Does anyone have any tips on being more assertive? I suffer from anxiety and seem to turn to mush in front of my peers or people in positions. This recently happened with a school senco who is ever elusive never gets back to your messages or calls and when asking to speak to them recently was told they were busy. Cue a few weeks later when I had a 9:30am appointment to get to, DS1 was sent out of his classroom out of his learning time to fetch me back as "Miss B needs to speak to you". I had requested for an EHCP and this is what I wanted to talk to the senco about a few weeks previous. I should have gone to the office and said this isn't an appropriate time and they'd have to rearrange but I found myself waiting in the Office anyway. Where I was promptly told in a 30minute waffle meeting that they wouldn't be supporting an EHCP if I went ahead. I had it all planned in my head what I was going to say yet found myself saying "well I'll leave it for now then". I'm kicking myself for not being more assertive but I really struggle.