Can students with anxiety disorders or panic attacks usually be mainstreamed or do they usually need to be in?

special education classrooms?

I'm not the student, sorry, i should have specified.

Just remember that the whole point of special education is to get a Free Appropriate Public Education in the LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT. This means that if a child can be mainstreamed, then they should. If the anxiety disorders or panic attacks do not affect their ability to learn, then I don't see any reason that they would be segregated from their peers.

If the anxiety attacks interfer with the student's learning or ability to be in class, then special education services would be very appropriate. Now, special education is either direct services or indirect services. Direct means that some of the classes are special education and some are mainstream (general classes), and indirect means that all classes are mainstreamed but a casemanager is available at any time for support (like if you had a panic attack, you could leave the classroom and go directly to that casemanager, who then would calm you down). The direct services would be appropriate if you get the attacks being around large groups of people. The special education classes would be smaller for your needs.

If you qualify for special education services, then you and your parents will meet with the school and design your individual educational plan (IEP) the way that you want it to look. You and your parents have to agree to the structure of the plan.

It depends on teh student

may not need an IEP at all-may only need a 504 plan for accommodations in the regular class....

check to see if this route has been considered first-it may be more appropriate

Even with an IEP-teh student can stay in teh mainstream--with a behavior support plan and accommodations such as the ability to leave teh class and go somewhere safe as needed, extended time, etc

Sometimes students with these issues are overwelmed and need to be in a smaller class-

I have panic attacks and have ALWAYS been mainstream (actually I was advanced I was suppose to skip a few grades and my mother held me back to be with peers, and I was AP in highschool). There is nothing wrong with my brain that says I can not learn or be taught, I did not need my courses modified or be given 'special education' neither do others who simply have anxiety.

the behavior issue is very important.
usually I see these kids as particularly in regular ed half day and special ed the other part of the day, when they go to their IEP's, you usually can't fight the system.
just let this child be comfortable wherever he is suited.
retta

Most students who suffer from anxiety disorders are usually in mainstream school. They do however require a lot of extra support and understanding from both teachers and other students.

It depends on the severity of the condition, but generally they stay in "regular ed" classes.