School-Based Mental Health Services Helped Harper Tame Her Anxiety
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Harper Woltjer’s struggles with school-related anxiety started in kindergarten and worsened each year. Her tummy hurt every day. She didn’t want to ride the bus or go to school. This shy, artistic girl would cry and work herself up to the point of vomiting. By second grade, her Mooreton, ND, family didn’t know what to do. Harper’s issues were beginning to make her older brother feel anxious at times, too. “I was finding myself losing my patience and temper sometimes because I was feeling so helpless,” said Harper’s mother, Emily. Their school principal told the Woltjers about school-based [...]