Today I met with the school about Hollace and Aspergers. This past summer I had her in therapy to get a diagnosis or not so I could take it back to school and hopefully let her continue on seeing the social worker.
The therapist did diagnosis as Aspergers even though she acknowledged that it probably more apparent in a school situation.
Halfway through our sessions, she added on Anxiety Disorder mostly because of how she handles too much noise (ala Aspergers sensitivities) Honestly she is much improved over that sensitivity.
Anyway, at this meeting with the school today it has become more apparent that anxiety is more her issue then the Aspergers.
Why I call this a chip off the old block isn’t so much the anxiety in the sence of my anxiety posts of late but because she internally freaks out because she doesn’t get something and refuses to accept help.
An example the teacher gave was one day there was an announcement at the end of the day that anyone riding bus 6 needed to report to the gym because of a problem with busses. The teacher found Hollace in the hall looking flustered and crying. She asked what was wrong and Hollace kept saying nothing. It then clicked and the teacher asked Hollace if she was on bus 6. She admited she was and didn’t know what to do or where to go. The teacher escorted her to the gym and she was fine when she seen her friends on the bus.
Hollace is afraid to look stupid if she doesn’t know and tries to figure it out instead of asking someone.
Chip off the old block. My poor baby.