A STUDENT PLT PANICS AFTER BEING TAKEN INTO CLOUDS BY HIS INSTRUCTOR.

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THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I FLEW WITH THIS PARTICULAR STUDENT. I ASKED HIM IF HE HAD EVER BEEN IN CLOUDS BEFORE. HE STATED YES. I ALSO TOLD HIM HE WOULD BE PICKING UP THE IFR CLRNC. I GAVE HIM AN EXAMPLE OF A CLRNC AND HE REPEATED IT FINE. HE FILED THE FLT PLAN USING HIMSELF AS PIC AS I HAD INSTRUCTED HIM NOT TO. WE RECEIVED OUR CLRNC AND DEPARTED IFR. WE WERE CLRED AS FILED FROM LEX UP TO 3000 FT. AS SOON AS THE STUDENT ENTERED THE CLOUDS; IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THIS WAS HIS FIRST TIME THERE. HE TURNED TO THE FIRST 2 ASSIGNED HEADINGS WITH SOME HELP AND THEN PANICKED. HE BEGAN MAKING ERRATIC TURNS R AND L AND DSNDING. HE BEGAN TO TALK OVER THE CTLR INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO HER INSTRUCTIONS. WE REQUESTED THE VISUAL INTO FFT. I WAS ACTIVELY TRYING TO REGAIN CTL FROM THE STUDENT OF THE CTLS AND TO STOP HIM FROM XMITTING. THE CTLR; I THOUGHT; CLRED US FOR THE VISUAL APCH; BUT I WAS STILL TRYING TO GET ALT UP TO 3000 FT. I SHOULD HAVE QUESTIONED THE CLRNC; BUT I WAS TRYING TO FIGHT THE STUDENT'S PANIC. WE REQUESTED 2500 FT TO SHOOT THE VISUAL AND THEN SHOT THE VISUAL TO A FULL STOP AT FFT. WE DISCUSSED HIS FEARS AND THAT HE MUST NOT FALL BELOW ASSIGNED ALTS. HE ADMITTED HE PANICKED. HE ALSO RPTED TO THE CTLR OUR ALT TO BE 2200 FT AND WE WERE AT 2450 FT. WE WERE SUBSEQUENTLY ASKED TO CALL THE TWR.