Re: Re: fighting OCD in school

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> Has anyone's child participated in any CBT/ERP in school?  And  if so,

> has it

> been successful?  My 9 year old 3rd grader brought home a  great

> report card

> yesterday.  He has struggled academically until this  year, when he

> seems to

> be doing great.  However, the teachers comments were  that he lacks

> confidence

> in his abilities and seeks continual reassurance that  he has

> understood

> something correctly or is doing something right.  In  other words -

> OCD rearing

> it's ugly head.  She responds to his questioning  by asking him what

> he thinks

> the answer is and pointing out how he was right,  just didn't believe

> in

> himself.

>

> Though this teacher is very patient and loving, I would love to find

> a way 

> to help him fight this doubt in himself (OCD monster asking " How can

> you be 

> sure? " ) and the checking and rechecking he does that she is even

> unaware  of. 

> But I find myself at a loss because I am not there to do the CBT/ERP 

> with him.

> I don't want to discourage him from asking legitimate questions  or

> remembering homework assignments etc.  Has anyone dealt with this or 

> have any

> suggestions?  - in MI

>

>

>

Interesting. I specifically have a statement in my child's IEP stating

that it is the job of my child's therapist and parents to work on OCD,

and that the teacher is *not* to do anything to interfere with

obsessions or compulsions. What I've found is that as we work on these

things at home (and deal with the fall-out here) they eventually fade

across settings.

Of course, my son can have major meltdowns, and I'd hate to see one set

off in school because the teacher refuses to answer a question more

than twice (although this is something I routinely do at home).

Jeanne