My 8 year old son is suffering from School Phobia. How can I help him overcome this fear ?

Answer 1

Many persons have different phobias. I will suggest you to surf on the following websites. Here you will find the symptoms of different phobias, remedy to those phobias. I hope much of your curiosity about phobias will be satisfied.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-phobia
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/phobia_symptoms_types_treatment.htm
http://www.phobias-help.com/
http://www.hypnosisanswers.com/typesofphobias/
http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/phobias.html
Please visit the above pages. I hope it helps you.

Answer 2

I would arrange a Parent, Teacher meeting at school to discuss his fears. As a 8 year he should be able to address his fears and both yourself and the school can support ur child in every possible way. My nephew who is 6 had the same sort of phobia and the local school was very helpful in making him feel a part of the daily routine and we were updated about his progress. The best thing is to talk it over, and he should come round.

Good Luck.

Answer 3

I suffered many years ago from school phobia and my son also, a couple of years ago so I sympathise with your son. You need to go to your GP for the appropriate help to find out the reason for the phobia as I am almost certain your son hasn't given you one.
Also, go and talk to your son's school teacher to find out if anything has happened while he has been there, ie. bullying or something embarrassing. Also talking to his friends or their parents.
You have to get the help now or it will just get worse.
School phobia is a horrible thing to have to go through for all the family as it can be very traumatic.
Get professional help A.S.A.P. aswell as doing your own investigations.
Good luck!!!

Answer 4

You have to find out what he is experiencing. He may be ashamed of it so it will take some prodding. If he has panic attacks (which may be the case), he may be suffering from social anxiety disorder although that usually happens at puberty. There are wonderful treatments for it but require medication. Find out what is going on with him and tell him that there is treatment. I suffered with social anxiety disorder for 13 years before I found affective treatment. He does not have to do the same.

Answer 5

I take it he lacks social skills.......either he lives in an area
that isn't conducive to it(gated subdivision) and/or he isn't being
given a chance to develop a love for being in social situations.
Kids that are raised to love social situations love school and thrive. Kids that were overprotected, as so many in this amber
alert society are, get school phobia. Also, let me say that I'm
a 44-year-old father who remembers playing outside with
little buddies from the age of 3. I had no video games, computers,
and had more fun with a cardboard box than kids today have with $1000 toys. We tried to do the same for our little ones, and
kept them away from computers and TV as much as possible.
They were raised in lots of social situations, and were taken
to lots of events, museums, and the like...they thrived in school,
and are currently doing wonderfully. I think it might be time to cut the apron strings a little. If your little one is going to thrive in
school, he must do so on his own terms, and have enough
independence and be strong enough to deal with kids and
school and such. I think you need to administer hard love, and
soooner than later....the more you baby him, the more maladjusted he'll be later......

Answer 6

Make school feel like a "hanging out with friends" experience. This takes the initial learning pressure off

Answer 7

Spend sometime at the school volunteering iin and around his school. My 8 year old sees me in his school all the time and it makes him very comfortable, and the school administration really appreciates it. And, yes I do work full time, I just have to make the time to do it, using FMLA, as well as vacation time.

Answer 8

USUALLY IF A CHILD IS AFRAID OF OR DOES NOT WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL THERE IS A PROBLEM AT SCHOOL EITHER YOUR CHILD IS BORED,AND THE WORK IS NOT CHALLENGING OR HE IS BEING BULLIED IF THAT IS THE CASE GET THE SCHOOL INVOLVED WITH THIS SO THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM KIDS IF THE SCHOOL WONT CALLTHE NEWS BUT ASSURE YOUR CHILD THE PROBLEM IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF SO THEY NO LONGER HAVE A FEAR OF GOING!

Answer 9

Try showing him how good it is to need and meet friends. If he's big then you should stop pampering to all his whims and fancies, let him spend time with himself so that he gets bored and starts wishing for friends. Try not to entertain him, when he's free, tell him you have work to do and if he's bored then he should make new friends. You talk to your friends ignoring him, this might make him realize that he too should have friends, and to have new friends he should go to school.

Answer 10

most kids hate school don't call it a phobia. just make sure he's not getting bullied.