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<blockquote data-quote="momslove" data-source="post: 347433" data-attributes="member: 2181"><p>What does psychiatrist mean, again... psychiatrist? He doesn't have one. He sees his pediatrician regularly, especially the last two years, as his medication has been adjusted several times. (Not only for dosage, but also in briefly adding Wellbutrin, then Abilify, to the Vyvanse. Both did more harm than good, and were discontinued.) One of the SpEd teachers recently suggested I look into Asperger's and see if I thought it was a diagnosis that seemed to 'fit' difficult child. To be honest, it ****** me off more than anything, because every year (right around IEP time, naturally), someone at the school decided to play doctor and suggest this thing or that thing might be wrong with difficult child. I honestly don't know if there is a special screening *just* for Asperger's, but difficult child <em>did </em>have an Autism screening done, and it was ruled out.</p><p></p><p>Part of me can't help but wonder if difficult child wants to be removed from the school. He has always said how much he hates going, even when things are going well for him. And it's something he was bound to have overheard husband and I discussing over his long weekend at home. If it weren't for the fact that he *desperately* needs the socialization with others, I'd just give up trying to keep him in school and go that route, because <strong>I </strong>don't have any problem getting him to do his work. Well, no major problems, at least. He still gets distracted and likes to get chatty rather than staying on task. I'll let him do it for a couple minutes or so, then tell him it's time to go back to work, and he does it without so much as a sideways look at me. There are <u>NEVER</u> any outbursts at home like the one he had at school today. He hasn't done that with me in over two years now, even longer with his dad. It truly puzzles me as to why no one at the school seems able to do the same. All I had to do over his time at home was give him a stern look and say "time to get back to work now" and he did it. I'm not trying to make myself sound amazing (lol) or paint his teachers as completely inept. Neither is the case. It's just hard to reconcile in my mind that we're talking about the same kid, when the results are so completely opposite. But then again, I'm not trying to get him to do his work all day, five days a week, either.</p><p></p><p>Now that his oldest brother is out of school, he is available to help him with subjects I am unable to help him with. Not that he needs much help. The work is very easily done, once he gets started. That's probably part of the problem, because he has always been ahead of others his age. He was skipped a grade ahead this year because of it, in fact. It's never been that he can't do the work. He's probably smarter, academically, than I ever was. He just goes through repeated phases of not wanting to do it, and it's very frustrating for all of us. *sigh*</p><p></p><p>We once discussed the possibility of having him go to school every other day. Maybe that's what needs to be done now? At least that way, he could still attend part of the week, get the socialization he needs to have, and give his teachers less headaches to boot.</p><p></p><p>By the way, I never got that phone call I was waiting on, and husband wasn't called, either. I'm not sure what happened there. I can only assume he was too busy to call me back as planned. I'm sure we'll hear from them in the morning, though. (Kinda glad husband will be around the house tomorrow, with the way it all worked out.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="momslove, post: 347433, member: 2181"] What does psychiatrist mean, again... psychiatrist? He doesn't have one. He sees his pediatrician regularly, especially the last two years, as his medication has been adjusted several times. (Not only for dosage, but also in briefly adding Wellbutrin, then Abilify, to the Vyvanse. Both did more harm than good, and were discontinued.) One of the SpEd teachers recently suggested I look into Asperger's and see if I thought it was a diagnosis that seemed to 'fit' difficult child. To be honest, it ****** me off more than anything, because every year (right around IEP time, naturally), someone at the school decided to play doctor and suggest this thing or that thing might be wrong with difficult child. I honestly don't know if there is a special screening *just* for Asperger's, but difficult child [I]did [/I]have an Autism screening done, and it was ruled out. Part of me can't help but wonder if difficult child wants to be removed from the school. He has always said how much he hates going, even when things are going well for him. And it's something he was bound to have overheard husband and I discussing over his long weekend at home. If it weren't for the fact that he *desperately* needs the socialization with others, I'd just give up trying to keep him in school and go that route, because [B]I [/B]don't have any problem getting him to do his work. Well, no major problems, at least. He still gets distracted and likes to get chatty rather than staying on task. I'll let him do it for a couple minutes or so, then tell him it's time to go back to work, and he does it without so much as a sideways look at me. There are [U]NEVER[/U] any outbursts at home like the one he had at school today. He hasn't done that with me in over two years now, even longer with his dad. It truly puzzles me as to why no one at the school seems able to do the same. All I had to do over his time at home was give him a stern look and say "time to get back to work now" and he did it. I'm not trying to make myself sound amazing (lol) or paint his teachers as completely inept. Neither is the case. It's just hard to reconcile in my mind that we're talking about the same kid, when the results are so completely opposite. But then again, I'm not trying to get him to do his work all day, five days a week, either. Now that his oldest brother is out of school, he is available to help him with subjects I am unable to help him with. Not that he needs much help. The work is very easily done, once he gets started. That's probably part of the problem, because he has always been ahead of others his age. He was skipped a grade ahead this year because of it, in fact. It's never been that he can't do the work. He's probably smarter, academically, than I ever was. He just goes through repeated phases of not wanting to do it, and it's very frustrating for all of us. *sigh* We once discussed the possibility of having him go to school every other day. Maybe that's what needs to be done now? At least that way, he could still attend part of the week, get the socialization he needs to have, and give his teachers less headaches to boot. By the way, I never got that phone call I was waiting on, and husband wasn't called, either. I'm not sure what happened there. I can only assume he was too busy to call me back as planned. I'm sure we'll hear from them in the morning, though. (Kinda glad husband will be around the house tomorrow, with the way it all worked out.) [/QUOTE]
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