Originally Posted by AvoCado
Gosh, the school counselor should surely be more helpful than that? Teachers I can understand are trained to teach and may not understand phobias but I'd have thought a counsellor should be more sensitive. Good on your DD for trying to talk to them.
I agree with PP that she shouldn't have to confront this by herself in front of all her peers. Even if she did cope, the stress of the anticipation is probably awful for her. She should know she'll be catered to so she doesn't have to worry, and can look forward to the trip like all the other kids.
I too would go in and make myself heard, and ask for some sort of low-key workaround smile

I agree, and I will be sending the counselor an email because dd missed a field trip earlier this year due to anxiety about the trip. The school was insistent that they have a heads up next time so they can help her with her anxiety so she won't miss another trip. And here I emailed the counselor and got no response, dd talked to her teacher and the counselor and was blown off and was told to pretty much face her fears. I'm sure when dd told them she didn't go into specifics on how her fear of heights/escalators impact her but they are aware that she has anxiety when it comes to some field trips.

I did go in today and spoke to the teacher and she said they will definitely have dd use the elevator and she doesn't want to risk upsetting dd.

Last edited by mountainmom2011; 11/30/15 03:56 PM.