Help! I am a 10th grade English teacher with a brilliant student who is diagnosed with PANDAS. I have witnessed this student have an anxiety attack over a writing assignment. Since I have been made aware of the diagnosis, I have not found any technique that will help the student write a sentence, paragraph, or much less an essay. The student simply will not write anything down for fear of making a mistake. Are there any known exercises or techniques that will give my student freedom to write? The student describes the block as his brain will not allow him to put down the words . . . Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
