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I think there is a little movement in the right direction. My daughter was trying to study for a test the next day and she was falling apart - and tearing the house apart too, so I gave her the option that I would either pick her up from school in time to save her from the test, or I could send a note with her for the counselor that said she had my permission to sit in the counselor's office during that period.
She took the note and consulted with the counselor before school and the counselor arranged that she could take the test in the counselor's office and then get to make corrections on it a few days later if she didn't pass.
Also the counselor sent home a behavior form for me to fill out, and she said she needs a letter or something from the therapist about my daughter's needs.
I don't know that the therapist will be much help, because my daughter doesn't tell her much. But I finally found the phone number of the child psychiatrist we saw a few years ago.
The child psychiatrist sent us a kit to take urine and saliva (at 4 intervals during the day) to send to some company that then tests for 12 brain chemicals and cortisol levels, and then will "prescribe" a supplement of amino acids and other natural stuff that is supposed to help normalize the brain chemicals.
Has anyone tried that? The psychiatrist said she has had good results with it, and that an organization in Texas that works with kids with PTSD uses it.
The directions on the kit are challenging (for example the urine has to be the second of the day, in mid morning, without the kid eating or drinking), so I am not sure we will manage to collect the appropriate urine and saliva samples.
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