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<blockquote data-quote="UpandDown" data-source="post: 708566" data-attributes="member: 19025"><p>My son also 17 who has social anxiety struggled all though high school. He has a 504 but not an IEP. This past year, the anxiety got so bad that he missed school at least once a week and stopped doing anything in class. He would ask to go the guidance office whenever he had to work with another student. He spent all of his energy on just making it through class without a panic attack.&nbsp; Needless to say, he was not learning a thing and his grades were all Fs. We considered online school along with many other options. We together with son decided that working at home with a teacher was the only way he was going to learn anything and graduate high school.&nbsp;&nbsp; We requested Homebound education (in our county, students who are unable to attend school due to medical reasons can qualify for this service).&nbsp; A doctors recommendation along with a treatment plan was required. Thankfully his therapist is a PHd and was able to provide all of the necessary paperwork.&nbsp; He now receives 2 hours a week with a licensed teacher at home per academic class. The homebound teacher is responsible for coordinating with the teachers and teaching my son. The teacher also returns all finished work back to the school.&nbsp; We were able to get this going for him pretty quickly.&nbsp; The turn around for him was pretty dramatic once he was relieved of the pressure of going to school.&nbsp; He is now performing to his ability. We have also used this time to increase therapy and get him back in with a psychiatrist to try medication.&nbsp; I don't know if this would work in your situation but helped us tremendously. I also think the key for us was to state very specifically what we felt would work to educate our son and insist upon it.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="UpandDown, post: 708566, member: 19025"] My son also 17 who has social anxiety struggled all though high school. He has a 504 but not an IEP. This past year, the anxiety got so bad that he missed school at least once a week and stopped doing anything in class. He would ask to go the guidance office whenever he had to work with another student. He spent all of his energy on just making it through class without a panic attack. Needless to say, he was not learning a thing and his grades were all Fs. We considered online school along with many other options. We together with son decided that working at home with a teacher was the only way he was going to learn anything and graduate high school. We requested Homebound education (in our county, students who are unable to attend school due to medical reasons can qualify for this service). A doctors recommendation along with a treatment plan was required. Thankfully his therapist is a PHd and was able to provide all of the necessary paperwork. He now receives 2 hours a week with a licensed teacher at home per academic class. The homebound teacher is responsible for coordinating with the teachers and teaching my son. The teacher also returns all finished work back to the school. We were able to get this going for him pretty quickly. The turn around for him was pretty dramatic once he was relieved of the pressure of going to school. He is now performing to his ability. We have also used this time to increase therapy and get him back in with a psychiatrist to try medication. I don't know if this would work in your situation but helped us tremendously. I also think the key for us was to state very specifically what we felt would work to educate our son and insist upon it. [/QUOTE]

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