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wornoutparents
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So we have a very handsome 6 yr old boy who whilst with us is extremely well behaved,
BUT take him to camp, day care, school, childrens church and its a completely different story,he has on many occasion:
trashed the classroom,
hit his teacher,
flipped desks and chairs,
spat at people,
screaming temper tantrums
hit himself and others
he has been suspended,
sent home,
sat at a desk by himself with an area marked by tape that he had to remain in,
in school suspension,
we have shadowed him in class you name it we tried it!, to no avail,
we took him for an evaluation with a therapist referred to us by his school and were starting to see a slight ray of hope, therapist = answers = problem solved!!!
OR so we thought, we happily walked through door and sat with said therapist and explained the story of our lives for the last 6 mos,
after a brief overview by us we were asked to leave so the evaluation on monkey could begin, a short while later we were invited back in and were told that monkey is Bi-Polar, much to our shock as we hadn't envisioned this at all, and after such a short initial meeting we couldn't believe that a diagnosis was being made so quickly we thanked the therapist for there time and decided we needed to explore monkeys issues further before accepting this diagnosis.
we have battled on through endless meetings, conferences, suspensions etc....
(we have no health insurance as monkey and mom are in the Immigration process (moved here from England) so finances are tight)
finally today after only 9 days at his summer camp we get a call saying monkey has hit another student,
was banging his head on the table saying he didn't care he wanted to "bust it open", a hole episode of being disrespectful to the adults,
no remorse until he was told mom was being called and then he is trying to bargain with them to save his butt!!!!! he is now suspended and we were told one more incident will result in termination from camp
we are at the end of our rope and not sure where we can get help if there is any for us, some of monkeys behavior has scared us and left us completely bewildered
any advice, would be gratefully heard!!!
BUT take him to camp, day care, school, childrens church and its a completely different story,he has on many occasion:
trashed the classroom,
hit his teacher,
flipped desks and chairs,
spat at people,
screaming temper tantrums
hit himself and others
he has been suspended,
sent home,
sat at a desk by himself with an area marked by tape that he had to remain in,
in school suspension,
we have shadowed him in class you name it we tried it!, to no avail,
we took him for an evaluation with a therapist referred to us by his school and were starting to see a slight ray of hope, therapist = answers = problem solved!!!
OR so we thought, we happily walked through door and sat with said therapist and explained the story of our lives for the last 6 mos,
after a brief overview by us we were asked to leave so the evaluation on monkey could begin, a short while later we were invited back in and were told that monkey is Bi-Polar, much to our shock as we hadn't envisioned this at all, and after such a short initial meeting we couldn't believe that a diagnosis was being made so quickly we thanked the therapist for there time and decided we needed to explore monkeys issues further before accepting this diagnosis.
we have battled on through endless meetings, conferences, suspensions etc....
(we have no health insurance as monkey and mom are in the Immigration process (moved here from England) so finances are tight)
finally today after only 9 days at his summer camp we get a call saying monkey has hit another student,
was banging his head on the table saying he didn't care he wanted to "bust it open", a hole episode of being disrespectful to the adults,
no remorse until he was told mom was being called and then he is trying to bargain with them to save his butt!!!!! he is now suspended and we were told one more incident will result in termination from camp
we are at the end of our rope and not sure where we can get help if there is any for us, some of monkeys behavior has scared us and left us completely bewildered
any advice, would be gratefully heard!!!