Hi, spent about alf an hour this morning calming down a distraught pupil at school who had just got a disappointing exam result. She is top set and is doing well but puts huge pressure on herself and gets very anxious in exams to the point it affects her performances. In science for instance she gets an A* for coursework but modules are all over the place from B to D.
I can arrange a quiet room for her for summer exams and I am going to work in some one on one sessions to boost her confidence answering the longer questions but I also spoke to her about trying to address the anxiety attacks she is getting during the exams themselves.
I have limited experience here so any suggestions of where to start looking for help for her- books? Breathing techniques? GP? Her mum was there as well this morning and said that they are a generally very anxious family, in fact her older sibling had to be home schooled for the end of year 11.
I really felt for them both this morning, any ideas would be really helpful
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Advice about exam anxiety for 16 year old pupil
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Cathpot · 08/03/2013 22:33
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