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4-y-o with ODD and possibly BiPolar (BP)
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<blockquote data-quote="jal" data-source="post: 220553" data-attributes="member: 3477"><p>Welcome Aimee. Your difficult child sounds a lot like mine. He's been through 5 daycares and cost me a job of 9.5 yrs. No Learning Disability (LD)'s, but all behavioral and emotional. My difficult child too locked his daycare provider out of the church the group was housed in. I too, in the beginning got the standard he has no learning disabilities so therefore the school can't do anything (this was at 4 yrs of age). neuropsychologist testing is definately a way to go although he is young. My son is diagnosis'd BiPolar (BP) and ADHD, yet in his new school they are seeing more signs of high functioning autism. While persuing the neuropsychologist I would touch base with the school district periodically. We were lucky in the fact that ours worked well with us and they knew ahead of time that we were concerned for our difficult child's education. We in our hearts knew he would have trouble functioning in the classroom. At the beginning of the year (kindergarten) they agreed to give it a month and we would meet again. Well, he didn't make it a month. They saw first hand our concerns and we wrote an IEP and got a para for him. When he went back for first grade it was evident that they did not have the supports in place and he wasn't going to be able to function. We got out of district placement for a therapeutic school and he is thriving.</p><p></p><p>Like your difficult child, mine is very smart, and was talking and counting in english, spanish and french from an early age, but he also disliked industrial toilets and loud noises, yet he is practically afraid of nothing. This is just a very short synopsis of my situation, but the main jist is to stay in contact with the school. Let them know your concerns about difficult child functioning in the classroom. Maybe you can get them to agree to evaluate his behavior the first month he is there and then to reconvene. The key, as was stated before, is does his behavior affect his ability to learn and/or the ability of others around him to learn? If so, then he would qualify got OHI (other health impairment) under the IEP.</p><p></p><p>You may also want to check and see in your state has can offer you some in home services. We are currently working the the Voluntary Services which is affiliated with DCF. We asked for help with our difficult child and were accepted into the program free of charge. They offer intesive in home therapy and respite. They have been a pleasure to work with. It may help to get these services at no charge to you to help lessen the burden you are going through and you can stop it at anytime you want.</p><p></p><p>Best of luck to you as I have traveled the first part of the road that you are on an do understand how hard this all is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jal, post: 220553, member: 3477"] Welcome Aimee. Your difficult child sounds a lot like mine. He's been through 5 daycares and cost me a job of 9.5 yrs. No Learning Disability (LD)'s, but all behavioral and emotional. My difficult child too locked his daycare provider out of the church the group was housed in. I too, in the beginning got the standard he has no learning disabilities so therefore the school can't do anything (this was at 4 yrs of age). neuropsychologist testing is definately a way to go although he is young. My son is diagnosis'd BiPolar (BP) and ADHD, yet in his new school they are seeing more signs of high functioning autism. While persuing the neuropsychologist I would touch base with the school district periodically. We were lucky in the fact that ours worked well with us and they knew ahead of time that we were concerned for our difficult child's education. We in our hearts knew he would have trouble functioning in the classroom. At the beginning of the year (kindergarten) they agreed to give it a month and we would meet again. Well, he didn't make it a month. They saw first hand our concerns and we wrote an IEP and got a para for him. When he went back for first grade it was evident that they did not have the supports in place and he wasn't going to be able to function. We got out of district placement for a therapeutic school and he is thriving. Like your difficult child, mine is very smart, and was talking and counting in english, spanish and french from an early age, but he also disliked industrial toilets and loud noises, yet he is practically afraid of nothing. This is just a very short synopsis of my situation, but the main jist is to stay in contact with the school. Let them know your concerns about difficult child functioning in the classroom. Maybe you can get them to agree to evaluate his behavior the first month he is there and then to reconvene. The key, as was stated before, is does his behavior affect his ability to learn and/or the ability of others around him to learn? If so, then he would qualify got OHI (other health impairment) under the IEP. You may also want to check and see in your state has can offer you some in home services. We are currently working the the Voluntary Services which is affiliated with DCF. We asked for help with our difficult child and were accepted into the program free of charge. They offer intesive in home therapy and respite. They have been a pleasure to work with. It may help to get these services at no charge to you to help lessen the burden you are going through and you can stop it at anytime you want. Best of luck to you as I have traveled the first part of the road that you are on an do understand how hard this all is. [/QUOTE]
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