Question 1: How is your disability defined by the federal and state laws? School Phobia is also known as Didaskaleinophobia. School Phobia is a symptom of anxiety disorders in children. Specifically it is separation anxiety that children feel when they are separated from their parents and a person or place they trust.
Question 2: What are the developmental characteristics of a person with this disability?
The developmental characteristics of School Phobia are refusal to attend school, creating reasons why you do not want to attend school, missing a lot of school, frequent complaints about not felling well with vague or no complaints and children can complain of chronic physical symptoms including head aches, abdominal pain, nausea and dizziness.
Question 3: If you were a teacher in a general education classroom, what information and strategies would help you best support a child with this disability? This would include academic support as well as social support?
If I was the teacher in a general education classroom I would use the following strategies to help a student who has school phobia. I would find out what the underlying cause is by figuring out why this student is avoiding attending school. I would next adopt a plan that would help this student deal with school phobia while they were in my classroom and while they are at home. Then once I have figured out the underlying problem and have created a plan for the student I would try and make this student’s life less stress full. For example, I could group this student in groups that I know would be willing to listen to their ideas and that would encourage this student ideas. This way this student would be encouraged by their peers and would hopefully overcome their fear of school. School Phobia is less common as student get older and as long as the student’s teacher works with the student and the student’s parents then this student will be able to over come their fear a lot faster.
Question 4: What resources would help you as a teacher to serve this child?
Teaching a child with school phobia would not require the teacher to use many resources. As the teacher I would have to be able to communicate with the child’s parents and with the child about the child’s fear of school. If I could not effectively communicate with the child and/or the child’s family than the students fear will increase instead of diminishing. I could also talk to the school psychologist and see if they thought it would be necessary for them to talk to the student. If the psychologist did think it was necessary to meet with the student and the family then I could help arrange a meeting with the psychologist. On the other hand if the psychologist did not think it was necessary to meet with the student than I could ask the psychologist for any feedback that they might have on working with children who have school phobia. The main resource that I will need as a teacher is the cooperation and the communication between the student’s family and me.
School phobia is a type of anxiety. It is when a child has a fear of going to school. Some people, such as parents and even teacher, do not understand the seriousness of this disability. They take is lightly because to them it does not seem to actually be a disability when it in fact is. School phobia is a psychological disorder that causes tremendous anxiety to its sufferers when they are placed in a school environment. It is unknown of the exact causes of this disability, but there are many possibilities such as; the student being afraid to leave their parents, nervous that they can not handle all the work, have a fear of making new friends or interacting with people, and the list goes on. As a teacher with a student who has this disability, I would make sure to be very understanding and sensitive to the child’s needs. I would do my best to make it evident that school is safe and can be fun. I think it is important as the teacher to try and take the child’s mind away from their nervousness and engage them in your teaching. Making the student feel as comfortable in my classroom as possible would be my goal. The two best resources are the school psychologist and the student’s parents. The parents can give the most assistance because they would be able to tell the teacher exactly why their child has a fear of going to school. With this information the teacher can try and work to help the problem and be more understanding. The school psychologist can further inform the teacher of strategies to use in the classroom to help diminish the child’s phobia.
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Question 1: How is your disability defined by the federal and state laws?
School Phobia is also known as Didaskaleinophobia. School Phobia is a symptom of anxiety disorders in children. Specifically it is separation anxiety that children feel when they are separated from their parents and a person or place they trust.
Question 2: What are the developmental characteristics of a person with this disability?
The developmental characteristics of School Phobia are refusal to attend school, creating reasons why you do not want to attend school, missing a lot of school, frequent complaints about not felling well with vague or no complaints and children can complain of chronic physical symptoms including head aches, abdominal pain, nausea and dizziness.
Question 3: If you were a teacher in a general education classroom, what information and strategies would help you best support a child with this disability? This would include academic support as well as social support?
If I was the teacher in a general education classroom I would use the following strategies to help a student who has school phobia. I would find out what the underlying cause is by figuring out why this student is avoiding attending school. I would next adopt a plan that would help this student deal with school phobia while they were in my classroom and while they are at home. Then once I have figured out the underlying problem and have created a plan for the student I would try and make this student’s life less stress full. For example, I could group this student in groups that I know would be willing to listen to their ideas and that would encourage this student ideas. This way this student would be encouraged by their peers and would hopefully overcome their fear of school. School Phobia is less common as student get older and as long as the student’s teacher works with the student and the student’s parents then this student will be able to over come their fear a lot faster.
Question 4: What resources would help you as a teacher to serve this child?
Teaching a child with school phobia would not require the teacher to use many resources. As the teacher I would have to be able to communicate with the child’s parents and with the child about the child’s fear of school. If I could not effectively communicate with the child and/or the child’s family than the students fear will increase instead of diminishing. I could also talk to the school psychologist and see if they thought it would be necessary for them to talk to the student. If the psychologist did think it was necessary to meet with the student and the family then I could help arrange a meeting with the psychologist. On the other hand if the psychologist did not think it was necessary to meet with the student than I could ask the psychologist for any feedback that they might have on working with children who have school phobia. The main resource that I will need as a teacher is the cooperation and the communication between the student’s family and me.
School phobia is a type of anxiety. It is when a child has a fear of going to school. Some people, such as parents and even teacher, do not understand the seriousness of this disability. They take is lightly because to them it does not seem to actually be a disability when it in fact is. School phobia is a psychological disorder that causes tremendous anxiety to its sufferers when they are placed in a school environment. It is unknown of the exact causes of this disability, but there are many possibilities such as; the student being afraid to leave their parents, nervous that they can not handle all the work, have a fear of making new friends or interacting with people, and the list goes on. As a teacher with a student who has this disability, I would make sure to be very understanding and sensitive to the child’s needs. I would do my best to make it evident that school is safe and can be fun. I think it is important as the teacher to try and take the child’s mind away from their nervousness and engage them in your teaching. Making the student feel as comfortable in my classroom as possible would be my goal. The two best resources are the school psychologist and the student’s parents. The parents can give the most assistance because they would be able to tell the teacher exactly why their child has a fear of going to school. With this information the teacher can try and work to help the problem and be more understanding. The school psychologist can further inform the teacher of strategies to use in the classroom to help diminish the child’s phobia.
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