school anxiety

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Today is the first day of my sons second semester. Last semester he

took PE at the school and did Math at home. This semester he's taking

Science at home and construction at the school. My son loves

woodworking so I thought this was going to be really good for him.

Anyway, he's having a complete melt down over going there today. The

class doesn't start until 2:00 and his anxiety is just getting worse.

He says he's just been through too much at the school and can't stand

the thought of going to that building. I don't understand. He got

through PE okay last semester. He was there last week for his math

final and he did great. And construction should be a fun thing for

him. I'm not sure what I should do. I'm thinking it might just be

because it's something new and a teacher he doesn't know. I think

maybe todays just a really bad day, maybe I should just let him stay at

home. But if he doesn't go today, he'll be lost as to what's going on

tomorrow and that will cause alot of anxiety. If he keeps going into

anxiety attacks, I won't be able to get him there anyway. His

therapist has been gone for the last month and won't be back for

another couple of weeks. I've tried to distract him but nothing seems

to be helping.