What do you do when your student is failing and flailing?

[dustypig]

Oh, and this:

She also told us at Thanksgiving that she’s started seeing a drug-and-alcohol counselor on campus. That is GREAT, at least it’s a step. but a couple of things about that concern us. One is that we wonder if perhaps she is going there because she got in trouble for drugs at school (that’s their “first-offense” consequence) and the other is that we feel she should be seeing someone who is addressing things more holistically: the depression and anxiety and anorexia (if its an issue at all) in addition to the substance abuse.

Even if she was forced to do it, it’s still a good step. And drug and alcohol counseling often addresses things like depression and anxiety, since often times drug taking is basically kids self-medicating for their emotional issues. So she is getting at least some kind of therapy at school.