprised
to hear that a child is anxious because a lot of times anxious kids really try to present well.
They would not want anyone to know that they're nervous. And so letting the teacher in on what's happening can be really helpful in supporting your child.
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