Children With Anxiety In The Classroom

When your child is experiencing anxiety, it is important to let your child’s teacher know. There may be informative observations your teacher relays to you about how your child is doing at school academically, with peers and just his/her overall school experience.

Sometimes, the anxiety is triggered by something happening at school, then by all means you need to talk with the teacher. You will want to collaborate and team up with your child’s teacher. If the anxiety is not school related, you will want the teacher to be aware of this and how they can support your child throughout the day.

While sending an email can be effective as a first introduction for the teacher’s awareness, at NPS, we always recommend you sit down face to face or video chat with the teacher. This allows for the easy flow of much more information to be gathered from the teacher.

Following up with an email with the specific counselor recommendations for helping your child during school hours will most definitely be appreciated and helpful to the teacher. This helps the teacher to set realistic expectations.