"For children and teens with misophonia, as well as their parents, living with misophonia is a challenging reality-this is further made harder by misophonia being often misunderstood by teachers, counsellors, and many other professionals. As a lesser-known disorder, kids and teens with misophonia have challenges that are often specific to their needs but not quite understood from an advocacy and accommodation standpoint."
"While it can be daunting to access resources for misophonia, an important part of coping with misophonia at school is having a system in place to ensure that there is a plan for when misophonic moments happen. A specific accommodation plan may need to be developed by your child's clinician, and while misophonia has no diagnostic code, other sensory impairments and anxieties often overlap and co-occur. Accommodating these co-occurring emotional responses is imperative to coping with misophonia."
"Being prepared for the moment - the inevitability that there will be triggering moments at school - means having tools that can be easily accessed by the child/ teen. Tools like noise-cancelling headphones, earplugs, sensory-grips, and weighted lap pads can be helpful for both the triggering sounds and managing the physiological reaction to misophonia. These tools may be added as part of misophonia accommodations."
Misophonia causes intense aversive reactions in children and teens to otherwise normal sounds such as chewing, whistling, sneezing, and pen-clicking. The condition is often misunderstood by teachers, counsellors, and other professionals, which complicates advocacy and accommodation. Developing a specific accommodation plan, often with a clinician, is important because misophonia commonly co-occurs with sensory impairments and anxiety despite lacking a diagnostic code. Readily accessible coping tools—noise-cancelling headphones, earplugs, sensory grips, and weighted lap pads—can reduce trigger impact and physiological responses. Providing psychoeducation, preparing documentation for school discussions, and creating a sensory-safe space at home help mitigate school-related stress.
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