Should I inform the school...?
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Should I inform the school...?
| Fri, 01-18-2008 - 10:00pm |
My DD (14) was recently diagnosed with major depression and social anxiety.
| Fri, 01-18-2008 - 10:00pm |
My DD (14) was recently diagnosed with major depression and social anxiety.
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I would - just in case anything were to happen so they aren't totally clueless.
It depends on...a lot: How well you know the counselors, whether your dd would be upset about your sharing the info, whether you need them to watch out for her, etc. If the only reason is that her grades were suffering, I'd try to keep it confidential and just tell the teachers that she's having some personal problems, without going into detail.
When I was concerned about DS last year, I did ask his favorite teacher if DS appeared to be okay in school, because his behavior at home had me sooooo worried. And I did request that he keep it confidential. If I had known a counselor well enough to trust her, I might have gone to her. I'd like to believe that all school personnel would keep things confidential, but I know for a fact they do not. So out of respect for our children, we need to be careful about how much info we divulge to them.
I hope you've found a good therapist to help your dd. Don't be afraid to try another if things don't click with the first one.
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Although I'd love to think that school counselors and teachers are qualified to understand issues like clinical depression and social anxiety, I would say that the majority have received no special training.
defentaly let the school know!, they can help her, the higher grades get harder and herschool work my suffer for that. schools are gtting much better about helping kids with emtional problems. my oldest daughter who is 19 is very smart but she has socail angzity and was a cutter, when she was in school they did not do much and she endeded up getting her ged. but now they work with the familys and the kids to help them get thru school my 12 years old is in the iep class she has some learning problems and angxity this year she is bringing home all 90! my son who is 7 is in the iep class to he has alot more issues. but it is a big help
shannon
I would say IF it manifests itself in her grades, THEN I'd tell them. DS15 is just now getting help for test anxiety, and the college and career counselor finds it imperative to get it on record so that perhaps he can take the ACT and other classroom tests with accomodations which will then help his GPA and getting into college (GPA is way down from middle school due to the increased level of tests and thus anxiety as well). FWIW.
Sue
They are in Canada.
It is called the Privacy Act.
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