Is this a type of burnout?

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DC is 5, heavily masking at school and since Christmas, meltdowns, the need to control things and adult support required for simple tasks has been increasing.
We've noticed a pattern with sudden high temperatures and tummy ache - always after school. Usually it's towards the end of each half term but it seems to be increasing in frequency (which makes sense with the workload usually going up a notch after Christmas).
The high temperatures never turn into any kind of illness and often last around 24 hours then just vanish. DC also will absolutely not take any form of medicine so suffers the full discomfort.
School so far haven't needed to set up any additional support but we did have a support plan at nursery.
Has anyone seen this or experienced it?

Yes, 13 year old DD spikes a fever when feeling generally disregulated. Despite generally quite liking school, I struggle to keep her attendance at 95% because of this as obviously she is sometimes actually ill!

It can be a result of dysregulation. It shows there are unmet needs at school. Request a meeting. The school needs to provide more support.

@ExistingonCoffee I do have a brief meeting soon, but school are saying they can't see what needs are unmet as DC is masking so much, so I'm unsure what to ask them to do

@Needlenardlenoo thank you for replying, I was wondering if I was barking up the wrong tree but it's the same symptoms each time.
Does your DD take a while to feel better or is it quite a quick response?

Yes she normally feels better the same day. Fortunately the school has two lovely ladies on reception who let the kids sit there with sick bag/cold pack/hot pack!

There will be signs. The school may not be recognising them or recognising them for what they are, but they will be there, even if subtle.

Has the school tried to keep a detailed diary? Have you? Has the SENCO observed DD? If the school needs more advice on how to support DD, what outside agencies have they involved/referred to?

Can DD explain what she is struggling with? If she can’t, can she reliably answer yes/no questions? Or is she likely to agree to whatever you say or not know?

Has DD had a sensory OT assessment? Difficulties with temperature regulation can be related to sensory processing issues.

@ExistingonCoffee sorry I didn't add much detail on school but it is a genuinely such a helpful, supportive and lovely school. They have been supporting him as and when with whatever he needs already but are starting the support plan process now he's finding things harder
I will ask about an OT assessment though, thank you for your advice

Apologies, I put DD in my pp. I don’t know where I got that from.

Not all ICBs commission sensory OT on the NHS now. If your area does, you may be able to self refer. If you can’t, the school or GP will be able to.

Even if your ICB doesn’t commission sensory OT, if you request an EHCNA, a sensory OT assessment can be part of the EHCNA and ongoing provision part of EHCPs.

Not to worry at all, we aren't near the stage of needing to look at an EHCP and we are very fortunate the school are as wonderful as they are. I will look into these things though so I have a better idea what I'm doing. I posted as I just worry that he's so young and already seems to be experiencing some type of burnout and school will only get harder (for all children of course) and I wondered if it was a thing others had experienced