My son is a very anxious boy. He's in year 5, very intelligent but lacks in confidence, gets very overwhelmed very easily, gets angry very easily and struggles socially. He is anxious about the world and everything happening, I try to shield him from stuff but he is inevitably going to hear some bits.
Hates school, has friends but none of them what I would call best friends.
He has ELSA support in school, been referred for therapy with Barnardo's which was a 5 week course, and I am now going through therapy with him with a private life coach to learn strategies to help him cope. The problem is that he wants to flick a switch and no longer be anxious and doesn't understand that this is a long game, not an overnight switch. I've spoken to the GP, that's how we ended up with the Barnardo's thing.
I think he is ND but things have really escalated in this last year.
Does anybody have any advice on how I can help him?! The school haven't mentioned a referral but are being supportive with adjustments to help him cope in school.
I think I am doing everything I can but I am interested if there is any more I could be doing? He is my eldest of 4, his brothers are totally different to him which is another bug bear of his. 'why can't I be more like him' etc. breaks my heart!