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<blockquote data-quote="jbrain" data-source="post: 326316" data-attributes="member: 3450"><p>Your son sounds somewhat like my difficult child 1 dtr. She didn't like school after Kindergarten and just didn't want to do the work. She was diagnosed with a mood disorder-not otherwise specified and also with adhd but I don't know if she actually had it.</p><p></p><p>Incentives didn't work with her--there was nothing she wanted enough to work for it. Likewise, taking everything away from her didn't work either. </p><p></p><p>She was at an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for 8 1/2 months when she was 16. They had a pretty good school but again she just didn't do much work. </p><p></p><p>It wasn't until she was at a dual diagnosis rehab when she was 17 years old that she began working. And this time it was because she could work on her GED instead of having to get a high school diploma. She worked her tail off and passed the GED exam the first time with flying colors. This was all her idea. We were so relieved to have her at the rehab (she'd been living on the streets) that we didn't even care about the school part of it.</p><p></p><p>I don't really have any advice--there was nothing we did that made any difference. She had to decide that her education was important to her and I don't even know why she decided it was important at that point!</p><p></p><p>Hang in there,</p><p>Jane</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jbrain, post: 326316, member: 3450"] Your son sounds somewhat like my difficult child 1 dtr. She didn't like school after Kindergarten and just didn't want to do the work. She was diagnosed with a mood disorder-not otherwise specified and also with adhd but I don't know if she actually had it. Incentives didn't work with her--there was nothing she wanted enough to work for it. Likewise, taking everything away from her didn't work either. She was at an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for 8 1/2 months when she was 16. They had a pretty good school but again she just didn't do much work. It wasn't until she was at a dual diagnosis rehab when she was 17 years old that she began working. And this time it was because she could work on her GED instead of having to get a high school diploma. She worked her tail off and passed the GED exam the first time with flying colors. This was all her idea. We were so relieved to have her at the rehab (she'd been living on the streets) that we didn't even care about the school part of it. I don't really have any advice--there was nothing we did that made any difference. She had to decide that her education was important to her and I don't even know why she decided it was important at that point! Hang in there, Jane [/QUOTE]
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