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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 392870"><p>I am glad you finally "took the plunge" and joined us. You are right to get a neuropsychologist as soon as you can. Does your son have an IEP at school? If not, that is another thing I would go after. It needs to be a written request to the school for an evaluation for special education services. It needs to be sent registered mail with "Return Receipt Requested". If he does have an IEP, does it seem to be helping? If not, you need to request that the IEP team meet as soon as possible to revise the current IEP. I would also recommend that you find a different psychiatrist that is ok with labels that can help access services and so people, including you, know what you are dealing with. </p><p> </p><p>I highly recommend the Ross Greene books "The Explosive Child" and "Lost at School". Both have wonderful strategies for home and school in dealing with difficult behaviors. You should also research Asperger's if that is what the psychiatrist is "suggesting". I am currently reading a book about it called "The Best Kind of Different" by Shonda Schilling and am learning a lot. It is an autism spectrum disorder.</p><p> </p><p> I learned that I had to be a detective to figure out WHY my difficult child was having difficulties. I would ask him what happened and ask questions to get ALL the details from the very beginning of the episode from his point of view. Then I would get the school staff's version and figure out what the REAL problems were. It turned out that they were handling the smallest issues wrong and ended up escalating the problem then punishing him for the escalation. I identified some of the stressors/issues that caused the problems and have pushed for the school to handle them differently, which have worked for the most part. They had to see it to believe it. Have you tried this?</p><p> </p><p>Many others will be along to give their experienced advice. Welcome to the board.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 392870"] I am glad you finally "took the plunge" and joined us. You are right to get a neuropsychologist as soon as you can. Does your son have an IEP at school? If not, that is another thing I would go after. It needs to be a written request to the school for an evaluation for special education services. It needs to be sent registered mail with "Return Receipt Requested". If he does have an IEP, does it seem to be helping? If not, you need to request that the IEP team meet as soon as possible to revise the current IEP. I would also recommend that you find a different psychiatrist that is ok with labels that can help access services and so people, including you, know what you are dealing with. I highly recommend the Ross Greene books "The Explosive Child" and "Lost at School". Both have wonderful strategies for home and school in dealing with difficult behaviors. You should also research Asperger's if that is what the psychiatrist is "suggesting". I am currently reading a book about it called "The Best Kind of Different" by Shonda Schilling and am learning a lot. It is an autism spectrum disorder. I learned that I had to be a detective to figure out WHY my difficult child was having difficulties. I would ask him what happened and ask questions to get ALL the details from the very beginning of the episode from his point of view. Then I would get the school staff's version and figure out what the REAL problems were. It turned out that they were handling the smallest issues wrong and ended up escalating the problem then punishing him for the escalation. I identified some of the stressors/issues that caused the problems and have pushed for the school to handle them differently, which have worked for the most part. They had to see it to believe it. Have you tried this? Many others will be along to give their experienced advice. Welcome to the board. [/QUOTE]
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