Comments on: Win a copy of the new Iris the Dragon Book – I can fix it http://www.raisingsociallyanxiouschildrenblog.com/2009/04/27/win-a-copy-of-the-new-iris-the-dragon-book-i-can-fix-it/ Support for families raising children with anxiety and mood disorders Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:47:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Lena Herrington http://www.raisingsociallyanxiouschildrenblog.com/2009/04/27/win-a-copy-of-the-new-iris-the-dragon-book-i-can-fix-it/comment-page-1/#comment-2452 Lena Herrington Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:04:53 +0000 http://www.raisingsociallyanxiouschildrenblog.com/?p=260#comment-2452 We have an amazing 7 year old who has been dx with anxiety disorder and is in the process of being dx with Asperger's or somewhere else on the ASD. In the past, he has not been able to participate in extra activities such as rec league sports; his anxiety levels were entirely too high. This year, I told him he could play soccer if he wanted and he did. We told him soccer was Tuesday night and Saturday morning. We never made a big deal about any of it like we have in the past, just started preparing him for the schedule change and when the time came got him dressed and left the house. Our wonderful little boy has been playing soccer successfully with very little anxiety for 4 weeks now! :) I truly believe that by keeping it low key, he was able to prepare himself without all of the anxiety that comes with such a socially involved change. We have an amazing 7 year old who has been dx with anxiety disorder and is in the process of being dx with Asperger’s or somewhere else on the ASD. In the past, he has not been able to participate in extra activities such as rec league sports; his anxiety levels were entirely too high. This year, I told him he could play soccer if he wanted and he did. We told him soccer was Tuesday night and Saturday morning. We never made a big deal about any of it like we have in the past, just started preparing him for the schedule change and when the time came got him dressed and left the house. Our wonderful little boy has been playing soccer successfully with very little anxiety for 4 weeks now! :)

I truly believe that by keeping it low key, he was able to prepare himself without all of the anxiety that comes with such a socially involved change.

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